There are no fish in that lake. My dad and I caught them all when I was a kid and we lived 5 minutes away.

you talking about the relatively new small park at hackberry and ranchview? looking at ariel shots of that area now and it wouldn't be too far of a walk to the southeast shore from there but isn't there a fence around the entire lake?

We always took our Seadoos out there in January abd February. It was like bath water by the power plant outlet. Only problem is that I now glow in the dark...

They closed the lake to to much partying and drugs being sold out there and gays and sex party to much for the police to handle.It was cheaper to close it and keep trouble out of there.They burned the gaurd shack done too one nite.That is why it is close

They better close Lewisville too then !!!!

I work right down the street from the lake. I drove around it Friday, just some curiosity from this thread. The old park is fenced off and says Private Property and the owner is runnig alot of cattle on it. Which is worse if you get caught trespassing? Private or Public tresspassing?

How long has the lake been closed? I saw picnic table pavillions and trash cans still standing. Plus, the boat ramp still looked usable.

THE LAKE IS OFF LIMITS! If you get caught trespassing you will go to jail. It is clearly marked with trespassing signs and has a fence surrounding the lake. It is patroled by security and they will detain you until the Dallas Police Department can arrive. The cattle owner is leasing the land for his cattle. My advice is to forget about fishing this lake.It will be drained soon to allow for more development. The land owner has decided the land is worth more dry then wet.

Parrish, where are you getting your information from? I am not trying to be insulting, I am honestly asking.

the # 1 issue in all of this is that the power plant still runs during the summer. It has a full staff that work between North Lake and the Lake Hubbard plant. Start watching anound the June 1st time period and you will see it running this summer as it did last summer.

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The City of Dallas owns the property, they lease the land and the lake to TXU for the power plant, just like lake ray hubbard.

The City of Dallas leased the park to the City of Irving for a dollar per year, but for many years the upkeep was costing hundreds of thousands and the entry fees were not covering the expense. So they backed out of the deal and the park was closed, eliminateing access to the lake.

Now there are discussions occuring of selling the land to Coppell for a school , or selling the land to developer that will build either apartments or a mixed use development.

I say we start a stupid petition to demand the right to fish for stocked bass which were paid for by the public. This lake is alot closer than Squaw Creek so we will save gas.

YEAH!!!

This lake would get plenty of attention from the residents of Coppell and Irving if they were to re open it, I was on it a few times as a kid with family, spur of the moment fishing trips always ended up on North Lake due to convenience. I would give anything for it to re open.

I second that motion to start a petition. I am sure it would get a lot of participation.

I heard that TXU mothballed the plant in 2004 which is about the time they began selling land to Billingsly for development. Also heard that they were planning on draining most if not all of the lake for development of everything from apartments, to retail to office space.

Any new news on this lake?

I have driven by there recently and seen the gates open, and people fishing. Perhaps they are the leasers. I fished it as late as 1998.

That powerplant is operational, take a look at the stacks in the winter. I'm sure they considered tearing it up when TXU optimistically thought they would build and convert plants to coal. See how thats worked out.

I cant see this lake being drained, there is a ton of land out there that still hasnt been developed, that needs it.

Doubtful. If you get caught trespassing, you'll probably get asked to leave or at most a ticket.
Get caught a second time and you might go to jail for criminal trespassing.
Not that I would know or anything...

News from the City of Coppell:

City of Coppell Web Site

So it seems it wont be drained.

Perhaps some of our more eloquent members can draft a letter or make a call to the mayor of Coppell.

I didnt mention anything about the lake. That cant be good.

As I am still employed by TXU/Luminent part time I can tell you at this time that the company does not have any NOX credits to run the plant in 2009. Now credits can be bought but with all of the wind power going in from Abilene to East Texas I doubt that the plant will be run. Luminent has a 10 yr. window to run the plant but I bet you will see it demolished in the next 2 to 3 yrs. and the rest of the land sold to developers.
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Do you know they demolished power lines as well. They are power lines every ware.

The City of Coppell just bought the land around the lake including the water as a condition to settle the law suit with Cypress Water. They plan on opening the lake back up in the future for its citizens. There are no plans at this time to drain the lake. The city is smart enough to realize this lake is a great asset to its community.

I was driving next the park on the southside at lunch a little while ago and the dove in there are THICK! Wish they would let me in. i just need two days. One on the boat and one with a gun.