The Dredge Report #6

The Swimsuit Issue

The giant pump at the lake worked overtime several days last week, pumping two thousand gallons a

minute from the lake into the creek. This was in preparation for the fish removal on Friday and

Saturday.

Most of the fish---approximately six hundred--- were taken from the lake and relocated by our fish expert, Robbie Bowen of Environmental Services Incorporated. Many were

transported in baskets to the creek; the rest were trucked to an off-site pond. Although some number of fish will not survive this part of the lake restoration, the majority were successfully removed.

Two large grass carp were also captured in the Friday round-up; each was estimated to weigh between thirty-five and fifty pounds.

At least a dozen neighbors were on hand for the capture of Goldie, the twenty-pound goldfish. She has been taken to a large koi pond for the remainder of the restoration project and will be returned to the lake once it is stabilized.

Goldie’s Summer Digs (she’s the big gold koi)

Rumor has it there was once a store where RCB is currently located that sold fish and would

periodically dump a few into the lake, perhaps explaining the origin of Goldie.

Georgia Development plans to let the lakebed sit for another week to dry. If all goes well (no rain) we can expect to start seeing activity sometime during the week of June 20th.

For more information (and more photographs) join the Facebook site. Check out the video of Robbie Bowen discussing the relocation, romance, and return of Goldie.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pine-Lake-Streambank-Restoration-The-

Dredge/109652302459010?sk=wall

and check out Dallas Denny’s blog at:

http://pinelaketheblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/fish-catch.html

(photos by Melanie Hammet; Goldie pond photo by Robbie Bowen)