Thread: Here She Goes

Calling this a draw down seems misleading.
From what I’ve heard This is a complete draining of the whole lake so the spillway can be rebuilt.
Most places they call it a draw down for minor maintenance or to leave the water level low over the winter to kill back in wanted vegetation.
5 years is a long time to leave a lake bed drained. The new willow sprouts will be 20 feet tall. Hopefully they can get the work done and refill sooner than planned.


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Originally Posted by Hammmerhead

I wont be able to climb in a boat once its finally ready, but if they go to all this trouble and there are no D6's out there taking out dirt, then this is purely a bungled opportunity. I get the compacting of silt as it dries, but does it just vaporize over the years in UV light? Seems like it will still be there and just expand again as time goes on.

Every draw down or drained lake I’ve been around the soil compacts quicker than you think.
Any silt is usually good fertile soil. That will grow weeds and grass giving cover to bait fish , their numbers will explode with the new cover and predator fish will grow fast.
IMO a D6 cleaning it up would most likely be a mistake for a fishing lake.
Also depending on the soil below the lake bed.
It could be a huge mistake to dig anything.
I know a guy that dug a 60 acre lake 8-10 feet deeper in the middle and it never held water stable again. He unknowingly took out the clay hard pan and all that was left was sand. It was absorbed into the sandy bottom slowly draining itself every year.



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