05-21-2023, 06:12 PM
(05-21-2023, 05:43 PM)Kent Wrote:(05-21-2023, 03:58 PM)TubeDude Wrote: By the way, the "chub pond" is a bust right now. Made a trip out there a couple of weeks ago and it was extremely low and clear. Could not see any chubs and both minnow traps and cast nets got no bait. Never seen it like that. It is fed from a deep water table and after the drought of the past few years it may take a while to replenish that little pond.
Surprising that it would be "extremely low".
It has been dropping slowly for the past couple of years. It is lower now than I have ever seen it...with hardly even a trickle coming in from the springs. As mentioned, it is fed by deep water aquifers that may take a long time to refill. I suspect that all of the chubs have migrated downstream to the deep ponds on the bird refuge. But they are only open to the public during waterfowl season.