Upper vs middle vs lower part of the lake

Main Menu

Affiliates

Newest Members

Top Posters(All Time)

hopalong 121,070

TexDawg 119,800

Forum Statistics

Forums59

Topics1,038,952

Posts13,956,326

Members144,183

Most Online39,925
Dec 30th, 2023

Print Thread

Page 2 of 2

Re: Upper vs middle vs lower part of the lake [Re: Bilboinsa] #12518673 11/28/17 01:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 14,628 Southlake, Texas Happykamper TFF Guru
Happykamper TFF Guru Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 14,628 Southlake, Texas	Originally Posted By: Bilboinsa I always thought upper and lower ends simply correlates with upstream and downstream ends of the lake. I am in this camp

Moritz Chevrolet - 9101 Camp Bowie W Blvd, Fort Worth, TX - Monte Coon (817) 696-2003

Re: Upper vs middle vs lower part of the lake [Re: K.D.] #12518774 11/28/17 03:11 PM
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 14,766 Westside. TFF Guru
Westside. TFF Guru Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 14,766	Originally Posted By: K.D. Originally Posted By: GIG'EM AGGIES Originally Posted By: EastTexasBassin In Texas, upper end of the lake generally means the shallows and lower lake refers to the area by the dam. There are exceptions of course, but most of our lakes have the dam at the lower end. An exception is Joe Pool, dam is at the north end. Pat Mayse is another that comes to mind and also Gilmer Benbrook is another

Re: Upper vs middle vs lower part of the lake [Re: Happykamper] #12530909 12/08/17 01:58 AM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 945 Lake Conroe S Stickchunker Pro Angler
Stickchunker Pro Angler S Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 945 Lake Conroe	Originally Posted By: Happykamper Originally Posted By: Bilboinsa I always thought upper and lower ends simply correlates with upstream and downstream ends of the lake. I am in this camp You're both on the right track, this pretty much correlates with what SteezMacQeen and Klinker posted. Last edited by Stickchunker; 12/08/17 01:59 AM.

Re: Upper vs middle vs lower part of the lake [Re: H2ODawg67] #12531191 12/08/17 12:57 PM
Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 863 Godley, TX tx2va07 Pro Angler
tx2va07 Pro Angler Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 863 Godley, TX	Originally Posted By: H2ODawg67 I believe the people that can't wrap their brain around this, also probably use North up on their plotters instead of course up. And here I always thought people that used �Course Up� just couldn�t read a chart without spinning it.

Re: Upper vs middle vs lower part of the lake [Re: Ken A.] #12531195 12/08/17 01:06 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 4,724 Magnolia, TX F Flippin-Out TFF Team Angler
Flippin-Out TFF Team Angler F Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 4,724 Magnolia, TX	Originally Posted By: Ken A. Originally Posted By: collincountytx I just watched a video of a very experienced angler (from Tennessee) consistently refer to the upper part of the lake as the deeper part of the lake next to the dam I always thought the upper part of the lake was shallower and the lower part of the lake the dam area Or does it vary depending on which state you are from? Most of our lakes drain north west to south east with the dam and deepest water at the south end However, there are some lakes in Texas (several that are close to the Red River) with the dam up north with north part of the lake being the deepest It does not vary from state to state. The guy from Tennessee was a Goober. I agree with Ken! Think about the term "upriver" and you have your answer. When referring to the "upper" end of a lake, the reference is the drainage basin, often a river that has been dammed. That reference has nothing to do with map orientation or which way North is.

Page 2 of 2

Hop To