Slow Leak Causes Troubles at Tri-County Lake

FORDYCE — Managing fisheries is a fight against Father Time, and it’s a battle the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has been fighting for decades. Mike Knoedl Tri-County Lake in Calhoun County is one of many lakes throughout the state that’s showing its age.

Staff in south Arkansas have worked for the last few years to provide a fix for a slow leak that developed on the spillway gates. The lake still holds water during the rainy part of the year, but will begin to affect angling opportunities during summer, when evaporation and dry spells combine to drop the lake level by as much as 2 feet.

Jason Olive, assistant chief of fisheries for the AGFC, says 2 feet may not seem like much on some lakes in Arkansas, but at Tri-County it can really impact the amount of fishing access available for anglers.

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