COE releasing massive amounts

[agelesssone]

The Cumberland river below Old Hickory Dam is 22 feet above normal summer pool. The COE is releasing 53,400 cubic feet of water per SECOND, raising it from 386 to 408 ft. That's awfully dramatic, doncha think?

[Fishaholic]

no but should make for some good fishing there below the dam

[Aquaholic6801]

Yeah, but this is one of the times when one shouldnt be below the dam in a boat, Im a 20+ yr veteran of fishing below the dam, I wouldnt fish close to the dam in a boat in these condition......now maybe a few creek arms down stream may be good, hope the water level stays over 400 ft past Wednesday....my next day off.....;)

[nofish]

Yeah, but this is one of the times when one shouldnt be below the dam in a boat, Im a 20+ yr veteran of fishing below the dam, I wouldnt fish close to the dam in a boat in these condition......now maybe a few creek arms down stream may be good, hope the water level stays over 400 ft past Wednesday....my next day off.....;)

Not trying to threadjack, but are you one of the guys that fishes for striper on a jet ski below old hickory dam?


And the conditions below the dams right now are dangerous for sure. Now would be the time to fish farther downstream due to dangerous conditions below the dam unless you have a BIG boat.

[Aquaholic6801]

Yes I do , I do fish out of a boat sometimes, If I am live bait fishing or plan on keeping some fish.....or if its to dam cold....

[white95v6]

Well I had thought about fishing below OHD on Tuesday but with them pumping that much water I think we will be going somewhere else. All we have is a little boat lol.

[agelesssone]

I am somewhat new to the area (19 months) and I fished the river last year when the water level in the river was 399 (13 ft over normal pool) and it wasn't too bad BUT, I was in a 19 ft bass boat and I didn't try to fish around the gates or the generators. I slid downstream to Mansker creek. The creek, at summer pool is about 3-4 ft deep, was around 16-17 ft deep. There was a lot of crappie, bluegills, and white bass in there. I think I caught two sauger that were keepers.

The water level is now (1/14/2013) 410, making it 24 ft over summer pool. So I guess the creek would be about 27 ft deep. Actually makes me want to go fish that and the lock slip! I'm for sure going to drive over to the dam and have a look, having never seen the river this high before.

I was out on the river last Wednesday when they were releasing about 24,000 GPS (gallons per second), down river about a mile. I hung my jig on the bottom and my 101 lb. thrust trolling motor wouldn't pull me upstream. It just managed to hold me even with the current. Can't imagie what it would be like today.

They were releasing 62,600 GPS at midnight, THAT'S ROLLIN!

[white95v6]

24k does not scare me. But 60k is a different story lol. I just have a 15ft john boat.

[ALANRAYG2]

I am not familiar with the release information for the Cumberland River Dams. I do know the release information for the Tennessee River is in CFS Cubic feet per second. I'f my memory serves me right we used cubic feet of water to figure gallons in a swimming pool. We took the cubic feet of a pool and multiplied it by 7.3 gallons to give us volume. Here is the current observation for today on Kentucky Dam.

Kentucky
Latest Operating Information
Please note! Water release schedules often change without notice due to unanticipated changes in weather conditions and power system requirements.
Use caution near dams. A large amount of water may be discharged without warning at any time. Your safety depends on obeying all posted safety regulations and warnings. Learn more.
Kentucky will be spilling until further notice.
Generation Releases
Day Time Period (Central) Generators
1/14/2013 6am - midnight 4 or more

Observed Data
Day Time
(Central) Upstream
Elevation Tailwater Elevation
(below dam)* Average Hourly
Discharge*
1/13/2013 midnight 355.32 315.03 115,799
1/14/2013 1 am 355.36 315.10 116,210
1/14/2013 2 am 355.44 315.07 116,168
1/14/2013 3 am 355.52 315.18 116,064
1/14/2013 4 am 355.63 315.19 116,793
1/14/2013 5 am 355.68 315.25 117,168
1/14/2013 6 am 355.76 315.33 117,640
1/14/2013 7 am 355.84 315.35 118,123
*Elevations are in feet above sea level. Discharges are in cubic feet
per second and are reported at the end of the hour.

So to figure the gallons I would take 116,210 x 7.3 = 848333.....gallons per second. I could be wrong on the gallons per cubic foot figure. It was a long time ago that we figured volume. Close to 30 years.
I am including the web link for TVA for the Tennessee River System. There are all kinds of information on here.
http://www.tva.com/river/index.htm

[ALANRAYG2]

My figures below are incorrect. There are 7.48 gallons per cubic foot.
http://www.montecitowater.com/how_many_gallons_of_water_in_a_c.htm

[MNfisher]

There are 7.48 gallons of water in a cubic foot! Over 100,000 cfs....that's a lot of water!!

[nofish]

Yes I do , I do fish out of a boat sometimes, If I am live bait fishing or plan on keeping some fish.....or if its to dam cold....

I've seen some of your videos, you're a wildman!

[nofish]

I am somewhat new to the area (19 months) and I fished the river last year when the water level in the river was 399 (13 ft over normal pool) and it wasn't too bad BUT, I was in a 19 ft bass boat and I didn't try to fish around the gates or the generators. I slid downstream to Mansker creek. The creek, at summer pool is about 3-4 ft deep, was around 16-17 ft deep. There was a lot of crappie, bluegills, and white bass in there. I think I caught two sauger that were keepers.

The water level is now (1/14/2013) 410, making it 24 ft over summer pool. So I guess the creek would be about 27 ft deep. Actually makes me want to go fish that and the lock slip! I'm for sure going to drive over to the dam and have a look, having never seen the river this high before.

I was out on the river last Wednesday when they were releasing about 24,00 GPS (gallons per second), down river about a mile. I hung my jig on the bottom and my 101 lb. thrust trolling motor wouldn't pull me upstream. It just managed to hold me even with the current. Can't imagie what it would be like today.

They were releasing 62,600 GPS at midnight, THAT'S ROLLIN!



At 6am at Cheatham they were moving 102,000 cfs. That's an insane amount of water on a small river! I went to gsp Saturday night when we had flash flood warnings and cordell hull wasn't generating (holding back water I'm assuming) and old hickory all the way to Barkley were letting it rip. I guess they're getting the excess water out of the system now.

[nofish]

108,000 cfs at cheatham now