Guessing When Boating will Return

Hi Brian,
I also compliment you for maintaining this website.

We are very interested, as is everyone, in when the lake and river might reopen for boating this summer.

We have a home on the river, and although we were very lucky and suffered no damage, we are wondering if we’ll be able to use our boat this year?

Many rumors have been flying about that even when the water comes down the river and lake will remain closed due to floating debris and toxicity.

Can you give us any information? I have checked many websites and can not seem to find any information.

Thank you,
Rae Nicks
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Rae –
Thanks for the compliment, and happy to hear you are high and dry.

The best way I can answer your question is that the slow-no wake orders are usually removed when the lake level drops below 779.00.

Today’s lake level is 781.58. We need to drop another 31 inches. If we drop 2 inches per day, with no new precipitation, then we would be looking at Monday, August 4th for a rough guess as the date the sheriffs’ departments would remove the no wake orders.

It is highly unlikely the DNR would prohibit navigation. But the potential odor and debris will cause troubles for those of us anxious to start the summer before Labor Day.