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Re: Which end of Reservoirs Usually Produce better?
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02/12/16 03:13 PM
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LukeMcFarlane
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I am confused about the Dam being on the Upper end of a lake? How is that possible? The only lakes I have been on have always had the Dam on the southern end. I cant think of how water would pool below a dam?
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Re: Which end of Reservoirs Usually Produce better?
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02/12/16 03:18 PM
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In Spring the north end warms first,as well as rocks,rip rap and dam.
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Re: Which end of Reservoirs Usually Produce better?
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02/12/16 03:20 PM
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LukeMcFarlane
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I prefer the nothern end but the muddier shallower water better suits the way I like to fish.
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Re: Which end of Reservoirs Usually Produce better?
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02/12/16 03:29 PM
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I am confused about the Dam being on the Upper end of a lake? How is that possible? The only lakes I have been on have always had the Dam on the southern end. I cant think of how water would pool below a dam? If you had some atypical topography (we have a few even in Texas) then you could have the dam be the upper end and the "river" be the southern end. But no..... Not the norm with mountainous regions being north of us with the Gulf to the south.
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Re: Which end of Reservoirs Usually Produce better?
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02/12/16 03:36 PM
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Blues
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Topo can be weird. Around Abilene, and Breckenridge water runs south to north, so fort phantom and Hubbard creek have dams on the north end. Not far east or south and the lakes have dams on the southern end because water runs north to south there, like PK and OH Ivie.
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Re: Which end of Reservoirs Usually Produce better?
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02/12/16 05:16 PM
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Benbrook,arlington,joe pool,cooper all have dam on north end and more
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Re: Which end of Reservoirs Usually Produce better?
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02/12/16 05:34 PM
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Blues
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Benbrook,arlington,joe pool,cooper all have dam on north end and more Yeah but only because of the topo in that area. Lots of people look at a map and say water always runs down or south, that's not always true.
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Re: Which end of Reservoirs Usually Produce better?
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02/12/16 05:35 PM
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Always the opposite end of where I am fishing.
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Re: Which end of Reservoirs Usually Produce better?
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02/12/16 06:06 PM
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Benbrook,arlington,joe pool,cooper all have dam on north end and more Yeah but only because of the topo in that area. Lots of people look at a map and say water always runs down or south, that's not always true. and Mountain Creek. The south end of that area is the highest elevation point on a line through DFW between the Red River and the gulf. Water flows downhill.
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Re: Which end of Reservoirs Usually Produce better?
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02/12/16 09:53 PM
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Texascajun69
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The lakes warm faster on the upper ends (whether that is north or south) because the water is shallower. They will warm progressively toward the lower end. Generally in early spring the upper end of a lake will have fish in pre-spawn/ spawn before the lower end. The lower end is usually deeper water will be slower to warm and is slower to cool in the fall. Lalkes like Toledo Bend are so long you can follow the Spawn from upper to lower over a 3 month period. Feb- Upper, March- Middle, and April/ May- lower. 2 yrs. ago J-Pow won the Elite on T-bend in May fishing spawning fish on the lower end of the lake in the Indian creek area.
I would rather call the lower end the dam. Lakes like Waco and Stillhouse don't flow north to south as a lot others in Texas. Lower always means the dam.
John K Fontenot Diapers and Politicians need to be changed often; and for the same reason.
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Re: Which end of Reservoirs Usually Produce better?
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