yough river drawdown

That's a shame. Seems like the Yough has been getting more popular in anglers lately.. Doubt many people are going to be happy about this.

Really? I personally don't fish the Yough much but I have noticed how much popularity it's gained over the past years. Not to big on water numbers and the percentages it would of taken over, but I guess I jumped at 5 million gallons.. Guess not, right?

Yeah but in all realness the government couldn't drain it. Knowing how many people enjoy the resources of the river (fishing, hiking, etc.) the public would really voice their opinion to the government. Maybe a solution drain some of the bass lakes? Now I don't dislike bass ponds/lakes but bass can virtually live in any water in the state of Pennsylvania, trout can't. Take some water from some bass lakes and everyone would be all right. Even if anyones mad about some water being taken out find some lake in the middle woods on a map. Like I said MOST lakes/bodies of water hold bass in fair numbers and trout simply don't.

Water was high in Confluence today. They have begun to dump the lake. The lake is high for this time of year. They have one of the flood gates open to begin a drawdown behind the dam

its true, they began holding the lake back for boaters a few years ago. i remember as a kid both of the old boat ramps being out of the water in the lake. Going up to the Maryland end wasnt even an option unless you could run in mud.

Reservoir.

222, you're correct about the water plant, i sent this advisory out for everyone who fishes from connellsville north to the mouth of the river

Western Maryland, Mainly Garrett County had plenty of rain in May, June and the early part of July.   Most of that watershed either feeds The Casselman River or  Deep Creek Lake and Yough River which flows into Yough Dam.  With plenty of water running down the Casselman that time of year they were able to keep the lake at full pool longer than usual.  Actually for a while I was watching the levels and it seemed as if they were doing the opposite of most years.  They were cutting it back on weekends to keep it a decent rate for river activities and dumping it during the week to keep the lake at normal levels.   As far as the amount they will be taking out:  currently at Connellsville there is about 28 million gallons going through per hour.  That's about 670 million gallons per day going down the river.  If my math is right!