Fishing What's Left Of Our Draining Lake.... These Fish Are TRAPPED! 

The EPA won't let them dredge this particular lake again. Parts of the lake are actually right above the area sewer system. They started dredging back in the 90s and ended up dumping a lot of raw sewage into the lake. They have no maps of the sewer system and the EPA won't allow dredging until they can drain the lake and get locates done for the sewer system and utilities.

@joemattox7525 How did they get raw sewage from the lake bed? That's very strange that they put the sediment back into the lake. They should be pumping the sediment out and hauling off to a dry land dump site or building a bank and/or berms from the sediment/sand/or dirt removed. Do you know who did that dredging back then? Sounds like they didn't know what they were doing.

I suspect their plan is to make the lake usable for pleasure boaters, sadly. After it sits dry for a year or three I think they’ll do some excavation.

@@JimWisniewski-xj8ds I honestly don't know who did the dredging. They have tunnels and pipes running underneath the lake. After the original dredging was done, the lake water level was low. I don't know a ton of the details behind it. Like I said earlier, I only had time to skim the newspaper article because my mom was getting off of work. I was only like 12 or 13 at the time all this happened. I just remember that there was an investigation into the local government because of how the sewer system was designed and "lost" records and maps. I moved away shortly after and couldn't really keep up with what was going on after the move. We didn't exactly have internet in the palm of our hands back then lol. My parents were divorced and our meeting spot for when i would visit my mom was at this lake. My dad would get us there early so we could fish while we waited for my mom to get there.

Dredging takes a lot more man hours a hell of a lot more equipment and it’s way more expensive. It’s not cheaper.

Arkansas is an amazing place if you love the outdoors!

That's what I was thinking.

I’ve found a few! But not as many as you would think. This lake you can usually get your stuff back!

@@COLE_and_JAY Cole I bet Jessica is still looking at her new rings and smiling 😊 ❤

I haven’t seen any other craw lures that look like this one haha

It’s 50lb berkley x5

Why did they drain your lake.????.what is the purpose of draining it.​@@COLE_and_JAY

@@COLE_and_JAY okay thanks

This water isn’t going anywhere

Gotta give some context haha

They will kill all the living fish before they fill it back up

I really enjoyed watching you catch those fish. My kind of fishing. I would think it might be good to fish until summer. God bless you guys

​@ranbo9390 that's the sad Part. They are too many people going hungry. That would be a great meal for them.