09-21-2015, 06:35 PM
[quote albinotrout]
[:p]that could be any lake with this drought we are in. [/quote]
Incorrect. The lake is NOT half the size due to drought.
Hint: This lake had a notch knocked in the dam numerous years ago. The dam was placed on the State Engineer's list of needing repairs. The water owner did not want to do the repairs. The UDWR offered to pay for the repairs. The water owner said "go to hell" (paraphrasing, of course). Thus, the dam was notched.
Today it is still a small pond that contains fish. It was for numerous years a cutthroat fishery, however brook trout showed up in the ponds upstream and have now destroyed a once great fishery. The state tiger trout record was at one time from a pond upstream from the pond in the picture. Now this stream system is nothing but tiny brook trout.
It's still a beautiful area. It's a place that I think Chriss would really like.
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[:p]that could be any lake with this drought we are in. [/quote]
Incorrect. The lake is NOT half the size due to drought.
Hint: This lake had a notch knocked in the dam numerous years ago. The dam was placed on the State Engineer's list of needing repairs. The water owner did not want to do the repairs. The UDWR offered to pay for the repairs. The water owner said "go to hell" (paraphrasing, of course). Thus, the dam was notched.
Today it is still a small pond that contains fish. It was for numerous years a cutthroat fishery, however brook trout showed up in the ponds upstream and have now destroyed a once great fishery. The state tiger trout record was at one time from a pond upstream from the pond in the picture. Now this stream system is nothing but tiny brook trout.
It's still a beautiful area. It's a place that I think Chriss would really like.
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