Quote Originally Posted by phoenix View Post
Elnuts;
Where did you get your info that they were not pulling any water from the Holler?????????? Man, they are pullin it HARD, just look at the TVA DAM release schedules. I have basically lived on the lake this summer on my houseboat, and we had to push the boat off the bank every 2 days or get stuck on the bank. The Corp is using the water from Dale to keep the Cumberland flowing, as they can't release any more from Cumberland Lake.
When I posted what I said, I forgot they were pulling it 2 feet per week for several weeks to generate electricity since Cumberland was not producing. I was thinking of the lack of rain and not about the electricity. Headrick had told me they were going to drop it to make electricity a month ago but just slipped my mind. You are right in that it is dropping, which should make the ledge fishing all that much better. One thing is for sure, the Corp better get some markers up if they drain it too much with all the humps and underwater islands at Dale, people will be dropping lower units left and right. Not at all like Cumberland where they can take 40 feet out of it and have very little effect on the boat travel, 15-20 feet out of Dale and you will see boats running up on land all over the place.