Jason
The outside Grass line has been destroyed by high water the last few years......having 10ft water is a blessing so it can regrow
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Kissimmee Chain is definitely being drawn down hard and early.
Went to the lake yesterday and saw the results of it.
Oh well ... go easy, stay in channels and use the trolling motor.
Going home after two weeks on Okeechobee, lots of fish but had to work for them unlike the trip at Christmas. Will be back next December, hope the grass comes back as well.
lost lower unit and a brand new fury 4 this weekend fishing the BFL on Okeechobee....Thank you water authority
Big tournament on Kissimmee this weekend ... cancelled due to low water.
I'm afraid those guys know how to manage the water. They know exactly what they are doing. Problem is the health of the lakes and concerns of the fishermen are of minor, if any interest, to them. As usual with our elected officials, money talks. Tragic thing.
The low water is EXTREMELY GOOD for the lake. Higher levels are what has been destroying the grass. The Boom in fish size and population came with the grass that grew during the last drought in 2006. Does anyone remember this lake in 2005? It had NO grass. Grassy island on the south and little grassy island on the north did not exist anymore. Eagle bay was just an island, no prairie. Blown out by high water and wind (1 small hurricane) Other than a little Kissimmee grass, some grass in north shore and about 1/2 the reeds you see now, it was ALL gone! You went through boyscout cut down south and were in open lake immediately. No grass, no trails, nothing.
Last edited by perfect-storm; 04-25-2017 at 05:40 AM.
Hardening up all those backwater spawning areas that were covered by all the dead vegetation will help a ton too. The South end has so many dead reeds from Matthew all over mucking it up.seems like they caught em good in the bfl
I sincerely hope they let it get below 9' for a few months. You would all be very pleased with the results. Plus if you take time and learn where you can go, the fishing is fantastic when the lake is that low.
i just got back from a club tourney out of Clewston, water was low but if you were careful you could fish a good amount of areas, had alot of guys fishing cuts off of the rim ditch, Did most of our fishing the outside of the grass on main lake, shad bite is on cough all my fish on a white chatter bait. was kinda freaky seeing the rocks exposed on the sides of canal coming out of Clewston to main lake that had enough water last year we were fishing on them!
I agree with the guys saying the lake needs to go down some...it's the natural ebb and flow of the lake and it needs it.
There's a reason they draw down Rodman every few years.
I do remember Okeechobee in 05...it definitely needs to go down for a bit
Tha said...be extremely careful if you're not familiar with an area....