Alan Henry up 1.5�
Sweetwater up 11.5�
Oak Creek 1.5� over pool and full for the first time since 2007. Three months ago was at 43% full.
Champion up 5�
Spence only about 5� but creeks running fast and water on the way

Sadly Ivie seems to be missing out on the fun.

Brownwood missed out again

It's crazy how often Ivie gets missed.

Champion has been a blast to fish this year and is up about 8-9' since the last time I fished it back in April. Sweetwater definitely caught the most and I hope they decide to restock it. Oak Creek is my home lake and I can't wait for the lake to settle and explore things I haven't seen in a decade

I�m glad they got some water

The only bad thing is having to launch off of the bank and gravel. A two person job unless you like getting wet and muddy.

I never had any issues by myself, but my boat is only 17' long. I think the water is up on the main ramp now, but I don't think it's enough to be useable yet

Wait until next week when the remnants of hurricane Sergio come across West Texas. THAT'S the setup for full West Texas lakes. Oh yeah. Twin Buttes up 11'.

If Buttes gains 11' it will still be 24' below full pool.

THANK the wonderful LORD for the rain we got. EVERY PRECIOUS DROP IS APPRECIATED in West Texas. At our ranch, we got 2.23", biggest was a 1.4" rain the other morning. The river is outside of it's banks and rolling along FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe some more this weekend.

Not what I said. I said TB has come up 11'.

I don't think it gets 'missed'. The watershed is just too small for that part of Texas. Basically from San Angelo to Ivie and from Spence to Ivie plus the creek that flows through Ballinger. Not very big for an area that usually gets less than 20" or rain per year.

Actually it came up over 13' in the last few weeks

Ivie honestly is about the correct level with that size of watershed. Has to get almost perfect to fill it up

Feel free too PM me any Crappie Honey Holes

They're forecasting pretty good rains in West Texas for this weekend. And snow in parts of the panhandle Monday.

With the grounds currently saturated, if we get whats predicted in the Concho Valley it should put a pretty good dent in the water shortage. The last round of rain a few days ago didnt do much for Twin Buttes but OC Fisher is up over 4' in the last 24 hours and Spence almost 2 more feet.

That would be awesome for you guys out there. I lived in San Angelo from '84 to '89 when the lakes, including OC and Spence, had a lot of water. It was a fisherman's paradise.

Bring it on!!!! Spence. Champion. Sweetwater. Twin Buttes. Fill er� up!!!

Somehow or another ivie wont get an inch

I am going to be positive for the poor old lake. I'm doing a rain dance.

Spence has more water in it (and rising) now than Ivie.

Spence has more water in it (and rising) now than Ivie.

Just drove out to Spence the temp ramp at wildcat will be under water if the lake comes up much more. Ivie should catch some water within a couple of days the colorado at ballinger is up close to 4 ft. More rain in the forcast.

I bet your looking forward to catching another 10 lb. fish while your sitting and eating lunch.

We are catching a little bit of water, elm creek and the Colorado is flowing at 1500 right now, maybe it will rain again soon and flood it. It's primed and ready right now to catch some water.

This may sound dumb but wasnt Ivie a big bass factory in the 80's? Was it full back then?

Hell it was a bigbass factory 5 or so years ago.

It filled up right after it was built in the early 90�s.

Yes it was and they are all dead now, no need in coming down here.

I would have to back my truck out 20' in the water to float the boat off the trailer at the temp ramp. That Ramp has a weird angle at the top from what I could see. The middle ramp looked usable, guessing they switch over to that one. The old ramp still needs several feet.

There is some widowmaker logs floating around out there on the river end of Spence. Saw several guys running orange water on plane through the river and brush lines, some lucky person is going to catch one.

Natural selection and thinning of the herd!!

Don�t believe these guys, it�s always sucked! Rayburn is where it�s at, East Texas is the place to go.

Yup, nothing but carp and gar. Move along, nothing to see out here

Glad to see the lake out west catch some water.

Any more news from Ivie?

Ivie is up 1'8" since Thursday, per Jerry. Noticeable difference from yesterday evening to this evening. Rock pile in front of my house is barely visible and I'd bet it's gone tomorrow. Very slow rise but it's better than nothing. Praise God for what we have got and hope we get some more..... It has been a light rain all night and 100% next two days and 80-90% the rest of the week.

Ivie is up over a foot since noon yesterday

Thanks Jerry!

I was on Ivie Sunday for a few hours. I think it rose a half a foot in that time. Walk way to dock was out of water when I launched and under when I returned.

What's the word this morning Jerry?

9" yesterday and the rivers are running

Bunch of rain coming your way today!

One of these days i'm gonna figure out how to catch a fish on Ivie.

The rivers are flowing 4320 cfs combined, Elm Creek,Colorado and the Concho. We should catch another couple of feet.

Heck, the Kickapoo creek at hwy 87 is actually flowing (about 25' across) .... first time I've ever seen it flow; actually it's the first time I've seen it wider than a few feet.

Want me to show you how to catch 30lbs again and be eating breakfast by 8?! Lol

Flowing over 6 now

I always kid around about saying there's no fish in that lake and Sunday I ate my words. Only 1 dink.
Oops, did I say DINK?

7,000 now

awesome!

Colorado at Ballinger is out of its banks and rising!

That is excellent news for Ivie!

Up to 8050 combined now.

radio just said the Colorado and Concho are going to crest at @ 5' and 1' over flood stage some time this evening...that will be the highest the Concho (at Paint Rock) has been since 1949.

Yes. You only beat me by 2lbs but i didn't have them by 8. Lol

Red Bluff...?

maybe it will fill back up for the 2nd time lol

Lake looks different this afternoon than it did this morning when I left the house, thank the good Lord above for this blessing we needed so bad!

9000+ now and still climbing.

AWESOME!!!

Little over 10,000 now and still raining and climbing

Twin Buttes gained a foot in the last 2 hours. If it keeps raining like its supposed to all week we may see water levels in that lake like we haven't seen in the last 10 years.

I did some conservative Math this morning, and at 4500cfs flowing from the Concho and Colorado the way it was this morning it would take around 21 days to fill up, with these flows, it may take a week or less!

That would be nice but I seriously doubt that will happen, it's flowing at 11,930 now. I'd be happy with 10-15 ft rise and I think that's realistic.

There is water between Robert Lee and San Angelo in places most people have never seen. It is still flooded up around oak creek, San Angelo is flowing good. There is a lot of water headed to Ivie. 30-35% would not shock me at all.

% = percent, so 30-35% would mean 30 percent to 35 percent. That's about 80,000 acre feet

13,000 now, Concho is flowing over 5k now.

14200 now.

14,500 now, we were not expecting near this much! What a blessing

What lake is this going into?

Ivie

Thats awesome!

14,500 ft3 = 108,460 gallons per second or 2,571 barrels ( oil field barrel)or 21 tank trucks per second which is sounding good.

Glad for you guys!

Jerry and I talked and think 15-20 is very realistic, and could be more if the weather forecast for he weekend and next week hold true.

I was thinking 4 or 5 feet at best but the way all the water is flowing and the amount of rain predicted for the next few days 15-20 isn�t out of the question.

16,220 right now and still climbing. This reminds me of the 16ft in caught in '12, most of it came from the Colorado and very little from the Concho. Now we have the Concho flowing over 7,000 so there is no telling what can happen. Just hope it keeps flowing like this.

Hay Jerry:
You think I should reserve me a room for Feb. and March now? Many not be any left.

I already have mine reserved.

Twin Buttes in Angelo may be the biggest winner in this deal. It's flowing 20k with all its rivers flowing in.

17,320, Concho has came up 1000 in 20 minutes at the flow marker in Paint Rock.

It�s up 4� In the last 48 hours. Just drove to the EQ channel a few hours ago and it�s flowing pretty good. Also it�s up enough that the main ramp is usable again. No more dirt trail to launch

Central texas ramps closed everywhere we got pounded with rain

Ivie is flowing 24,000!

That is great news. Still raining?

Rain eased up by me. Seems like Twin Buttes is the big winner so far. Captured 6 more feet in the last 12 hours.

No rain right now, the rivers are still flowing 25,500. The lake has come up 4.3 since Tuesday. I hope we get 10' out of this. We have caught 8.6 since Sept 2 and 5.5 since Monday.

Awesome to hear, Jerry!! I know the Kickapoo was still 40-50' wide and flowing like a real river when I drove over it this morning.

Twin Buttes is now tripled in depth from a month ago. Been rising a half a foot an hour since yesterday evening.

Maybe more next week

Maybe more tomorrow! Y�all be safe out west

They opened the gates at nasworthy so Ivie will get another shot of water to come down the river.

Got tired of watching the weather so I took my boat out on Twin Buttes this afternoon to explore a little bit. It hasn�t had this much water in close to a decade. Gonna be like fishing a whole new lake for a while that�s for sure. A couple of more feet and the island off sailboat point will be submerged.

Gonna be a Beast for the Ol Kayak

Oak Creek is still over the spillway by 2'
Doesn't that eventually make it to Ivie as well?

Yes, oak creek flows to the Colorado between Bronte and Ballinger. It took about a week for the first bit of water to make it to Ivie when Oak Creek went over the spillway a couple weeks ago.

Looks like Ivie is the highest its been in 4 years? is that true

I don't recall, but you could be right.

I believe that is correct, last time it was close was early 2017

Looks like Amistad is going to get a good shot of water from the Devils. How that keeps up too.

They are letting some water out, very lite rain down here all day long.

Looks like Ivie's up about 10' in the last 48 hours and Buttes is up about 15' in the same time period.

Last time it was this high was May 16th 2011, according to the records.

Ivie came up 5.5' yesterday and has doubled in acre feet to 124,500. Rivers are still flowing 9800cfs.

That's great news Jerry! Thanks for posting.

Wow, congratulations guys! Glad she�s still flowing in too.

Looks like as of 915 this morning, its up 1.32 feet just today

I bet Ivie ends up being 25 ft low compared to the 43 she was before all of this and if we get more rain next week it's could be even better!

Praise the Lord! Pray it keeps flowing with next weeks rain

Never understood the whole pray for rain thing. I�m sure the folks down south around Austin are praying for no rain. So what is it?

seriously?

Grout, some people couldn't figure it out if it was drawn in crayon.

Great news, wish I could make it up there to fish, Keep us posted how the fishing is doing. Bet its on fire way up in the bushes right now

Nah, nothing but carp & gar.

Ivie is up 16.37 since Sept 10, it has came up 11.67 since Wed 10/17. The rivers are still flowing 7500cfs. Ivie has not had this much water since 2/28/2011.

Jerry how much do you think it will come up?

It depends on if it rains next week. If it doesn`t rain I think we still catch 3 to 4 feet.

Thanks for the update, Jerry.. I've gotta see this myself.. See you later this week..

Anyone out there that thinks they have Twin Buttes figured out is in for a surprise on their next visit. Your honey holes are now 35� deeper then they were a month ago. Been on it for the last 3 days. Challenging is an understatement.

Looks like Willa may put a bunch of water in those lakes soon.

Looks like Hubbard Creek has topped out at 1.53' low...for now. Will probably fill the next rain or two, all ponds and creeks are full.

Still Some water between Robert Lee and San Angelo that is headed to Ivie. Should maintain some flow for the rest of the week at least. It's not flowing like it was but it's still moving that way.

I looked at Water Data For Texas site early this morning. They showed Ivie to be 25.7 feet low. That is amazing! Hopefully it will come up some more if it rains tomorrow. Excited to get out on the water & check it out.

25.7 low is way better than 42' low,just sayin!

I know you are playing around with that comment for the most part. The lake record and many sharelunkers were caught 7 to 8 years ago. Do y�all think most are really still there or do you think the low water conditions over the past years did kill most of them? All of this new water should really get the lake going again and this spring should be great. I am just wondering what most of y�all really think the state of the lake as far as the big fish population really is?

No one really knows. When the good Lord puts water in these West Texas lakes great things begin to happen. Then the pressure of 100's of tournaments comes along; so those good things do not last long. If you are one of the luck ones to have fished these lakes many times under these conditions and know where to go on them then you will do well for that short period of time. Without that knowledge then they can be as tough as any other lake. Great Spawns will take place over the next couple of years to continue the gene pool. We just have to keep our fingers crossed that an Algae Boom doesn't take place on any of the lakes that are coming up in the near future.

Don�t jinx us by mentioning Algae Bloom. Ivie had one a few years ago and Spence had one last winter.

Or that CRMWD doesn't suck every last drop of water out of them.

Do I believe the population of big is down? Yes I do.
Did the low water kill them? Possibly but cant answer that and be truthful.
The number of 6-8lb fish is really good. Seems like the smaller fish numbers are down for me and I think that�s the lack of spawn due to no cover from the low lake level. Next years spawn will be unbelievable in my opinion. There are still some big heifers in there, I�ve caught a few of them this year! But not as many as I have in years past. Is it because they died or did the move out in the river channel and stay out there? I can�t honestly answer that question but this water coming in will do nothing but help in the long run and we will catch some more with this rain today.

The bloom was very small if anything, the major problem at that time was the chemical that was dumped in the river.

More water with Yesterdays rains???

River flowing about 5000 combined right now so yes it�s picking up more water!

yep, the creeks and rivers are still running pretty good...it should rise a bit through tomorrow

As of now Ivie show to be 24.33 ft low and still catching little bit. Should be 23 by morning, what blessing, this thing looks better everyday!