Overgrown

Chemical Fertilizer and Slit Threaten Dunlap Lake  Our lake is filled with potamogeton or pond weed as its more commonly known. In the thick silt in the shallow waters, phosphorus and nitrates, ingredients in lawn fertilizers, cause the plant to grow thick and fast. A...

Fishing Report 2015

The lake was stocked on 11/6/2015 with Tiger Muskie, Walleye, Channel Cat and Hybrid Striped Bass. Tiger Muskie:  Quantity stocked today was 10 and 1 foot long. This is the largest breed and most allusive fish in the lake.  It is stocked for one reason and that is to...

Silo Is Closed, Concrete Work Has Started

A lot of progress has been made on the spillway repairs today. This morning workers set up rebar and this afternoon they poured the concrete. The lake will not have to go down any farther. It will begin filling back up as it rains.

Spillway Repairs

Work has started on the spillway. Today some of the old concrete was removed to create a trench. A rebar wall will be set up tomorrow and concrete will be poured early next week as weather permits. The water will continue going down, probably to 5 foot

Algae

The invasive water plants are expected to die off when we start getting hard freezes. The board is working on a plan to be proactive with treatment or removal next year, but it is very hard to stop plant growth when there are such high levels of phosphates and...