Locks

[Tone357]

Watching the Elites on the Harris Chain. It dawned on me, that I didn't know why they have locks on the canals. what's the purpose of them?

[Wichibass]

One lakes elevation is higher than the next.

[castforcash]

Watching the Elites on the Harris Chain. It dawned on me, that I didn't know why they have locks on the canals. what's the purpose of them?

All due respect, you ask some weird questions when it comes to tourney fishing.

[Dixie-Raven]

One lakes elevation is higher than the next.

So how many of those lakes occur naturally vs manmade or were they always there but not connected?

[Tone357]

All due respect, you ask some weird questions when it comes to tourney fishing.

I'm sorry. Perhaps I'm the only one that doesn't know everything.

[castforcash]

I'm sorry. Perhaps I'm the only one that doesn't know everything.

That wasn't my intention whatsoever, sorry if it came out that way, but you tend to like stirring the pot.....

[Tone357]

That wasn't my intention whatsoever, sorry if it came out that way, but you tend to like stirring the pot.....

I asked a simple question, and I'm stirring the pot?

[Quillback]

I'm sorry. Perhaps I'm the only one that doesn't know everything.

LOL, now that is funny.

[blade1970]

Google is a great resource.....

[188Musky]

That wasn't my intention whatsoever, sorry if it came out that way, but you tend to like stirring the pot.....

I feel like it's high time we crack down on these pot stirrers.

[pabasshawk]

I feel like it's high time we crack down on these pot stirrers.

I've ground the pot but hardly ever stir it.

[tcesni]

Watching the Elites on the Harris Chain. It dawned on me, that I didn't know why they have locks on the canals. what's the purpose of them?

The lakes are natural but all freshwater in Florida is tightly managed. It wasn’t that many years ago the state was an uninhabitable swamp.

[MDG0302]

From what I have been told by members of the Herlong family here in Leesburg FL is that they where installed to help with fluctuating the water levels years ago when the orange groves in Howey-in-the-Hills and Yalaha would actually trailer the oranges across Lake Harris by horse drawn trailers to the packing houses in Leesburg. There are still some of the old dock post from the piers submerged on the south side of Big Lake Harris.

[Tone357]

Thanks to everyone who answered the question.

[unknown angler]

I asked a simple question, and I'm stirring the pot?

I live by the Mississippi River, questions about the lock system from out of towners is a common question that gets asked frequently.

[LateralLine]

I'm sorry. Perhaps I'm the only one that doesn't know everything.

Well at least you came to the right place!

[CoryKerber]

Are the locks free to use or is there a fee?

[jimsch]

Well at least you came to the right place!

Most of us don't know everything, that's why we ask on here.
Some of us just think we do.

[BrianKF]

Google is a great resource.....

BBC can be at times also.

[Rider99XX]

Are the locks free to use or is there a fee?

As much cash as the BBC has just laying around I think you're supposed to just fling a couple hundred to the lock master as you go through.