With all the eelgrass in Guntersville, has it made its way to Kentucky Lake yet? Just hoping.
With all the eelgrass in Guntersville, has it made its way to Kentucky Lake yet? Just hoping.
Negative
I’ve never seen any at Ky lake.
Thanks guys I haven’t been to the upper end in a long time. I wonder if it will ever work it’s way through the river to Kentucky Lake?
it will be eaten before it can break the water line. hehe.
or someone will see a blade of it and have spray it
The sheer amount of current that gets pushed through Kentucky Lake every spring will negate any eelgrass growth far more than the Asian carp or the mystical spraying everyone complains of about.
thats BS or it never would have been full of grass all the way to the Dam in the eighties and again in the late 90s after it grew back before something mysteriously killed it
Multiple consecutive low water years in the early spring is what’s required for the grass to grow and become established. That’s what happened in 2007 or so through 2015 or 16. And we haven’t had that since then.
If you think TVA and these state agencies have the money to spray the entirety of the reservoir to kill all the grass I have a bridge to sell you. It is not and has not ever been financially feasible for them to do so on that large of a scale.
haha yeah the damn lake is 160k acres. It would take Patton 3rd Army to spray all of that lake. Its current and water fluctuation that keeps the grass away. This spring was very stable. Hopefully get another year of that next spring.
10 air boats, all day, every day, every year. It can be done-ask Florida and Okeechobee.
There is a reason why guntersville always has ample amount of grass compared to other TN river lakes. Gville doesn't fluctuate but a 1.5-2 feet all year. Chick drops 6 feet and has up and down years on grass. Pickwick and Kentucky see wild swings in grass because not only to do they fluctuate 5-6 feet from summer to winter pool, they are also the last two lakes in the TN river chain. Any rain east of the lakes has to flow through them which increases their current flows. This is why chick has more grass normally even though it drops 6 feet. It doesn't have to flush all the water through it like Pickwick and Kentucky.
We use helicopters to spray on KY Lake , much faster and more efficient than air boats.