Went to Tapps yesterday for a drive around. It was truly amazing/sickening. I am a bit worried about the fishery short term, but if you think about it, there may be some plus sides to it. If there is a "munch-fest" going on in the ponds right now (not too likely in 40 deg water), it's mostly the 6-10 fish that are getting munched. We've all been pissing and moaning about the overabundance of under 12" SM, well now they should get managed down a bit, leaving bigger fish. Also, more Rock Bass are probably being depleted from fish and bird predation then ever before...yah!
It's really cool to locate visually stuff that came up on sonar, but I couldn't quite make out. I saw 2 car motors, and 2 safes with broken doors rusting away, bridges, train tussles, platforms, docks, tree lines, ditches. In one spot a brush field that I never new about. I even got to go into the north end park and take photos. We gotta take the good with the bad, and there is definitely a cool side to this tragedy.
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Yah, someone on another (earlier) post was warned to not do that or face a fine. What is this world coming to where a person can be threatened "legally" for trying to help others, or the environment.
No wonder no one want to help in conservation efforts.
The refill has begun: http://cascadewater.org/2015/03/16/important-lake-tapps-reservoir-i...
From the Cascade web site:
"Cascade Water Alliance began refilling the Lake Tapps Reservoir system over the weekend. The speed of the refill is dependent on the available flows in the river. The target for reaching recreational lake (reservoir) levels remains Memorial Day weekend."
The lake's current USGS gage height: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=12101000
As of today...Wanapaum Dam refill has started too!!!
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