The Madisonian carried an update today on the damage done by a giant boulder that dropped off the cliffs above the dam and smashed a nice big gouge into it. Chris Mumme, director of Madison County Department Emergency Services provides the first photos of the actual damage.
Madison Dam Damage, Chris Mumme photo
It’s fortunate by the looks of things that it didn’t do anymore damage than it did. As far as fishing goes the lake draw down has started and the normal 1500 cfs is already at 3000 cfs. The plan is to draw it down a total of 9ft so the damage can be assessed over the next few weeks. I guess time will tell what that means for river fishing for the fall. It will be interesting to see what it means for Ennis lake too.
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