Northwest & Southwest Anderson Lakes being drained?

[fisherman-andy]

I've had always wanted to try fishing them lakes but now I hear on the news they are being drained or going to be drained for control of curly leaf pond weed.

I dont know if the Anderson lakes contain any gamefish but am going to assume probably Crappies/Panfish & Bass? And or likely Bullheads.

[Gary Crichton]

Anderson is a good or used to be a good crappie lake. Fished that lake alot both spring fall and winter. It does not get very deep max about 13 ft. It really does get choked out with weeds later in the year. They will drain this fall and hopefully by nature is how they are going to fill it back up. Then restock with panfish and in a couple of years, who knows.

Just an FYI I have caught and released a 16" crappie out of there, 2 years ago in the spring from shore.

G.C.

[Carp-fisher]

I fished on two of the Anderson Lakes this last winter with marginal success. I had dead fish coming up the holes on the lake just east of 169 on late ice this year. A homeowner told me that there was a massive winterkill in the winter of '07 with bajillions of dead crappies on the shore in the spring. So the drawdowns definitely aren't going to wipe out any great fisheries....

[Wookiee]

How much in a bajillion?

[Gary Crichton]

Hopefully they can dredge it out a little bit creating better habitat and depth to prevent that from happening. 3 or 4 years ago it was HOT action with quality.

G.C.