Cumberland lake/after dam repair

[mhall]

I myself would love to see it NEVER be above 700 again. 723 is normal summer pool and I can't even imagine what a mess that lake will be when it returns to that level. Several groups have approached the Corp about going to 700 for summer and 690 for winter, and they said no way forget about it's not up for debate.

Personally if the lake ever settles down after they take it up that far the fishing will be fantastic for the first few years. Ya know the honeymoon period, kinda like when they fill a new lake and the fishing is great for awhile. I remember when they filled Taylorsville, man that first few years we killed bass up there and some good fish to. Now I wouldn't give you two spits for that overfished mudhole.

Anyway I digress, the lake will have good fishing for awhile and yes Creek is right a most of that vegetation will be dead in no time. The bigger trees and bushes will take awhile. But man it's gonna be dangerous, there will be floaters the size of your house by the Gazillions.

[PRO V LE]

O.K. this is just my opinion on the Lake and debris problem after 30+ years of observation. The east end, upper lake Burnside area will always have a problem in the spring of the year. They are first to get hit with all the runoff from the rivers feeding the lake, look what happen'ed to London Dock up stream as an example.
I have driven across the big bridge at Burnside when you could not see the water for the debri, by the time I get to Grider it is clear as can be on the west end of the lake.
The drift collects in certain pockets and turns as it makes it way down the lake. There are efforts being made to clear and burn/haul these areas before the water comes back up.
The tree line is 40ft. above the water line, it would take a major flood to reach that level and wash any drift into the lake at this time.
I have never seen the drift "coast to coast" on this end of the lake, upstream yes but not here.

[Jbyrd]

O.K. this is just my opinion on the Lake and debris problem after 30+ years of observation. The east end, upper lake Burnside area will always have a problem in the spring of the year. They are first to get hit with all the runoff from the rivers feeding the lake, look what happen'ed to London Dock up stream as an example.
I have driven across the big bridge at Burnside when you could not see the water for the debri, by the time I get to Grider it is clear as can be on the west end of the lake.
The drift collects in certain pockets and turns as it makes it way down the lake. There are efforts being made to clear and burn/haul these areas before the water comes back up.
The tree line is 40ft. above the water line, it would take a major flood to reach that level and wash any drift into the lake at this time.
I have never seen the drift "coast to coast" on this end of the lake, upstream yes but not here.

You must not have been on the lake this past may. The log jam was so bad the buckeyes would not go past harmon creek. A person had to idle thru the logs from the mouth of wolf all the way back to conley bottoms. The best plan for raising the lake would be to bring it up ten feet higher than planned then drop it down so the logs would stay on the bank.