Only got to take a few pictures before the battery went dead - my daughter decided she was going to play with the camera without recharging it.

The lake is down at least 5 feet. I only saw one boat on the lake this weekend and he was bass fishing. I did a little bass fishing but no crappie. I mainly rode around in my pirogue looking at stuff. It sure looks different than it used to.



This is a picture of a bream bed. The green/brown stuff is salvinia that has been trapped. If the sun gets to it or the moisture disappears it seems to die right away. If the ground is still moist or it is in the shade, it seems to grow in the dirt.





These two are pictures of salvinia still out in the lake. It looked like everything was great as all of the salvinia looked like it was stranded and would eventually die. However, I went out into the lake and there are pockets of this stuff around, especially where the cypress trees are thick. I think they are going to try and spray some of this.



This is a picture of one of the enclosures that the LDWF was growing the beetles in. Of course they have removed the salvinia with the beetles. This lets you see the level of water drop as well.



This is a picture of the root system on some cypress tress that grow at the normal water level. Not all of the trees had this and some had a much larger diameter than this one. I had never really seen a cypress lake down like this and it just showed me that some tress are better than others for holding fish and one of the reasons why. I didn't really see any brush tops that have been put out because they are still probably under water. I have found some stump fields and logs that I never knew were there.

That looks like the little red chute area. I see that the salvinia weevil farm has busted loose....i sure hope they survive long enough to eat some of that mess up. It is socked up on my end.

Looks like you found you a nice bream bed........Great Pictures!!

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its a great day to fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great pics.. And I see what you are talking about with them cypress holding more fish, it looks like they create a shelf for the fish to hide under. Thanks for the pics

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You cain't fish with a hung line!

Thanks for the pics, very interesting!

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