Lake Lanier In One Of It's Drier Moments
I’ve spent the last few days talking to a few friends in different parts of the country. A few of them mentioned how low the water levels of their favorite local lakes were at the moment.
As I have Lake Lanier in my back yard, I can certainly sympathize—it’s down over 5 feet right now, and has been in worse shape over the past few years.
There are a lot of reasons for low water levels in a lake like Lanier. Some of them are blamed on politics, others on environment, others on aliens from outer space. The point of this little article is not to discuss the reasons why, but instead to point out that low water levels can be an incredible opportunity if you want them to be!
How To Benefit From Low Water Levels
The next time your favorite fishing hole is down, I have a suggestion for you that will be much better than simply complaining about it.
Grab your smart phone and a geo-tagging app. If you don’t have a smart phone, a regular camera will do, but you will also need to bring a long a notebook.
Head to areas of the lake that you like to fish, and start taking pictures of the shore line. Take pictures of the islands if possible, creek channels, undercut banks—anything that is exposed that would not normally be due to the level of the water.
If you spend one day doing this on your favorite lake when the levels were down, you will have collected a tremendous amount of data about potential fishing spots.
Lakes and rivers go through cycles of high and low water. This is especially true of any of them associated with the production of hydro-electric power. Sure, they will get low, but they will also come back up.
Do a little research when they are down, and you will catch a ton more fish when they are back to normal or better.
See ya on the water…