Went out today (Tues) wow was the water up. This is the highest I have ever seen it. Its gotta be up a good 4 ft or so...Wish they would leave it there. Can get to places never been to before. The fish were not where they were 2 weeks ago. It was tuff. Did manage a few small ones
im suprised theyre not dumping water towards okeechobee by now....the ditches ought to be heating up soon....
http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/plots/thphp.pdf
Yep, it has been years since I've seen it that high. Glad some of the lakes have came back up.Wish they all would.
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Toho is slap full! I believe they have the flood gates wide open but i'll know for sure when I get to Kissimmee in the am.
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Kissimmee is also. http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/plots/ksshp.pdf
All of them around there are.
http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/plots/hrthp.pdf
http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/plots/ethhp.pdf
http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/plots/trthp.pdf
http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/plots/gnthp.pdf
http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/plots/myrhp.pdf
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<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by fmm1 »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Toho is slap full! I believe they have the flood gates wide open but i'll know for sure when I get to Kissimmee in the am.
We'll be out there in the morning also.
Luke 22:36
Got this from our club website:
Water managers expect Lake Okeechobee water levels to rise by two feet due to heavy rains in the Kissimmee region.
The expected rise in water levels would bring the lake to 13.24 feet, well below its historic average of 15.02 feet, said Randy Smith, a South Florida Water Management District spokesman.
"District meteorologists are saying that Saturday, Oct. 8, was the wettest single day in the Upper and Lower Kissimmee regions combined in the last 100 years," Smith said.
"The local maximum average in that area was 11.7 inches."
To protect the aged Herbert Hoover (edit), which surrounds Lake Okeechobee, water managers like to keep the lake at 12.5 to 15.5 feet.
When the Kissimmee region, which is in Central Florida, and Lake Okeechobee receive extremely heavy rains, water managers must release large amounts water down the Caloosahatchee River.
Large releases of nutrient-rich fresh water can make the lower river too fresh and trigger massive algal blooms, which can cause fish kills and kill seagrass by blocking sunlight.
The difference in this event is that Lake Okeechobee itself didn't receive much rain.
There are no releases from the lake planned, Smith said, and if people see water flowing down the Caloosahatchee, it will be from local runoff rather than from releases.
Over the past year, the Caloosahatchee has suffered from too little fresh water during a prolonged drought.
High salinities can kill tape grasks, an important part of the upper river's ecosystem, and can have negative effects on oysters.
With recent rains, the river's salinity dropped into the proper range.
"We're in good shape," said Eric Milbrandt, director of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Marine Laboratory.
Good info.
I know that's the first time I've seen all the lakes in that area that high at one time, but I did think Toho got higher then this years back when all the storms came through central Florida. I was told the parking area were we launch into Toho at the end of Granada Rd. (If I named the Rd correct) had water holding in it, so it had to be higher then now.
When I fished a tournament after that, I've never seen current pushing through Lake Kissimmee like I seen then. I'm sure Lake Kissimmee will be like that tomorrow with all that water from the lakes above it running through it again. Been fishing these lakes since I was 10, and started taking my own boat on them when I was 18. Seen them high and seen them low. Never recall ever hearing 60 being closed because of water running over it. I know part of it got washed out during the storms years back. I'm sure if someone was around Toho back then and it wasn't this high they'll correct me.I only wish I lived on the lakes.
Luke 22:36
<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by flwillie »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Got this from our club website:
Water managers expect Lake Okeechobee water levels to rise by two feet due to heavy rains in the Kissimmee region.
The expected rise in water levels would bring the lake to 13.24 feet, well below its historic average of 15.02 feet, said Randy Smith, a South Florida Water Management District spokesman.
"District meteorologists are saying that Saturday, Oct. 8, was the wettest single day in the Upper and Lower Kissimmee regions combined in the last 100 years," Smith said.
"The local maximum average in that area was 11.7 inches."
To protect the aged Herbert Hoover (edit), which surrounds Lake Okeechobee, water managers like to keep the lake at 12.5 to 15.5 feet.
When the Kissimmee region, which is in Central Florida, and Lake Okeechobee receive extremely heavy rains, water managers must release large amounts water down the Caloosahatchee River.
Large releases of nutrient-rich fresh water can make the lower river too fresh and trigger massive algal blooms, which can cause fish kills and kill seagrass by blocking sunlight.
The difference in this event is that Lake Okeechobee itself didn't receive much rain.
There are no releases from the lake planned, Smith said, and if people see water flowing down the Caloosahatchee, it will be from local runoff rather than from releases.
Over the past year, the Caloosahatchee has suffered from too little fresh water during a prolonged drought.
High salinities can kill tape grasks, an important part of the upper river's ecosystem, and can have negative effects on oysters.
With recent rains, the river's salinity dropped into the proper range.
"We're in good shape," said Eric Milbrandt, director of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Marine Laboratory.
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Thank you, Willie. Great news, for sure. No lake releases planned and the level should get to a great elevation for the fall and winter fishing !!
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