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The Chicago River and Calumet River systems connect Lake Michigan to the Mississppi River,the Chicago Sewer Treatment Plant flows into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal(Asian Carp Alley) carrying Chicago's treated sewage to the Des Plaines River,where it goes on to the Illinois River,then the Mississippi River.The trouble has been that they have been flowing more water down that trench to keep water levels high enough for barge traffic on the Mississippi River.There are regulations in place to control this flow of water from the Great Lakes,just not being enforced.They are also lowering all lakes and resiviors in NY,PA & Ohio that flow into the Allegheny River & Ohio River drainage to the Mississippi River to keep water levels high enough for barges traveling to Pittsburgh up river.All Pa Army Corps dam controled lakes were lowered down to the lowest levels I have ever seen this past fall.Chautauqua Lake is so low that the Mayville Launch Ramp is dry,your boat actually goes in flat and is hard to get off the trailer,then when reloading on the trailer your bow ends up under the pulpit on your trailer instead of over the pulpit roller.Lime Lake that flows to the Atlantic Ocean out one side and Gulf of Mexico out the other side,has more water flowing out the Gulf of Mexico side! Yes lack of rain & snow pack have dropped Lake Superior almost 5 ft,lowering all the Great Lakes,but flowing water to the Mississippi River at levels above what is allowed is not helping our water levels to come back up.Lake Ontario is low because all the Great Lakes are low and they are going to keep the water flow rates below the Messina Dam at a level to keep the ships moving.Lake Erie water levels are also so low that many launches are only good for smaller boats,parts of Dunkirk Harbor are to shallow to use the docks and Barcelona Harbor may not be deep enough for any bigger boats.At Barcelona the water level is down so low that most boat trailers can't get in deep enough to get your boat off the trailer,be carefull if you go over the ramp end that drops,you will need 3 trucks in tamdem in 4-wheel drive low to get you back out,seen this last week!But what is more alarming is the loss of prime spawning habitat for Great Lakes Strain Muskies in the Buffalo Harbor.Where the fish use to spawn in 3 to 4 ft of water with good weedbeds,those areas are now 1 to 2 ft deep with no aquatic plant growth.Total loss of spawning habitat,hopefully they will spawn somewhere else around Lake Erie! http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/04/04/great-lakes-levels-below-normal-next-6-months/#.UWAZpMWcWVU.mailto

All we have to do is show up and help with the kids fishing! I will be there by 7:00 am. Capt. Larry

Seminar on Chautauqua Muskies by Capt Larry D Jones Moose Lodge, West Henrietta Rd, Henrietta, NY