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2014 lake drawdowns
Posted on 8/11/14 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 8/11/14 at 7:52 pm
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The lakes scheduled for drawdown include Kepler, Mill Creek, Bistineau, Bussey Brake, Cheniere, Louis, Hardwater, Chicot, False River, Henderson, Black-Clear, Grand Bayou, Clear-Smithport and Saline.
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The False River drawdown is part of an ongoing attempt to aid the troubled lake's recovery. The lake will be dropped about 2 1/2 feet, Wood said, and workers will dredge a section of it that has seen habitat degradation caused by siltation.
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The silt that is dredged up will be used to create a 16-acre island that will add edge habitat to the lake.
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Posted on 8/11/14 at 8:00 pm to AlxTgr
That's going to be a good thing. Lake's habitat is too monotonous.
Posted on 8/11/14 at 8:16 pm to AlxTgr
Bistineau and Clear-Smithport are draining as we speak, I did not know Grand Bayou was doing a drawdown...
This post was edited on 8/12/14 at 11:08 am
Posted on 8/11/14 at 8:25 pm to AlxTgr
Link?
Posted on 8/11/14 at 8:29 pm to AlxTgr
No LSU Lake 
Posted on 8/11/14 at 8:38 pm to AlxTgr
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The silt that is dredged up will be used to create a 16-acre island that will add edge habitat to the lake.
I want my land back. Dumb asses dug a drainage canal that runs thru my place that drains into False River. The ditch before hand was dug back in the 1930's CCC program and was about 10' wide, 4' deep. After those assholes came to redig, the canal is 50'+ wide and 15+' deep. Now it's a good 80' wide and growing every rain.
Posted on 8/11/14 at 8:40 pm to Polar Pop
They are draining saline as we speak also.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 7:13 am to s14suspense
quote:It was a NOLA article in the LDWF twitter feed.
Link?
Found it LINK
This post was edited on 8/12/14 at 7:26 am
Posted on 8/12/14 at 7:28 am to TigerBait413
quote:Will it be low enough to prevent big boats from getting to the lake around Hickory Cut(your lower unit) off?
They are draining saline as we speak also
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:07 am to AlxTgr
I heard they were dropping it 5 foot so you can be the judge of that 
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:15 am to TigerBait413
I plan on yacking down stream on Muddy, hoping that the big boats can't get there.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:15 am to AlxTgr
Oh, and the schooling this Fall on the points in Big Bayou will be glorious.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:20 am to fishfighter
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I want my land back. Dumb asses dug a drainage canal that runs thru my place that drains into False River. The ditch before hand was dug back in the 1930's CCC program and was about 10' wide, 4' deep. After those assholes came to redig, the canal is 50'+ wide and 15+' deep. Now it's a good 80' wide and growing every rain.
Wow....Where did this happen? Pecan Island area our out towards Patin Dyke?
This post was edited on 8/12/14 at 9:23 am
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:23 am to AlxTgr
They succeeded in drawing Busey Brake down. You can walk across it in your brogans.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:31 am to LSUballs
Where is Busey?
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:37 am to AlxTgr
They were about to do this to Lake Bistineau a few weeks ago when we were there. I believe the current pics on Google maps are from another time it was drained. Intersting stuff. I'd like to see pics of it happening if anyone has them.
I was watching a TV show the other day where a lake in Florida had a cave open underneath it and it drained like a bathtub. The locals were picking up 10+lb largemouth out of the last bit of water left in the lake like it was nothing. Filling up the ice chest.
I was watching a TV show the other day where a lake in Florida had a cave open underneath it and it drained like a bathtub. The locals were picking up 10+lb largemouth out of the last bit of water left in the lake like it was nothing. Filling up the ice chest.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:46 am to s14suspense
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10+lb largemouth
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Filling up the ice chest.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:52 am to AlxTgr
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It's Florida, what do you expect?
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:56 am to Last call
Bussey is just north west of Bastrop. It was a big impoundment made by the paper mill in the late 60's to use as part of their water supply. When I was a kid the fishing was hot as hell. Over time it went down hill but remained a pretty decent perch lake. Then recently the mill closed and I guess as a trade off for totally frickin up a hugmoungous wetland known as Wham brake, IP donated Bussey and Wham to the state. Now the state has it drained and plan to make some more boat lanes, clear some stumps and whatnot, flood and restock it. It should be a good deal, they just don't seem to be in much of a hurry to get started on it.
This post was edited on 8/12/14 at 9:58 am
Posted on 8/12/14 at 10:00 am to AlxTgr
Surprised Grand Bayou is on that list. Hope it doesn't hurt the fishing, that place was on fire last spring.
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