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From El Dorado Irrigation District
Caples Lake repair project winds down
November 17, 2008 -- Placerville, CA . . . Repair of the outlet works at the Caples Lake main dam drew to a close at the end of October, according to El Dorado Irrigation District senior engineer Jake Eymann, who managed the project for the District over the past several months.
Eymann reported that with repair successfully concluded, it is time to look forward to the fish restocking program that will start in spring 2009.
As noted in Update No. 8, the District will fund the restocking program that includes releasing 31,200 pounds of trophy rainbow and brown trout—approximately 12,400 fish—into the lake along with 9,000 pounds of catchable rainbows, or about 18,700 fish. By autumn 2009, some 175,000 fingerling and sub-catchable rainbows and 50,000 fingerling mackinaw will join the larger fish. Nine years of additional stocking will begin in 2010. Details of the long-term program are being worked out by District staff, the state Department of Fish and Game, and potential partners.
For more information on this emergency program, we invite readers to review all of the updates included on the District’s website at www.eid.org or call Deanne Kloepfer at 530-622-4513.