Guys here is some Food for thought

[Fishin Crazy]

I thought I would add this so you could see how many square miles (8316 sq. miles) are drained into the Maumee River Basin! It would include the spillway water from the east end of GLSM but that water would also contain some of the water from the Ohio River Watershed. With the present rainy condition I wonder just how much water is actually released into the St. Marys River, Then on to Lake Erie.

http://www.glc.org/raptest/maumee.html

I think its around 1.2 Billion cubic ft of water in 18 months that drains into the St. Marys river if my math is correct.

[Island Runner]

The lake is in bad shape. I live 5 miles from Grand Lake and have my whole life. Sad to say, but in the last 15 years of owning boats I have never once put my own boat in Grand Lake. And have probably only been out on it a handful of times. Im not here to bash Grand Lake or say bad about it by any means but,to me, it has always been a shallow, dirty lake. I will post some links to pics my friends took last year. The green color is not doctored up! The lake is a bit better this year, but last year the color and stench were almost unreal. I hear the alum treatments have did well controlling the algea and more are scheduled for next year. I would love to see the lake turn around. If it did, I'd be tempted to buy a small boat again just to go out on when time/funds don't let me run on the big water!

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=grand...xoeXkAQ&zoom=1

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=grand...xoeXkAQ&zoom=1

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=grand...xoeXkAQ&zoom=1

[Walleye_Rick]

Someone mentioned asian carp in this thread. The video below should sound an alarm with everyone. The Wabash and Illinois rivers are being overrun by Asian Carp. If these fish find there way into Lake Erie it will be the end of fishing as we know it.

http://youtu.be/x3Bf0WhvsNk