 Ring in the new year with amazing savings from Appalachian Wireless. Get the Galaxy S7 for just $49.99 when you sign a renew a two-year service agreement. Better service, bigger savings. That's today's Appalachian Wireless. Those who live close to or visit fish trap lake in Pike County frequently are about to see much of the water disappear. In fact, by January 23rd, the lake level will drop to 22 feet below winter pool, so maintenance crews with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can make some much-needed repairs. Our dam has three temperature control gates and one of those broke in 2015 and we had to have parts fabricated. Those parts have now been delivered and the water level is already dropping. Maintenance crews will actually be working inside the dam's structure to make the repairs, but they aren't taking any chances when it comes to safety. The reason the water had to be lowered was so we could safely be at that level in the structure without having hundreds of thousands of gallons of water pressure on the other side of the wall. It was a safety aspect and we weren't going to put anyone's lives at risk just to fix that. As long as the lake remains more than 20 feet below winter pool, all boat ramps will be closed. This will also, for about a week and a half up to three weeks, will close the boat ramp here at the dam so there won't be any boat access to the lake. The only other time fish trap lake has been this low was when it was originally filled in 1969. Reporting in Pike County for EKB News, I'm Shannon Deskins.