I could siphon the lake down, but to empty it would leave a stinking mess. We live "on" the lake and we use the lake water for all our house hold water including drinking water. If there were a way to use the fish, then perhaps I could lower it three or four feet if that would do any good.
The lake fills from about 300 acres above it. It is all pasture and woods, no grain farming. So we do get "fresh" and clean water periodically. There are more deer in the woods than cattle in the pasture. The over flow has been as much as thirty feet wide and 2.5 feet deep. But normally, the 15 inch overflow pipe handles it.
I see where talipia are used as food. But I don't want to have to do that each year.
Thanks for your thoughts.
