The waters of the dam have submerged 20 springs of the Ocklawaha that can now only be seen during drawdown.As a result many historic migratory fish and shellfish are rarely seen or absent from the upper reaches of the Ocklawaha and Silver Springs. Johns and Lower Ocklawaha Rivers to the upper reaches of the Ocklawaha and Silver Springs is blocked by the Rodman/Kirkpatrick Dam. The natural migratory path for fish and wildlife from the St.The Cypress logs still pop-up in the Rodman Reservoir serving as a hazard to boaters and an on-going maintenance issue and cost as they collect at the dam.These are remnants of the 7,500 acres of floodplain forest that were destroyed. During drawdown, the stumps of the drowned forest or cypress graveyard are highly visible. Johns River Water Management District Technical Fact Sheet SJ2017-FS2 shows that drawdowns in Rodman Reservoir have a small impact on groundwater.In the late 1960s, acres of cypress trees were pulverized into the ground by The Army Corps of Engineers’ “Crusher Crawler,” a 22-foot-high, 306-ton amphibious machine to clear the land of the 10,000-acre Rodman Reservoir.We will not exaggerate fish totals or weights to gain your business. All large fish are weighed on a Boga Grip.

Lots of fun fishing trips and some great fish! I love this time of year as most of you know, when the boat trafiic starts to quiet down and the fishing starts to ramp back up. The drawdown will be conducted from October 2019 through April 2020, providing an opportunity to maintain the ecological health and productivity of the.

Short morning trips are producing 25-35 bass per trip and we have got a lot of nice bass and some double digit bass recently. Customer Randy Marsh got his first double digit bass after over 4 decades of trying and she came in at 10lbs 8oz! Lucky Mikey G got back in the double digit column with another bass that tipped the scales at 10lbs even. Longtime customer Vaun Cummins and a couple of friends made it out for a short morning trip and boated a pair of 8-1/2lbers! Along with a few other trophy bass by some customers the big bass are really starting to add up! I love, love, love this time of year! These trophy bass bring the total to a whopping 179 trophy bass (bass over 8lbs) boated already this season!!!! Let's keep rolling! Rodman Reservoir Fishing Report First time customer and former starting University of Alabama linebacker Jeff Rouzie and friend Dave got in on the action boating a pair of 8lbers and a 9lber. The fishing remains great on Rodman Reservoir with lots of fun trips in the last couple of days! Trips are still producing 25-40 bass per day depending on length of trip with some great fish coming over the side of the boat. Probably the most memorable trip we had in the last couple of days saw 'Lucky' Mike Galbusieri strike again! He boated 3 trophy bass on an early morning's fishing topped by an 7-1/4, 8, 10lb 14oz and 11lb 2oz bass!! Even I got to personally get in on the big bass catching! One evening after my guide trip a friend of mine and I decided to do a little scouting and he boated an 8lber and I was able to get a 10lber : ) It was nice and fun to get to set the hook myself!! These bass bring the total Troph圜atch eligible bass up to 168 so far this year and potentially keeps us on pace for a record year! Rodman Reservoir Fishing Report Rodman Reservoir Firing On All Cylinders! Super behind on getting fishing reports caught up as usual! But promise to be better about it moving forward! Coming out of the cooler months now and the fishing is really picking up! Trips are producing generally 25-40 per day with lots and lots of great bass! As of the time of this report I have done 153 guide trips since October 1st with some time off around the holidays and some bad weather days in there too, and my customers have put an absolutely mind boggling 159 Troph圜atch eligible bass over the side of the boat so far this year!!!! That's a few more trophy bass than we've actually had trips!!!! There is an absolutely staggering number of 9 pound bass in Rodman this year.

Just gaggles of them!! Don't get me wrong we've caught lots of bass over 10 pounds on up to some over 12 pounds with the biggest so far being 12-1/2 pounds, but there must've been a heck of a year class the season these 9's were spawned.

Rodman reservoir drawdown schedule