#Rodman reservoir drawdown schedule series

The level of 18 feet is expected to be reached again on April 15. This ‘low pool’ mark will be maintained until March 1, 2020, when the lake will be allowed to slowly refill. On October 16, the formal drawdown phase begins and will continue until November 15, when Rodman Reservoir arrives at 11 feet.

Then, from October 1 to October 15, it will be taken back down to the normal 18 foot mark. First, for 20 days beginning September 10, the lake will be taken up to its ‘high pool’ mark 20-feet above sea level. With representatives from several state and government agencies present, the drawdown schedule was announced. Due for another of its periodic dewaterings, Rodman Reservoir will be drawn down for several months in late 2019 and early 2020. In a public meeting On August 19 at Ravine Gardens in Palatka, the much-anticipated announcement came. But, Saturday’s weigh-in at Sea Hag Marina will likely show that the anglers managed well. Nature always seems to find a way to test the skills of the redfish pros. But, just in time for the highest-stakes local redfish event of the year, the heavy rains came to flood the salt marshes and tidal creeks and darken every inshore redfish haunt within range of even the fastest boat leaving out of Steinhatchee. It’s a pretty safe bet that conditions will be much better on this day than they were on Saturday.Ī few months ago the IFA moved its Ruskin tournament scheduled for August 24 to Steinhatchee, exciting local redfish specialists. Attendance was greatly reduced, however, by nasty weather, so Dan’s friends and tournament organizers announced this week that the Chasin’ Reds for Dan benefit was rescheduled for October 26. The “Chasin’ Reds for Dan” tournament held Saturday at Cedar Key saw several dedicated anglers, and a handful of redfish were caught. In a nutshell, the incredible rains are most likely to help the lakes, make the rivers temporarily tougher, and almost certainly hurt the inshore saltwater fishing for a while.

The wet stretch of days flooded roads and put gulf coast communities under water. The effect won’t be so positive everywhere. More likely, the now-satisfied groundwater will hold the great fishery safer from another sinkhole dewatering. Orange is back, and this copiously-rainy season won’t do it any harm. Some say that finding live bait - grass shrimp and crickets are best - is trickier than finding bream to eat them. By far, catches this year in the Orange / Lochloosa Division qualifiers have outstripped catches in all others.īream fishers, too, reported good results on Orange through last week. Every team strives to reach the year-end Classic championship to be held November 1 and 2 on the Harris Chain of Lakes out of Leesburg.

#Rodman reservoir drawdown schedule series

The Xtreme Bass series has Florida divisions ranging from Suwannee to Istokpoga. In nasty weather, the tournament drew 22 teams, and five bass over 8 pounds were taken to the weigh scales. Johnny and Joey Key nailed down third with a fine 24.05 limit, and Charlie McCallister and Dwayne Moore grabbed the fourth place paycheck with their 17.78 limit. Anchoring their catch was a 10.52-pound beast - the day’s heaviest single bass. Jonathan Semento and Austin Baskette caught only four keepers on the day, but they weighed 26.70, and that was good enough for second place. In the eighth of nine scheduled Orange Lake events for 2019, David Thomas and Zack Smith bagged another giant Orange Lake limit-five bass that totaled 32.24-pounds. They might have been aided by the damp, low-light conditions … but, even in the mid-August edition of the Orange Lake qualifiers, great big bass were again seen at weigh-in. The combination of jaw-dropping fish and the frequency of their appearance has put Orange in a familiar spot -– on the radar of big bass aficionados everywhere. This year, these lakes have turned again into dependable producers of big bass. While it was held right in the middle of an amazingly-wet couple of weeks, this turned out to be one of the days with lighter rain. One bit of fish-catching news, however, definitely should be passed on.Īnother Xtreme Bass Trail qualifier on Orange and Lochloosa Lakes went out of Marjorie Rawlings Park on Saturday. More than great catches, this week’s fishing news was dominated by rainfall that will affect all local fishing for some time to come.