Announcing closure of Cland tailwaters

[Lowerider]

I'm out of town and posting off my phone but just learned a bad announcement is coming out tomorrow. PLZ make a call.

if you can call this # today 202 224 4944 its Lamar Alexander's Washington office. The Corp is announcing their plan tomorrow, once its announced it withll be all over

[peter]

Called the number and spoke to curtis in Lamar's office in DC. He said Lamar is against it and he has sent a letter to the corps voicing his opinion. Keep calling and post other elected officials to call with contact info.

[Shellkat]

You can also get on facebook and go to corps page" nashville district" and voice your opinion. They will reply unless you talk about something they dont want to discuss

[Shellkat]

You have to click on post by. others to see posts other than the corps posts. There are about 20 now lets see how mant we can get on there. Act now or dont complain later.

[Lowerider]

Thanks guys. It's my understanding Lamar is the only/last hope. He's in charge of appropriations for the Corp. talk about a rushed decision.

Chances are tailwaters will be closed (at least for a while). I think a "million man boat cruise" below every affected dam will be order. Date TBD. Lets not go down without being heard!

[Shellkat]

Hey Lowrider where do you get info, I'm trying to stay up on this?

[HURRICANEBOB]

Got it!

Sit way back from the dam, and launch a remote controlled battery powered 2 foot boat that will carry your lure or live bait up to the dam and drop it.

If the toy boat gets sunk, call it in and report another hampster operator and mouse passenger lost to the tailwaters. :-)

Before long, small rodents won't be able to operate watercraft on corps lakes anymore. LMAOROF.

[kygorski]

I forgot what dam it was, somewhere in alabama maybe, where they used radio controlled boats to fish in the tail waters. You know they can't outlaw stupitity, they they can make it against the law to do stupid things. Boating can become dangerous sometimes, I know I was darn lucky to out run a storm on lake michigan, if I would have paid attention to the NOAH radio it wouldn't have happened.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Can warning signals at dams help to reduce such occurences? Since power generation schedules can "change without notice", as noted on this page, then what warning signal exists to alert prudent fisherman, aware of the posted schedule for generation, and that gives adequate warning for a prudent person to avoid that danger when an unannounced change that introduces an unforecasted risk occurs?

COE Lake Cumberland Facebook page quote:
Here is Lake Cumberland's lake elevation and generation schedule for December 4, 2012! As of 12 AM the headwater elevation is 681.86 feet above MSL and the tailwater elevation is 545.66 feet above MSL. There generation schedule for today for from 6 AM until 9 AM and 5 PM until 9 PM. [U]Please remember this is subject to change without notice or warning.[/U] WEAR IT!

I'm starting to understand more of this problem, how many have died at dams, because they thought they knew the "rules" for the day? Was there advanced warning of a generation schedule change, was their an alarm or siren, that could have warned an angler the "rules for the day just changed".

[peter]

I think it best to facebook, twiter,email and call your federal elected representatives in congress. That's where the Corps geta their money. I think Mitch Mcconnell would be a good one.

http://www.contactsenators.com/

http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

It really does have an effect when you voice your opinion to your elected official on an issue "like this"
Very easy to send an email too. Maybe do that instead of posting here today.

[Shellkat]

500 above and below no fishing zone, looka like a buay chain to keep you out

[Lowerider]

There are diagrams posted to Corp website. Looks like lock wall on all other areas downstream from Wolf.

Total BS!!!