high point

its pretty well elevated and has a dam without gates, so id imagine its standard level. did you make it out? 

Anyone get this on there phones ? 
Avoid areas downstream of High Point Dam 
Early warning message.
Failure is NOT imminent.
Type: Extreme Alert !

not good...  invasive chain pickerel throughout the drainage!!!!!  that'll get them into the cassleman, laurel hill, middle yough.  

GilliganJR
not good...  invasive chain pickerel throughout the drainage!!!!!  that'll get them into the cassleman, laurel hill, middle yough.  

Please let them spread, better then stupid pelletheadz

Well, It seems theres only going to be a gradual draw down to repair the dam, hopefully thats all thats needed.

Atleast it's not a structural problem, it's a malfunctioning intake valve or something so hopefully it can be a cheaper fix

Yea great timing :/

Anyone know the water level after the recent rains.  

They still plan to drop it down 15 feet for repairs.  Most of the lake will be dry I believe.

Tv station said yesterday that High Point would be held at current level (4 feet draw down) until they replace the boards that broke in the secondary overflow.  Should take a few weeks.

LET'S HOPE THEY DO SOME WEED REDUCTION WHILE IT'S DOWN.
 

Weeds good, clay/mud bad.
 
Glad to hear they are gonna be able to repair it without destroying the place or having a long term closure.

anyone know if you can get a boat in?  thinking about heading up there tomorrow.
 
thanks,
phish

Last week when I was up was on a workday.  There were no boats out, just three kayaks.   I believe the north launch drops off faster but do not know if you can get a boat in or not.  The first couple feet beyond the launch appeared to be mostly rocky but I'm sure there is soft mud somewhere beyond.  I just don't know how far out it is.

finally getting around to posting about out trip to high point on Oct 10.  went to the south ramp - water way too low to get boat in - low by at least 3 ft vertical .  went to north ramp - water very low but we decided to drag the boat off the trailer with practically no flotation.  a tough job but made it.  luckily the weather was not bad but had to get into the water up to my package.
 
another boat had the same issues and he said the level is higher than when he was here two weeks ago - his entire SUV was in the lake and he still got only minor flotation.  another boater just gave up and drove away.
 
fishing was not good at all.  we threw crawlers and minnows hoping to get some bass, perch and crappies - zero crappies and two barely legal perch - one 14.5 inch largemouth and a few other dinks.  no pike/pickerel.  the other boat on the lake, two guys throwing lures across the top of weeds - appeared to be catching a few bass but nothing big that we saw.
 
was surprised at the number and size of bluegills we got.  kept enough for dinner for 4 - only needed 6 gills - this is quite different than historically for us - we would catch dink gills and very few large ones - just opposite now.
 
with the level down so much, it was hard to find where the weeds ended - then, of course, the wind wouldn't let us be practically all day.  it blew us down to the dam then we struggled to get back.  not the typical wind direction. 
 
will not be back till next spring - hope there's some improvement.
 
phish