lake christina

[hunterjames]

I got a hard time understanding the regulations bout motors out there. I am wondering if u can use motors out there and if so can u use gas motors just a lil 3 horse

[101winchester]

Public access is closed, the boundaries are clearly marked on the lake for motorized restriction.

[B. Amish]

the west half of the lake you can use a motor, the other half you can't. there are signs going down the middle showing the non-motor zone.

[HugoBox]

The normal access is closed but you can still get on the lake VIA a temp access. We were up there opening weekend and duck numbers were extremely low. As stated above there are signs that make it very clear where motors are not allowed. They will be drawing it down this fall and winter though so you may not even have enough water to run a motor unless its a mud motor.

[kobear]

Is a drawdown scheduled? They don't even have pumps in yet and with the high water it would be tough. Likely need gates at Pelican outlet to get it down in current conditions.

I would guess it will be at current level for duck season.

Good to see some Legacy Money in action.

[RumRiverRat]

Except they are trying to pump the water into another lake that is at the same elevation above sea level.

[carpshooterdeluxe]

you guys hear that? its the sound of even more money being sucked up in the vacuum that is Lake Christina. just think of all the grassland easements that could be bought with that $$.

[creepworm]

At least they do not have to waste the money of poisoning the lake again. I like the idea of drawing down the water to take care of the carp population and drawing down the lake will help the vegetation besides. The pumps should have been installed years ago.

[carpshooterdeluxe]

where exactly is the water supposed to go if they draw it down? Everything i've read seems to indicate that the water will be pumped into pelican. does pelican have an outlet? what if pelican's lake level is higher than christina's?

[#fishhunt#]

Pelican does have an outlet west of the narrows

[#fishhunt#]

It drains out of Pelican and weaves its wave to Pomme de Terre

[B. Amish]

if this gets the lake the way it should be, it's money well spent. time will tell. but this lake is absolutely ridiculous with ducks when it's productive.

[HugoBox]

Pelican does have an outlet west of the narrows

They also installed an extra outlet further down from the tin shack as well. As I understand it they also blocked off many of the inlets into Christina to stop the stream roughfish from getting back in.

I don't hunt Christina directly but have seen over the past 30+ years that when that lake is healthy and holding ducks, the surrounding lakes seem to do better. Even the rushes looked thin and sickly this year. It will be interesting to see how it shakes out this time around. Every other attempt made to fix that lake up to this point has been a ten year band-aid.

Increased clarity in Pelican will be a nice offshoot as well. The best crappie fishing on Pelican seems to occur when the water conditions in Christina are good. Maybe a coincidence - heck I'm no biologist.

[Hookmaster]

I have a buddy with a cabin on the lake and is active in the Christina Ina Anka Lake Association. For every gallon pumped out of Christina and into Pelican, a gallon will be pumped out of Pelican into its drainage stream that goes into the Pomme de Terre.

[#fishhunt#]

I wonder how many shotguns are in the bottom of Christina? If they are there they are probably five feet down in the mud

[B. Amish]

shotguns... i'd like to find some old wooden decoys at the bottom of that lake.

[Hookmaster]

My old 870 visited the bottom of Lake Christina but I was able to recover it.