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A question for Blessington Anglers

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  • 01-05-2012 8:09pm
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    Birdnuts
    Registered Users Posts: 9,740 ✭✭✭


    Lads - have you ever seen water levels on the Lake as high as they are currently?? I certainly haven't!!. In recent days levels are so high large fish are being washed into small ponds at the edge of the lake!!:(

    Is there a problem at the dam in Poulaphuca?:confused:


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    bitemybanger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭bitemybanger


    From one extreme to the other. A couple of months ago it was the lowest I've ever seen it.


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    Patolagola
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭Patolagola


    TBH I wouldn't worry to much, they'll open the dam when its needed.

    Hows the pike doing up there, they on the feed?


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    PETEMCL2003
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭PETEMCL2003


    i was only up there about 10 days ago and the levels were very low, only inches instead of feet near kilbride


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    jkchambers
    Registered Users Posts: 380 ✭✭jkchambers


    I hope this may give the pike a chance to spawn successfully. For a few years levels have been so low at spawning time there have been no weedy areas for the pike to spawn. This is possibly one reason for the poor level of pike stocks there


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    Patolagola
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭Patolagola


    Maybe the high levels is for that reason ^^


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    connel42
    Registered Users Posts: 175 ✭✭connel42


    Yeah it's pretty high at the moment but it has been a good bit higher in the past.
    We have had so much rain in the past week the level has risen very quickly.
    The ESB would prefer if it was lower and will most likely start letting water through the dam as soon as they can. I would think the lower Liffey levels are high particularly around Strawberry beds so they can't let too much flow through and risk flooding.
    This morning the lake is like glass with a clear blue sky.
    I have a few boats on swinging moorings and they are full of rain water so its a good test for the bouyancy tanks.
    I hope it does help the Pike but I don't think it will stay as high for too long.
    Anyone with boats at Russlestown should go and check on them.


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    natdog
    Registered Users Posts: 266 ✭✭natdog


    why would the esb like the lake to be lower


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    slowburner
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,220 Mod ✭✭✭✭slowburner


    natdog wrote: »
    why would the esb like the lake to be lower
    Many reasons. Less pressure on the dam. Less erosion of the banks, therefore less turbidity. The capacity to hold water in the event of more heavy rainfall, thereby allowing the control of floodwater downstream.


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    PETEMCL2003
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭PETEMCL2003


    Went up late this evening for an hours fishing, delighted to see the levels up.
    I was a little sickened last week to find them so low after buying another permit, now all i need is to catch something


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