Tom Blackburn
Senior Member
I read some articles today that describe a gruesome picture: over 500 floating Striped Bass on Lake Hartwell. Of course, no one knows how many dead fish are on the bottom. Folks who live on the Lake are reporting that the Stripers are dying by the hundreds every day.
Both the federal government and Striped Bass Fishermen are reporting water temperature of 80 degrees at a depth of 100 feet!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Christine Scarpellie, a reporter, interviewed a noted and long-time Hartwell fisherman who questioned why the Corps released "good" water through the dam when it could have run the excess water over the dam thus insuring the integrity of the water needed by the Stripers.
Excellent question deserving an answer.
Both the federal government and Striped Bass Fishermen are reporting water temperature of 80 degrees at a depth of 100 feet!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Christine Scarpellie, a reporter, interviewed a noted and long-time Hartwell fisherman who questioned why the Corps released "good" water through the dam when it could have run the excess water over the dam thus insuring the integrity of the water needed by the Stripers.
Excellent question deserving an answer.