On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:28:07 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:


As anyone who has rafted up on Lake Lanier on any holiday weekend knows,
there just never seems to be enough beach area. Thanks to our 2 year
drought, that lake of beach area seems to be solved.

See - always look on the bright side of life.

Slide number 5 is a photo of the area of Lanier where I spend most of my
time. It looks like the beach area has been increase about 500%. As
you can see many of the smaller creeks and the northern areas of the
lake are bone dry.

http://tinyurl.com/2qffbz

When we returned from SC this last trip, we went the inside route and
passed Lake Norman in NC. Compared to last October when I went down,
it has recovered very nicely.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:28:07 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

As anyone who has rafted up on Lake Lanier on any holiday weekend knows,
there just never seems to be enough beach area. Thanks to our 2 year
drought, that lake of beach area seems to be solved.

See - always look on the bright side of life.

I am one of the "the glass is half full" kind of guy



Slide number 5 is a photo of the area of Lanier where I spend most of my
time. It looks like the beach area has been increase about 500%. As
you can see many of the smaller creeks and the northern areas of the
lake are bone dry.

http://tinyurl.com/2qffbz

When we returned from SC this last trip, we went the inside route and
passed Lake Norman in NC. Compared to last October when I went down,
it has recovered very nicely.

Lake Norman is similar to Lanier, in size, but the mountain area feeding
Norman has had substantially more rain than North Ga. I have heard Lake
Norman sucks for fishing. It was built before the insisted on measure
to reducing silting, and from my source, the lake is so silted over that
it is almost dead. This was a guy who previously lived on Lake Lanier
and moved to Lake Norman. I had no idea silting was that big of a
problem, but he said it covered up all of the protective structures and
areas the fish like to live and breed. I think if they can't have an
areas in which they can breed, they commit suicide, but i am not certain
of that last big of info.

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:28:07 -0500, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/2qffbz

Is that seasonal foliage loss, or are those trees dead after two years of
drought?

wrote:
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:28:07 -0500, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/2qffbz

Is that seasonal foliage loss, or are those trees dead after two years of
drought?

I think you are talking about photo 1, and I am guessing it is seasonal
foliage loss. Surprisingly, we have had very little problem with trees
dying. Some of the new growth at the tips of the trees have died, but
no real problems with older trees or bushes. The plant nursurys in
Georgia have been hit very hard. The largest one, Pike Nursury, went
belly up and was sold at auction. No one wanted to buy new plants if
they could only water them for 30 days and they would soon die in the
drought.

Georgia does have a problem with Pine Beetles which can quickly kill a
pine forest, but normally the pine trees will dry up and fall over
fairly quickly. Since I didn't see downed trees, I am guessing they are
deciduous trees.

On Mar 7, 8:25*am, wrote:
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:28:07 -0500, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2qffbz

Is that seasonal foliage loss, or are those trees dead after two years of
drought?

Seasonal, hardwoods such as maple, oak, hickory, poplar, etc.

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:28:07 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:


As anyone who has rafted up on Lake Lanier on any holiday weekend knows,
there just never seems to be enough beach area. Thanks to our 2 year
drought, that lake of beach area seems to be solved.

Slide number 5 is a photo of the area of Lanier where I spend most of my
time. It looks like the beach area has been increase about 500%. As
you can see many of the smaller creeks and the northern areas of the
lake are bone dry.

http://tinyurl.com/2qffbz


Damn shame. I guess the workings with Congress didn't get the laws changed
regarding the release of water?

The lake I'm interested in, Falls Lake, NC, is now only about 8 feet below
normal.
--
John H