Tire reef exposed

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Comment by jim cosgrove on October 15, 2014 at 2:36pm

sure gonna be a massive lake again when it refills.hope your mapping out,at least in your head.you guys have the advantage of a year round growing season also.so it should be something in a couple years

Comment by jim cosgrove on October 15, 2014 at 2:32pm

i think i can see a water line on those hills.puts it in perspective.we have our droughts but have had record rainfall.more like viet nam than illinois.lots more frogs and bugs than usual.hope  the fish recruitment did as well.expecting another severe winter.may have to get back into ice fishing.

Comment by LedHed on October 15, 2014 at 4:56am

At times LP can be clear Ken - this time of year we have ~ 4'. Water dropping is killing off the shore vegetation that is holding a LOT of juvenile fish.

They say 4' for the last month Jim - from full pool it's about 35'+. Starting to concentrate the fish.

Jim C - those trees will be under 30 - 25 FOW when they fill it back up - maybe 2016

Suppose to really increase the size David when they finish. Taking dirt from the back side to re-enforce the dam. Think it's suppose to be ~10 million cubic feet....

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on October 14, 2014 at 6:45pm

THey dont look like theyd be in very deep water, once the level is back.

Comment by jim cosgrove on October 14, 2014 at 6:06pm

wow gonna have some nice brush to fish when those lakes fill back up.lake michigan is up 21 inches from last year so it can happen fast.

Comment by Jim Gronaw on October 14, 2014 at 4:53pm

Crazy...how far down is the water level, Sonny?

Comment by Slip Sinker on October 14, 2014 at 2:31pm

so i take it... crystal clear water and no submergent vegetation?

Comment by dick tabbert on October 14, 2014 at 1:02pm

Water way down. When I was in the bass club we put in some tire reefs at one of our local lakes. We assembled them on the ice and as the ice melted well the rest is history.

Comment by Slip Sinker on October 14, 2014 at 12:55pm

spectacular!