I owned boats from 2001-2004. I fished below Pickwick Dam for 5 days a week 365 days a year. The more water the better...to a point. I have fished 98,000 CFS coming just from generators. When spill gates open it is different story...even if the flow is only 70,000 CFS. Too much debris will come through the gates making it not so safe to be in a boat. Plus the drop that the water falls creates a wave action that would pound your boat to death at the ramp. I never anchored below the dam. Fifty to eighty thousand CFS is normal below Pickwick.....those numbers below other dams could be not so normal...even dangerous...depends on the dam and location. I have fished below the dam at Pickwick when the output was 198,000 CFS...but it was from the bank...but the fish were in there by the thousands. My boat is due to be finished by 1 September and all my gear will be on it and in the water by 15 September...you can bet probably my first spot to fish will be below Pickwick...catching crappie....whites...schooling stripers in there by the thousands.
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