Reservoir Classifications

[Moveon]

The vast majority of my experience has been fishing natural lakes rather then reservoirs. Since reservoirs is now is what I will be regularly fishing, and I am told that the two can often be quite different, I dusted off my twenty-five year old In-Fisherman Bass book to read up on reservoir fishing. Overall some real interesting reading

Is anyone familiar with their classifications of the different types of reservoirs, and if so which class would you say Barren River, or Nolin would be? Would they be a Highland, or maybe Hill-land?

I have searched online and didn't have much success. Maybe because the books are so old

Different sections of the reservoirs can be classified differently. I'm familar with the In-Fishermen books classifications of reservoirs but not with Nolin.

The In-Fishermen Books all start out talking about how to classify the reseviours and then discuss the seasons of the years as well. They waste a lot of paper going over this an each type of book, from walleye to LM bass to small mouth bass and then to crappie.

[Les Young]

Cumberland is a prime example of a highland reservoir

[SLP]

The In-Fishermen Books all start out talking about how to classify the reseviours and then discuss the seasons of the years as well. They waste a lot of paper going over this an each type of book, from walleye to LM bass to small mouth bass and then to crappie.

LOL, they do tend to do that don't they.

[BigBlueJake]

This is from a couple of days ago.


Current Lake Levels

Caesar Creek - 846.0 / At pool
W.H. Harsha - 729.1 / 0.1 Over pool
West fork - 675.2 / 0.2 Over pool
... C. J. Brown - 1009.1 / 0.1 Over pool
Brookville - 740.1 / 0.1 Over pool
Cave Run - 724.5 / 0.5 Over pool
Carr Creek - 1017.2 / 0.2 Over pool
Buckhorn - 758.8 / 1.8 Over pool
Taylorsville - 545.4 / 0.4 Over pool
Green River - 668.4 / 0.4 Over pool
Nolin River - 492.6 / 2.6 Over pool
Barren River - 528.7 / 3.7 Over pool
Rough River - 475.2 / 0.2 Over pool
J.E. Roush- 737.5 / 0.5 Over pool
Salamonie - 730.6 / 0.6 Over pool
Mississinewa - 712.2 / 0.2 Over pool
Cecil Harden - 640.1 / 0.1 Over pool
Cagles Mill - 636.0 / At pool
Monroe - 540.5 / 2.5 Over pool
Patoka - 540.3 / 8.3 Over pool
Lake Cumberland -711.77 Current water temp at surface , 50.6 degrees measured at State Dock.

[Ranger1979]

Barren, Nolin and Rough are actually well below summer pool and just barely above winter pool. The elevations you referenced are the lake levels at winter pool; to show the contrast: Barren's summer pool elevation is 552. Barren will rise 24 more feet before hitting summer pool. The Corps projection date for achieving summer pool elevation is April 15. However significant rain or drought can change those plans fast.

[Olgrey]

I just noticed that after yesterdays rain Rough River Lake rose 5+ feet over night. Sometimes a relatively small amount of rain can change a lake big time.