Flowage pics

[Ty Sennett]

Here are a couple more pics from the last two days:

The picture with the turtle on the ice is crazy. I have never seen anything like that or heard of that. It's hard to tell from the picture but it was a very big snapping turtle.

And, before everyone flips out on Musky Hunter on the size of the jawbones, they were big teeth on a little fish. The actual jawbone itself was small but boy did it have a good set of chompers.

The bridge picture is by Herman's Landing looking west. I think the lake is filling from east to west this spring because there is more open water on the west side than the east meaning the flow is going west. Not much runoff coming in on the west side. The lake is filling pretty fast though. I'd say the lake is around two feet low. That's just a guess. I'll check the water level meter at the bridge in a couple days.

[Ty Sennett]

Messed up my pics. Here's the one I didn't get posted. A computer wizz kid I am not.

[Favrefan]

Here's a link to the lake level data, if it works.

http://www.cfla.us/level.htm

[Indigoiguana]

That looks like a 'Flintstone' hair comb to me... which brings up this question. If the Flintstones cartoon had both Wilma and Betty looking pretty fine, why did the movie version have Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma and Rosie O'Donnell as Betty¿ Doesn't make sense.

MS

[Cold Front]

The "snow turtle" is amazing! They look even more prehistoric in the snow, never even occurred to me that they would be caught out in those conditions. I think the teeth in that jawbone were lodged there when the world record fish attacked and killed that little one. It's quite obvious when you do some photogramwizardry that those fangs aren't original to that jawbone! The WR is alive and well and killing lesser fish of the flowage.

[Snizz]

The WR is alive and well and killing lesser fish of the flowage.

You're probably right...but I dont think it's in the normal spots that we fish, like weeds and rocks...Prolly hanging out at 25-30 feet in the old river channel munchin on catfish...Time to start jigging!

[Esox Chaser]

Did I read "Rosie O'Donnell as the Snow Turtle"?
That explains the "prehistoric looking" part!
No wonder they seem so cranky!

[Muskyfvr]

Wow. It looks like we have more ice in southern minnesota. They are still walking out on 2x10 planks to get on the ice to fish. Love that picture of the turtle.