What About Janesville, Beloit? - Lake Links

Have read al the posts. Have yet to see any one relate to the down-river probs on the rock.

Beloits riverfest draws thousands of people and has a skiing comp. that requires water. By opening the dam at Indianford and closing it just past Beloit that pool stay's full.

Also have you drivin lately through Janesville and see what low water does there. Janesville also has a festival that requires water from the rock.

Its just not us that want to fish the rock (Kosh) but other communities also rely on this river.

I am all for raising the mean depth of kosh. After early july I stop fishin here cause of the depth.

I'll bet this whole river thing is far above what we actualy know.

Look at all the communities that benifit from this waterway. It all starts near Horicon and ends up in the Mississippi near the middle of Ill.

Both the DNR and Rkld have to deel with all the rocks needs.

Personaly, I feel that all the people that have dealt with this lake have done a good job. This fishery to my knowlegde is the best its been. I have fished this system for over 30yrs. My catches are better now than 20yrs ago.
Fuzzyfishin

Fuzzyfishin,
By holding the pool of water in Koshkonong at 7 inches higher level during high water periods by simply closing the gates sooner will not affect the level down stream of Indianford, in fact it could serve a slight benefit in reducing flood levels sooner down stream because what happens is the water flow would be slowed, not stopped, water would still be flowing from Koshkonong over the dam instead of threw it.

In low flow periods along with evaporation during drought periods the lake could not maintain those 7 inches, I believe the Hydrology data shows it would only be about 3.5 inches, which would benefit Koshkonong a great deal but regardless of that downstream pools, Janesville, Rock, Beloit, etc pools are maintained by there own respective dams, not Koshkonong, or Indianford, if your respective dams are open for generation of electrical power or just open your levels will continue to drop.

As for your fishing being better now than 20 years ago, I have to say mine are not, on Koshkonong we caught numerous Panfish species in quantities unheard of today along with Walleyes & Northerns.

Why, because back then we had spawning habitat that was holding water, unlike today when no water exist in those spawning areas because of the DNR mandated winter drawdown.
Diver