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Location: Eastern Ontario | How do you define a Flowage what are its characteristics? To me it seems to be a Wisconsin term. The term isn't used here in Ontario. |
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| yeah it is kind of a Wisconsin term, it is a reservoir, a lake formed by a dam being placed on a river to form a lake.
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Thanks Tanner so would lakes that are basicly wide spots in a river system without dams be also considered a Flowage |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | WOW! I can't remember the last time Tanner was so serious for such an extended period of time!.......I know that it was only one sentence, but you have to know Tanner.......... He makes me look like a grump! |
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| no not really, a flowage has to have a dam on it.
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Location: Greenfield, WI | Tanner, How are you (also known as the "Top Rated Ice Fishing Guide in The Solar System, including the Sun") doing this winter?
Do you have many openings?
What are your main bodies of water that you specialize in?
How big of groups do you take?
Edited by Steve Van Lieshout 1/22/2011 11:23 AM
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| A 'flowage' is a 'reservoir'.
The terms are interchangeable. A natural lake that is part of a river system is a lake. A 'flowage' or 'reservoir' has to have a dam which is used to manipulate the water level artificially. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Am I correct in asuming that a flowage could contain a natural river system lake that was deepened and expanded when the dam was built? |
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Location: Southern MN | horsehunter - 1/25/2011 10:35 PM
Am I correct in asuming that a flowage could contain a natural river system lake that was deepened and expanded when the dam was built?
I'd think that body of water would now be classified as a flowage or reservoir since the dam was built. |
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Location: Germantown, WI | A natural lake that has a stabilization dam might techically be a reservoir, but in my experience it still fishes like a natural lake. A true reservoir or flowage was a river or creek that was dammed up to create an artificial lake. This dramatically changes the habitat. A natural lake with a stabilization dam does not have dramatically changed habitat and may still essentially have the same shoreline. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | So a dam on a river that regulated flow or is used to control ice that deepens the river without materialy increasing its surface area would not be creating a flowage. I just ordered Tanner's DVD from R&H's, but how would atack a flowage as compared to a natural lake. I normally fish two natural lakes 1500 and 2000 acres and I medium river and 2 large rivers. |
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| horsehunter - 1/25/2011 10:35 PM
Am I correct in asuming that a flowage could contain a natural river system lake that was deepened and expanded when the dam was built?
Exactly. The Chippewa Flowage, near Hayward, Wisconsin, is a 16,000 acre body of water that was created in the early 20's by damming up one of the several rivers that feed it today. In actuality there are several rivers, creeks and former natural lakes that make up this one giant body of water today.
In the case of the Chip, and some other flowages that are dammed for the purpose of a hydroelectric draw, the water fluctuates throughout the season and impacts where weed lines may or may not be, etc. So that throws some variables into the mix that a natural lake may not have. Also, most flowages will still have the original creek/river beds somewhere out in the 'middle', where a lake will not. Some flowages may have some old standing timber or lay-down wood that most natural lakes are not going to have.
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