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 Lake Fork Flood Gates
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02/25/16 01:37 AM
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Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 927
JWRid
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With Fork being a few inches above pool have are the gates open once again?
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: JWRid]
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02/25/16 02:12 AM
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Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 2,085
Hitch
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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Drove back there today and they are closed.
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: JWRid]
#11437474
02/25/16 02:33 AM
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Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 405
cajunbass
Angler
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Angler
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Waiting til early Saturday morning to dump it.
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: cajunbass]
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02/25/16 02:38 AM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 23,370
SteezMacQueen
TFF Guru
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TFF Guru
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Waiting til early Saturday morning to dump it. 
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: JWRid]
#11437523
02/25/16 02:48 AM
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 530
BarryH
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GENERALLY SPEAKING, they don't open the gates unless the lake gets 6" high and then, they hold it open until it is 6" low. There are exceptions but this seems to be the basic pattern.
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: JWRid]
#11437562
02/25/16 02:59 AM
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Posts: 50,023
fouzman
Methuselah
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Methuselah
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The folks at the SRA sponsor select individuals and family in every bass tournament held on Lake Fork. Gates are opened and closed by these SRA relatives to correspond with ideal feeding times during each derby, according to solunar tables.
Now how preposterous did all of that sound?
SRA opens and closes "floodgates" according to preset tolerances. I've heard from several 'reputable' minner vendors that SRA's intentions are nefarious and dastardly.
All that talk means Doodley Squat. In my personal experience, SRA does its level best to balance public, recreational opportunities with their legal responsibility to maintain water resources.
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: JWRid]
#11437604
02/25/16 03:09 AM
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Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,683
LakeForkLodge
Extreme Angler
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SRA is required by law to release water in excess of pool.
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: LakeForkLodge]
#11437671
02/25/16 03:34 AM
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Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 16,200
Kay Dyson
HOT Mess!!!
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SRA is required by law to release water in excess of pool. Huuuummmmm, that's odd, in 2009 they kept it a foot high for almost a year.(imo waiting to fill the pipeline) I built a dock in june of 2010 and the water went south for 4 yrs after that.. Just my luck, however, we've been blessed lately... 
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: JWRid]
#11437676
02/25/16 03:35 AM
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Mark Perry
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Heck the level has been falling for years. It rarely is not falling to some degree.
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: cajunbass]
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02/25/16 03:37 AM
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Joined: Sep 2006
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JIM SR.
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Waiting til early Saturday morning to dump it. 
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: Kay Dyson]
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02/25/16 03:54 AM
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Posts: 1,683
LakeForkLodge
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SRA is required by law to release water in excess of pool. Huuuummmmm, that's odd, in 2009 they kept it a foot high for almost a year. I built a dock in june of 2010 and the water went south for 4 yrs after that.. Just my luck, however, we've been blessed lately... You know how laws are, there are extenuating circumstances. Other lakes coming on board in the system, other lakes in the system needing water, drought, excessive rain, reservoir maintenance, etc. The fact is there is no random, devious, property owner, fish/biologically, politically correct, touchy/feely basis for the SRA to release or collect water in Lake Fork. The reason this lake was built was for water conservation.
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: JWRid]
#11437773
02/25/16 03:57 AM
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Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,683
LakeForkLodge
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Extreme Angler
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Oh. Forgot my emoji.
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: JWRid]
#11438881
02/25/16 06:45 PM
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Posts: 55,364
SkeeterRonnie
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Super Freak
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Heard they are opening a pipeline and its dropping 7' tonight! Drop it like its hot!
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: JWRid]
#11439042
02/25/16 07:55 PM
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Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 3,781
Outdoor Therapy
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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The SRA has announced that in light of the Bass Champs tournament this Saturday, the gates will remain closed until 2/28/2016.
  "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.- Thomas A Edison
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Re: Lake Fork Flood Gates
[Re: JWRid]
#11439092
02/25/16 08:10 PM
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fouzman
Methuselah
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Methuselah
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Yeah, right. They had them wide open during the last TTBC. SRA isn't opening nor closing the Fork gates for any tournament. Ever.
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
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