NOLIN

[jfw]

Went to my camp at Nolin today ,to cut grass.I cannot believe how high the lake is !!

At Wax the water is almost all the way up the hill . Of course the ramp is closed .

My neighbor down there told me the Bass were on the nest before the lake went up that high.So the beds will be in 25-30 ft of water now! Do you folks think we will have a successful spawn this year for largemouth? Can the eggs survive in that deep of water ? Or will the water pressure kill the eggs ?

I cant remember the lake ever be that high .The campground at WAX is under water .The building where you pay for your campsite is under water .The bridge that goes over the lake on 88 is only about 3 or 4 ft over the surface .It is usually a 40 ft drop to the water !!

I bet it wont be to summer pool until late May !

[walkeraviator]

I am afraid this years spawn is probably doomed. And I wonder how bad last years spawn was destroyed after this happened then. Two years in a row of amazing amounts of rain and high water cant be good for future fishing numbers and size.

[21XRD300]

We were cutting grass at our camp Friday & Saturday. Here are a few pics from around the lake. The lake is about 2 feet higher today than these pics. A woman at the COE told me that it would top out at 452 on Wednesday. That's 8 feet from the spillway cut.

Wax Boatdock from the Hotel
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/UedK/flood-04.jpg

The Ramp at the Dam
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/UedK/flood-10.jpg

The Spillway cut at the dam. Water is about 12 feet from the cut.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/UedK/flood-12.jpg

Moutradier Boat Ramp
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/UedK/flood-39.jpg

[jfw]

wow is all i can say....thanks for posting those pics!

[coombro]

bad news fellas after the river started to drop thurs. night its on the rise again after saturdays rain.

[jfw]

Yep COOMBRO ,and now its raining again, and is supposed to rain Monday & Tuesday.

I bet the lake is not back to summer pool until June ,,,what do you think folks ??

[Ranger492]

Yep COOMBRO ,and now its raining again, and is supposed to rain Monday & Tuesday.

I bet the lake is not back to summer pool until June ,,,what do you think folks ??

Hey JFW, I think we'll be lucky if it is down by July 4th. 36 feet over right now and it will likely take AT LEAST 45 days since I can't ever recall them dropping it more than around 1.2 feet or so in a day. Not to mention that they will probably have to start slow with all the other flooding....all the lakes probably can't be turned loose at once. Gonna be a tough couple months of fishing with water dropping like that...I've always had a tough time with falling water.

I'd like to hear anyone's opinions/techniques for bass fishing in a prolonged period of falling water like we are going to likely see.

Thoughts?

[first2fish]

i think i would fish rock walls or fast dropping banks. the fish in that stay in these areas usually either move up or move down to feed or adjust to water conditions. i would start on top with a popper and use different baits to work my way father down the water column until i found the depth the fish are using.

[RICHYD4U]

i think i would fish rock walls or fast dropping banks. the fish in that stay in these areas usually either move up or move down to feed or adjust to water conditions. i would start on top with a popper and use different baits to work my way father down the water column until i found the depth the fish are using.

Exactly...with the water where it is, rock walls and deep banks are going to be the only water you can get a bait in front of a fish...impossible to get back into the trees on any other bank.

-Rich

[mhall]

Spawn is gone this year boys, we will feel this Spring for a long time. Bass are freaked completey out this year...............

I can never remember a year like this in my entire life, it's just plain nuts.