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PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

I had some time to kill today while my son was at an Open House for prospective students at UConn, so I headed over to Mansfield Hollow Lake. It was cold, sunny and windy. When I arrived, I couldn't believe how low the water level is:

The curb at the top of the boat launch ramp on the left side of the photo was underwater when Fishface (aka Tim) and I were there only eight days ago! It went from way high to way low in one week! I paddled around from 9:15 am to 10:50 am. I headed for the culvert in the northwest corner of the lake and fished a little bit, but the water was less than a foot deep between it and the big dead tree:

I spoke with a guy who was paddling a canoe while I was on the water. He said that the water level is much lower than normal. I didn't even see a fish while I was out there. The wind came up pretty strongly out of the east not long after I launched, so I didn't head through the culvert near the launch to the south part of the lake. Maybe next time.
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SAP284 · Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 655 Location: Central, CT

Yesterday when I was there I couldn't believe it either... I was in shock on how low it was compared to last week.I caught a handful yesterday, I posted on my report. The good thing was I got to go on the other side of the lake through the tunnel!

bdiggy · Joined: 15 Aug 2011 Posts: 245 Location: Thomaston, CT

Crazy how low that is considering it was over 5 ft higher than normal less then a month ago......wow.