Comments on: Rapid water drop kills Hodges for the year

By: kwin

kwin — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:41:22 +0000

Guy,
Perris can only drop about 5-6 feet more than the 25 foot below full pool maximum water level that must be sustained until the dam is fixed…dropping beyond that, the pump that supplies water to the riparian area in the east end (as required)starts to cavitate.

By: George Kramer

George Kramer — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:02:21 +0000

Don’t really know, JP. Hodges is connected to Olivenhain (which I heard has mussels). Maybe they can’t hold back deliveries any longer. But you know where fishing rates in the pecking order of water use. Low.

By: JP Savage

JP Savage — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:54:53 +0000

Where do you think the water is going ? Golf is the first thing that comes to mind !!!!! They were to fill Hodges up but can’ t get it together! Mussels my Ass!

By: Guy Williams

Guy Williams — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:18:12 +0000

Last I heard, Perris is going to be dropped 30 feet in the next year or two and begin the repair and new tower.

By: George Kramer

George Kramer — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:30:37 +0000

Jeff: they haven’t begun the “refitting” or other work on the dam, to my knowledge. Once that is completed, it is my understanding they will be able to raise the water level.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:32:27 +0000

They ever going to bring up the water level at Perris?

By: Guy Williams

Guy Williams — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:08:46 +0000

San V has alot of depth and size right now, come the new opener it will be wide open!

By: Darlene

Darlene — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:26:13 +0000

They just lowered the water at San V, right? They didn’t completely drain it did they? If not, was enough water left to sustain the fish population?

By: George Kramer

George Kramer — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:39:04 +0000

Hodges is still flat, still has the better terrain for spawning and with 3 or 4 inches of winter rain will all but fill back up. That’s not the case with some of the other reservoirs. I look at this as a possible boon to next spring and summer action–assuming a “normal” off-season weatherwise.
But, a busy San Vee (sometime in the future) will also take pressure off Diamond Valley, probably helping DVL and Hodges as well.

By: Guy Williams

Guy Williams — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:09:36 +0000

And there was hope Hodges would flourish in the years to come. Oh well, San V will open soon enough!