08-21-2021, 04:08 PM
When we got there yesterday, the water moving down the baffles was a torrent and temps in the south marina were several degrees cooler than the main lake. I guess I'm not surprising with the downpour we got the day before, it was still surprising to see so many dead shad. As we both know it happens every year but it sure seems strange it happened this early. I guess the water temps have dropped 10 degrees in the last week or two but I alway thought it took a lot more of a temp drop than that for the die off to begin. Another thing that surprised us was the lack of Terns and Seagulls picking off those baby shad on the surface, do they only go for the live ones 
? One other thing that they have added is two big black pipes going from the channel above the baffles, all the way down to the area behind the pump house, made we wonder if the pump were broken or the lines from the pump house were clogged. I noticed it two week ago too, just did not mention it in my post.
? One other thing that they have added is two big black pipes going from the channel above the baffles, all the way down to the area behind the pump house, made we wonder if the pump were broken or the lines from the pump house were clogged. I noticed it two week ago too, just did not mention it in my post.