Guys here is some Food for thought

[wakina]

Here is a web site that may enlighten us all as to why GLSM needs cleaned up. Part of that poluted water flows out of GLSM and into the Maumee River Water Shed and ends up in Lake erie. Now add to that the runoff of all the farm land in Indiana and Ohio that is drained into Lake Erie besides that that comes from GLSM and you can see that there is a real potential to seriously damage our great Lake Erie. Take the time to run a search on the Maumee water shed and see how many square miles of land is drained into Lake Erie. Now add that to the already vile water which by the way is concentrated that flows out of GLSM. What is your conclusion?


The following material can be found in the Link that I have provided and I have high lighted the important part.

http://www.clickfindbuyersguide.com/..._st_marys.html

Grand Lake St. Marys is located in west central Ohio. The city of St. Marys is located near the northeast corner of the lake and Celina is on the northwest corner. State Routes 29, 364, and 703 provide access on the north side of the lake; State Route 364 on the east; State Routes 219 and 703 on the south; and US Route 127 on the west.
It is an artificial lake The lake covers 13,500 acres (55 kmē) in Auglaize and Mercer counties.
Grand Lake St. Marys is the largest inland lake in Ohio in terms of land area, but is extremely shallow, with an average depth of only 5 to 7 feet (1.5 to 2 m) with a soft bottom of silt. Some isolated areas of sandy or clay bottoms exist where wave action keeps the bottom cleaner. Lots of rock rip rap has been added to reduce shoreline erosion; these rocky shorelines provide cover for several species of fish. Numerous boat docks, shoreline brush, and fallen trees provide cover for fish. It was constructed 1837-1845 as a reservoir for the Miami and Erie Canals. Two earthen dams were built on the headwaters of two major drainage systems flooding the area between them. The spillway on the west end discharges water into the Wabash and Ohio River drainage systems; water from the east end spillway flows into the St. Marys River, and from there into the Maumee River and Lake Erie. In the 1890's oil was discovered in the area, and oil derricks were set up in the lake. These were the first off-shore oil rigs ever constructed.

[wakina]

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

[Fishin Crazy]

Here a link in an effort to raise and seek help from the public for Grand lake.


If you are interested. Havent seen anything like this for Lake Erie Yet?



http://www.lakeimprovement.com/support

Also a link to state actions being taken.

http://www.epa.ohio.gov/portals/47/c...actionplan.pdf

[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