Fishermen's Nightmare

Artist: Joyce Dickens, IPA
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Fishermen's Nightmare

I shot this earlier this morning 10/18/08 on the Jones Valley arm of Shasta Lake about16 miles North East of Redding, CA . The lake is an alarming wake up call to conserve water as the bank you are seeing in this image is usually under water. We have had and are still in a drought here in Northern CA; the lake level was down 150 plus feet from the crest last time I caught the news…..a few days ago. Many fishermen lost their set-ups on these trees while they were still under water…....we drove for several miles beyond where the normal boat ramp would be…..fishermen are putting boats in the lake using a dirt boat ramp now…......the third boat ramp since the drought began. Shasta Lake is well known around the world for it’s recreation uses including boating, camping, and fishing. Some of the species more dominant are Bass, Crappie and Trout.

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Fishermen's Nightmare by Joyce Dickens, IPA

WayoftheWarrior

Wow, makes one think!
Curtiss Simpson

Wow sorry to here about the drought hope ya all get some rain soon. That aside its a beautiful image love the earth tones color clarity and beautiful blue sky, outstanding !
dmarie

WOW…scary thought…I didn’t know you are going through a drought. It is a great photo though!!! :-)
Nikki Collier

I was there in May and I have to say that the low level was very alarming… beautiful image…
Tim Denny

Nice crisp shot here
cherylc1

WOW- incredible!!
Sharon House

This is a beautiful photo, but also a real wake up call to conserve water, as you stated.
velveteagle

What a wonderful blend of time and nature and color.. So well captured Joyce ..
Chuck…
Greta McLaughlin

This is way too scary! I try not to think about it too much other than doing my part to keep this from happening. There are so many scary things going on (like the melting of the Poles) that if I think about it I find I get really depressed. Absolutely fantastic image and message.
Madeline M Allen

Well captured Joyce, thank you for sharing the info about what is going on in N. CA…. Lets hope things change soon my friend ! We all need to do our part !!
Ravenor

Scary indeed, I remember parts of southern England in the 1970’s 80’s and 90’s having droughts, rivers and lakes drying up etc… now all they get is rain rain rain.. floods floods floods.. lol, the weather is always changing, always has done… but it can be very worrying sometimes..
Beautifully composed Joyce!!
mazzfarrell

Well done we are in the start of a drought here in Australia
LindaMcCarthy

A very sad state of affairs. Shasta is so beautiful and one of my favorite places in northern CA. Alarming.
aspectsoftmk

very sad….i hope that the blinders will come off soon and everyone will see this and go…hmmm….great photojournalism joyce…..
John Fish

a beautiful shot but very disturbing. Being in S. Calif., this drought is scary. When you see something that illustrates it so well it makes me wonder if it is global warming or just a cycle of weather. And what about the fish and other creatures that lived in these bodies of water?
Joyce Dickens,... replied

Hi John, yes it is a very real concern ........... thanks for stopping by; I appreciate the lovely comment.
Joyce Dickens,...

Thank you one and all for your wonderful comments, your favoriting of this image, and your awesome support of my work !!!!
rodsfotos

Whatever is happening to our global climate, we ALL need to take heed of the many warnings we’ve had over Global Warming and sadly we are now starting to feel the effects of it in a very serious way, a sad sight to see Joyce and I hope it all improves soon for everyone’s sake,
Regards, Rod.
Joyce Dickens,... replied

Hi Rod….....I appreciate your comment on this image….I am wondering if this lake will reach the crest of the dam again in 2009…....it won’t unless we have a very wet winter .
lareejc

wow – this is beautiful :) we have a lake here (the name escapes me right now) that is practically nothing now too – I never get out that way so I don’t have any photos :( PRAY FOR RAIN!!
Ellen

Beautiful capture!
nancie

another one with great colors and tones
and lines!!!!
great photos!!!
IngerMargrete

Very beautiful!
navybrat

excellent shot Joyce!
Joyce Dickens,... replied

Navy, thanks for the FAV…... I appreciate it!
Mammalia

Such a beautiful landscape photo, warm colours!!!!!!!!

Mammalia
Joyce Dickens,... replied

Mammalia; welcome to my gallery….......please have fun browsing and come back often…....I appreciate the awesome comment!
madvlad

hm what could fix it? hm 8 billion being six million?no? but who wants to leave/.now so our problem-us-remains until the earth spits us out?
Joyce Dickens,... replied

Hi Walt…..no can’t run away from it…....but some good ole rain would help for starters…..any up your way?
madvlad

rain rain? i have heard of it once? i think? we have 300 days of sun shine there at lest thats what city hall saids right now i have been in bed for two days with the first bad bad cold fo the winter, ugh! who invented these dam bugs anyways
budrfli

wow on the faccts…can’t iimagine the beautiful Shasta so low!
But, your image is beautiful with the crisp colors!
CarolM

Really shows the realitly of our drought problem. Great shot.
Antanas

Perfect…....
amarica

Oh my goodness, this is dreadful. Having lived in the area for a few years it breaks my heart to see and hear about this. Hope relief comes soon. This was such a fantastic place for people to get away and enjoy some leisure time.

Great journalistic shot and writeup Hun!!!
LYN EVANS

Beautiful scene
photosbylefty

simple, yet beautiful! very nice composition Joyce, let’s hope for some good rainfall coming your way!
Joyce Dickens,...

Thank you one and all for your awesome comments, favoriting and support of my work; I can’t thank you each individually, but please know that I do read EACH and EVERY comment and they mean more to me than I could ever possibly put into words
LYN EVANS

Beautifully composed shot. gorgeous capture
Melanie Dogan

Beautiful colors, nice shot :)