This afternoon I went out to check my favorite lakes on the grasslands, after the awesome refreshing
Rain God provided us yesterday.

Clear Lake is Full

Black Creek Lake is Full

The twin Cottonwood Lakes:
Big Cottonwood is out of its banks, the boat Launch is flooded you can only get about
Half way down the road that goes to he boat ramp. The overflow is under water, I observed
A small but powerful whirlpool directly over the location of the overflow intake. The water
Discharge On the backside of the damn sounds like a class v rapid. Please be very careful
If you fish Big lake anytime soon, in the 45 years I have been going to this lake this is the worst I
Have seen it.

Little Cottonwood.
It is full and out of its banks.

I will post further reports in the thread I started by the same name in the Fly a Fishing section.
Check back there.

Terry

Thanks for the update!

Your welcome.,

How is amon crater dating after the rain?

How low were the ponds before the rain? Were they dry or near dry? Thanks

Thanks for the update.

Checked Cottonwood lake this morning. Boat ramp has about 4 to 5ft of ramp out of the water. Still muddy.

woo hoo i love fishing the grasslands....the last time i was at Clearlake and Black Creek they were so depressingly low...Thank's for the update, and Thank's God for filling these lakes up again!

enough water level reports... lets see some fishing reports! I love them but they are a drive for sure now that I don't live over there in Ponder haha

still no fishing reports from any of them? I wouldn't mind an awesome trip to clearlake or black creek but don't want to drive all the way over there to get skunked like I could over here hahaha

Would love,to be able to give u a fishing report Mul, but unfortunately my body has been saying no to fishing.

That's what happens when your the president of the No Guts Club.........

As soon as I can will get you a report.

I took pics of Clear Lake when the water was down.

I know where every stump and bush is now.

I'm gonna get me a fancy DSI unit for the prowler and I'll know where every stump and bush is too

I was talking to a guy at church yesterday morning and he said that there were a bunch of fish floating belly up at Cottonwood about a week or so ago. I have not tried to fish it since the rain and since hearing that I probably won't fish it for a while. I was at Little Cottonwood last Wednesday night and saw lots of fish surfacing.

Shoot, only matters if it was big fish and bass! lol


I may just have to make a trip soon and see what I can turn up...


...then again, hard to justify the trip with other closer lakes that haven't been harmed, and also with a trip that far from home, other lakes I'd rather go explore that I haven't been on

Talked to a guy that lives near clear lake, and he said he heard there was a fish kill at Cottonwood?