...7 months later (from the last post, above)
Man, it's been a long time waiting...and I'm still waiting.
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It's been about 16 months since we closed the valve on the drain. The first fall/winter '06/'07 was major league water and fill rate, topping at 25" short of pool. Then, the following spring/summer '07 was terrible. We got sporadic rains thru these warm months, but the level dropped and hovered around 36" - 42" short of pool. Now, we're seemingly back into the same cold weather pattern and have jumped back up to 22" short of pool as of today's measurement.
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(normal pool will be slightly higher than the bottom of the galvanized predator guard on the nesting tube pole at right of frame...gotta adjust them up a bit)
Brrrrrr...
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The tops of the cribs and the top set of spawn saucers will be the last exposed items to submerge.
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The water was still dribbling in thru the field tile feed. I can't quantitatively analyze how much water it contributes, but I am thankful for it's participation. The last 22" of water depth will flood this (and the adjacent 1/4 ac) of timber creating the wetland area we planned.
