Rough river?

[mattorschell]

I have never fished rough river before. I have a tournament in mid September. When do they normally draw the lake down to winter pool? Any other info about the lake that time of year would be great.
Thanks

[KYKTB]

I believe they start drawing down to winter pool October 1. Fishing in September can be extremely tough. I’ve had my best luck running way up the north or south fork

[hulapopr]

They start a slow pull the middle of Sept.
depending on rain it drop 2ft up until
Middle to end of Oct.then they start the
hard pull to winter pool.

[dt16]

Oct 15th is the start of drawdown. Don’t expect a big bag in September. Steep banks and bluffs make up a lot of the lake.

[mattorschell]

Thanks. I appreciate the help. I’m going to need it.

[JR19]

They start a slow pull the middle of Sept.
depending on rain it drop 2ft up until
Middle to end of Oct.then they start the
hard pull to winter pool.

This^...October 15 is when the main draw down starts but September 15 til October 15 there is a very slow 2 ft draw down. 3 of the 4 lakes in the Green River Watershed actually do this (Barren, Rough, Nolin). The 4th lake in the watershed is Green and its scheduled to start its draw-down November 15....now the key word is "scheduled". There is multiple factors that can effect the schedule so it really a tentative schedule.