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Post by mytoyzfishing on Nov 15, 2012 21:21:37 GMT -5
I guess this just means its less water I have to cover to find fish
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Post by ranger518 on Nov 15, 2012 21:31:41 GMT -5
True, my only concern is getting the boat in the water. Otherwise I couldn't care less how low the water gets. I do feel like there needs to be an explanation as to why the water all of a sudden drops like this when it is already low.
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Post by CorneliaGale on Nov 16, 2012 12:01:19 GMT -5
Went down and moved the boat this morning to deeper water, at the USCGAUX station the floater is right at 6' down from normal pond. Went by Hardy on the way down, if it goes down much more you won't be able to get out the cove it looks like. Back of BayRoc is wet muck it looks like from the road. Rode over to the state ramp at Hales Ford bridge, it looks good, water was deep enough to get in and out. Hope we get some rain soon, until then every one be safe.
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Post by mwardncsu on Nov 17, 2012 22:19:08 GMT -5
Here is some info I received from SMLA.... I'm afraid that lake levels are in the hands of "the man upstairs" at this point. AEP gave the Tri-County Lake Administrative Commission an update on this on Tuesday. There is a requirement in AEP's license permit to operate to release at least 475 cubic feet per second of water downstream for drinking water and sewage control. That is a reduced amount from what they have to release during summer and normal Fall/Winter. The problem is that for a couple of months, less water has been coming into the lake than what has to release. Currently only about 375 Cubic Feet per second is coming in. There is one more reduction that they can go to if the predictive model that State of Virginia specifies says that there is not going to be rain for some time. AEP tells me that they have not reached that point yet. In the meantime, they are releasing the minimum that they have to. Normally, we start getting rain in December/January, and the resevoire refills.
The problem with warnings is that AEP has to release water very quickly when a demand comes on the network, i.e., a power plant has to go offline, a major transmission line goes down, power is needed by a particular area of the country due to a need for a boost. These are mostly unpredictable. The generators here don't work all of the time, only on short bursts, then they are off until the next burst of energy is needed. I believe that the actual starting and stopping of the generators is controlled by people in Columbus, Ohio, but not positive.On AEP's site it shows the daily average inflow to SML and outflow downstream from Leesville - gives you a feel if we are gaining loosing ground, err, or water..... www.aep.com/environment/conservation/hydro/The raise in the levels today (Sat, 11/17) appears to be a result of pump back from Leesville - likely due to lower generations on the weekend and to be prepared for needed generation come the workweek.
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Post by CorneliaGale on Nov 27, 2012 23:46:50 GMT -5
Looks like the plug came loose again.
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Post by seapro on Nov 29, 2012 19:11:59 GMT -5
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Post by riverdawg1 on Nov 29, 2012 19:14:57 GMT -5
Would have to do modifications to mount rod holders!
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