After reading the article in the paper yesterday morning.  I drove over to Tamarack Lake this morning. They had placed their nets and were taking the fish to Woodcock Lake.
 As of 11:00 A.M. they had netted 2 walleye (25" & 22")  
2 Largemouth Bass (legal) and LOT of small panfish most being  6"/8" Crappie.  The guy on the truck said 90% of the fish were Crappie.  The water temp. is close to 85+*  but the rain this weekend should cool it down some. That may help them to be able to trap more fish,  although rain will only take longer for the draw  down to take place. 
Oh, yes !!...There are a TON of carp in there.
 

The biologist I talked to on the phone said they have got three (yes only 3) musky. He is said that the trap nets are far less effectivie when the fish are not shallow.

Pachuckles


Oh, yes !!...There are a TON of carp in there.

I suppose they'll leave them there to rot..................

KingKool

Pachuckles


Oh, yes !!...There are a TON of carp in there.

I suppose they'll leave them there to rot..................

thats what they did when they drained glade run lake in bulter co.

I was just at the lake this morning around 10am and it looks like they are wrapping up the fish "salvage" operation, pulling in nets etc. My buddy and I were in dismay to watch what was happening. We arrived at the south end dam and parked along the road where there were two other guys watching the operation. My buddy and I saw three large front end loader buckets of fish...all very ALIVE being driven into the woods on the other side of the dam breastworks and dumped in the woods! The net boats would run out and fill the galvanized tubs that had no water in them, proceed to shore in the south parking lot and meet the front end loader and use buckets to scoop the fish into the front loader, loader would back up turn around and drive across the dam into woods with fish literally flopping out of the filled bucket and return empty. It was sickening to see all those fish being killed. The guys we talked to said they did take 2 truck loads out for transport then in the interim they would just load up the front loader and dump them in the woods. I asked a PAFBC guy why they were dumping the fish in the woods and his reply was: "it is what the DEP requires us to do with the dead fish" I said: " but they are LIVE fish" and he said they won't be for long if left in the lake. Maybe they have no choice but it just didn't seem right to see all those fish just being wasted. We rough estimated perhaps tens of thousands were dumped in the woods. If you need verification just walk across the south dam and follow the front loader tracks in the soft ground to the dump spot....very sad.

why dont they use the meat at shelters or something.... would be a better use for it than dumping it in the woods. I know it would be quit an operation. id just think it would equal alot of meat that wouldnt be wasted that could be used somewhere.   they should have announced a free for all, then i wouldnt have to fish all **** winter for walleye lol

Took a ride out to Tamarack yesterday and I was sickened by the view. I was able to see one small pool of water on the Cochranton end of the lake. There is new grass starting to grow in the vast visable field of stumps. I did see quite a few Blue Herons walking the shallows for prey. Surprisingly there was quite a lot of fish splashing going on with some of it coming from large fish in the deper waters of the pool. Lots of small dimples as well. This lake cannot be allowed to stay this way for very long.
 

good news but hopefully they will dredge it to make it a little deeper.  it will still be a long time before its fishable again.

Just happened to stumble upon this today....
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaiTR0Dwujc