I was wondering how much rain lake lavon dam has gotten over the past week.... hopefully they open the gates!

This should help you em trai, Linky

thanks bro

Fishing area below dam was closed yesterday. Not sure why. It was gated off and had a do not enter sign up.

i think we might need a lil more rain for the dam to be opened.

maybe something they doing to try and control the zebra mussels????

Hi, I'm new to these boards. I called the lake headquarters and found that there was damage from the recent storms and the spillway is closed until they can repair it. They are going to attempt tomorrow, but can not if it is raining.

Awesome!

Wonder if they release, would the hybrids run up to the dam?

Thanks for the welcome. The spillway is open again. I was there Friday night/Saturday morning. Not a soul but myself and the snakes.

Anything biting out there?

mosquitos

how many gates are open

the lake is still 2 feet below....no gates are open at this time

What the heck! I just drove through 50’ of water last week on NW Highway!!! I can’t wait for a monsoon in North Texas! My fingers and fishing poles are itching for a BIG Cat/Striper!

Sorry, I didnt mean the dam was releasing water I meant the fishing area was open. Nothing was biting. I havent had much luck at that spot, some small channel cat and perch.

Still not releasing? Its above normal now!!

i dont think they are going to release anymore this year

its barely above normal.

I think with the zebra mollusks, barring the danger of breaching flood pool, they will probably not release water at Lavon. =(

LMAO!!!!!! 2058 cfs.....they will be on for a couple weeks

You can see all the area lakes here:

http://www.swf-wc.usace.army.mil/reports/fish.htm

CW

still not enough power... means no fishies.. wait til they open 12 gates... we will get some hybrid action immediately... the hybrid are still in there... they also released over 500,000 striper like 3-4 years ago... they have grown alot on the main lake... caught acouple this year during the run... none were keepers.. but they are getting around 12 inches... cant wait til they reach legal size!!!!

ya it will be a week or so till the fishing will be worth a anything..... crappie should get good though soon there. not going during the weekends though, all the lurkers will be stacked up like sardines this weekends.... good luck this weekend lurkers! try to report if you go, lol.....

I was there this afternoon. There were a lot of people there. I talked to a guy named Shane (I think, horrible with names) who said they werent really biting yet. I was there for about 10 minutes and none of the 30 poles were getting hit.

I tossed my cast net for shad a couple times and hauled out at least 50 a throw. Grabbed a load of them, offered some to some people arriving, then headed to the abandoned boat ramp where the wind was really blowing. Caught a few fat channel cats around 18-20 inches. Heading back out as soon as my wife gets back.

give it a week.

ill be down there sunday night into monday morning!

Any luck yet? I think I might head there tomorrow night.

the fish are not very thick.....couple more days they will be!

What kind of fish?

Carp and Buffalo.... And a Gar mixed here and there....

small channel and blue cats!

Was out there monday and yesterday. not many fish being caught yet. Saw some whites being caught but mainly dinks. Only a few were good enough to keep. 5 gates open right now but no action.

Hey Angler Josh, I just PM'd you..

I was there this morning. The wall was more crowded than I liked so I headed down to the creek. Shad were jumping like crazy there.

Got hung up a lot but did catch a 26 inch 12lb flathead

Another gent was fishing the creek for crappie, but wasn't having much luck

I didnt get the PM joe so ill send you one.

we need more rain... and more gates to open... and less people.. lol and we will get this fishing started again... most likely the powerplant is going bananas on sandbass and small striper lol

gates closed already? wow

yup, no more fun there.....

I think they're closed because Ray Hubbard is over pool again.
As soon as Ray Hubbard gets back close to normal pool Lavon will probably start sending water out again.

Its over!!!

they got the dam opened at 2030 cfs. any1 goin out there?

I heard the siren this morning at 10:30

The gates have been on at about 2000cfs for a little over a week now with just a 2 day period when the were off a couple days ago. They turned them back on tonight.

They opened them at 10:30 yesterday morning. I was in the water in my tube when the siren sounded.

wylie, did you find what i told you about? any fish there?

I wasn't there very long Carey.. I had 1 in the basket, and threw back 3-4 already

i had a 3 year old dumped on me this morning. so i have yet to leave to a fish place yet. as soon as the mom gets back, im on the road. dont know where yet, but probably the dam or rowlett creek.

I think I'll be heading out there tonight. Might try on the wall if its not real crowded.

be careful forecast is for strong to severe tstorms overnight

here they come.....

tru dat

no more???

Looks like they closed them up again and the lake is still 3' feet up with water still gushing in. I believe one of the streams feeding in is still 9 feet above flood stage. It's gonna keep filling up!

ya i saw collin park last night.... the water is way up....

More rain coming Thu/Fri. Wonder if theyll open 12 gates to dump water before the new rains.

one of my other guide buddies said ray hubbard is to full even with all the gates on. they cant release water fro lavon, till hubbard is lower.... if thats true, they will leave the gates on for more than three weeks with all the water in lavon..... and yes, more rain to come.....

-the longer the gates are open and the more gates they have open at lavon dam, means more sandies and hybrids will show up within 2 weeks of them being open, in numbers. nd of course its perfect weather for the crappie to wake up in the river and they will move to coves and small pockets with slack water....

gates open at 864 cfs right now.

2 gates are on
they need to quit jacking with the gates.....

Lol they need to make up their minds

once we get this second batch of rain.....they will be releasing around 5000 cfs....

They can only do so much to keep up with Hubbard, don't want to flood everyone in between.

Sure would be nice if the rain would quit but so far I believe the Farmers Almanac is right about this winter gonna be an abnormally wet and cold one...

Wet and cold= good fishing!!

^^Yes sir!

hows the action so far.. been fishing the cliffs texoma havent really had time to stop by the dam

More like better night sleep to me.

TWO GATES IS NOT WORTH GOING THERE... SORRY FOR THE CAPS

Rain Rain Rain Rain ! Keep Raining! I love it Ill build an ark if I have to......

4350 cfs. I think I sense a trip to the spillway in my near future.

There were 10 gates open an hour ago when I was down there. There were 20 people fishing side by side, when I got there, close to 30 when I left 20 minutes later.

See anything being caught?

Funny you should ask. .. No

was at lavon dam earliar... was pretty packed after the rain fall... saw some nice sandies caught and some good crappie....a few drum and thats it... 10 gates are open.. should stay on 24/7 for 2 weeks straight... not a bad day for some... should be packed here on the weekend... i really dislike people who fish out there and think they own the lake lol... i straighten them out really nice...

-please be courteous to other fisherman and children thanks!
-lets pickup after ourselfs... trying to keep this place clean... so far better than last run..!!!

+1

LOL its funny when you see 50 people lined up shoulder to shoulder not catching anything.

yeah and then walk up and make 2 or 3 casts and hang a monster!

I guess I'll be putting in a little farther back again. Im not to fond of crowds when sharp objects are being whipped around.

Since Im pretty new to all this, maybe someone could tell me how far back from the gates I can go and still have a good chance of pulling out a decent sized catch. I know the crappie spot farther back, but what about flatheads or stripers if I wanted to have a go at them?

pm sent

Yup that's how you do it! Especially when you are the only one catching fish! Lol

ummmmm can I get that PM to damfisherman....

im gonna do whatever i want sonfish. dont think about throwing across my line... ill cut yours buddy

the flatties should start to bite in a few days,,,, hybrids a week or two if all 10 gates stay on..... sandies are always in there. they just dont leave when the gates turn off due to they dont jump over the dam at 78 when the water stops..... as soon as the gates turn on you can see shad along the wall 2 minutes after the gates open..... there is a ton of bait in there to sustain everything till the next release.....

and SONFISH: I OWN THE DAM! - so when i show up, yall have to understand something, you must leave the area immediately, you are tresspassing on my property......

I went down stream from 78 today due to the crowd and tore the crappie up. i used minnows this time. caught well over 100 between the 2 of us in the fish cats.... marked soe huge fish on the graph, had to be gar.... but the shad were so thick, my graph said it was 2 ft when i was in 14 ft of water!

Was at the Dam early Monday morning in the rain and while damfisherman caught a 25lb flat head I caught a 102 fever. It was worth it however cause I got to see and learn a few things on how to catch these monsters from the infamous Damfisherman. If y'all ever get a chance to meet him he is one cool and tall dude.

carey you should have called me today... i wanted to roll

why did you go out this morning..you woke up for no reason.

I was down there from bout 11 yest. morn when they had 5 gates open till bout 3 pm when they had 10 open after the hard rain and didnt see more than maybe half dozen small sandies pulled in.

LOL thanks brother!

I was there this morning from 11P to 5A. Lots of folks there when I arrived, some decent channel cats being caught and some crappie too. Folks complained about not finding any shad so I went down a ways trekkin through the grass and threw my net three times. Pulled out 50 or so shad, cleaned the cockleburrs out of the net and then headed back to share the bait since I wouldnt use that much bait by myself. Found that the folks I was talking to had left and the ones still there didnt seem very receptive to me being there so I set up on the bank just on the other side of the railroad bridge. Bite was slow, and I need some of those no-roll sinkers.

pm me if you need some no rolls!

Only a matter of time until they close the ramps because the water is too high, they just slowed the release to 876 cfs.....

Lol last year one guy was like that. He almost got bruce lee kicked off the wall. Dude was talking smack to me for 20mins. I held it in until I couldn't hold it no more. He was complaing that I kept snagging his line. Well shiet that wouldn't happen if he casted it towards the dam not downstream. I walked all the way to the top and confronted him. Dude got scared and took off lol

I need to stop having sex. Time to pull out my fishing poles and remove the spider webs. Might hit up Lavon damn tonite, or tommorrow night while in my halloween costume.

I know who your talking about...always in right left corner with one surf rod..white dude with long hair..looks like he smokes crystal meth for breakfast every morning...hate that guy.

That is the most random comment I have endured in a while on this forum...congrats.

maybe a new discovery for him?

crystal meth=the breakfast, lunch, and dinner of chumpions.

hows that for random?

I know who ya'll are talkin about too. snagged him once and he looked like it was the end of the world. Pretty funny how he overreacted. Im down to go out there with ya'll one day and take turns snagging his line if ya'll want.

Is it the guy when he casts out it sound like weed eater line coming off his rod guides. White poles. Sounds like he has 100lb eagle claw line on his spinning reels. Cast like 30 yards.

hahaha...

Yes! That's the guy. He thought he was Mr. Big hill billy bad arse until my skinny azz got in his face lol

I should've did bruce lee's 1 inch punch on him. If y'all don't know what that is look it up on youtube hahahah

iluvfishin u are crazy man.. you must be really tough... would hate to cross your line *hahahaa

Nah just know when enough is enough. Lol

Id rather just find a spot where I dont have to worry about it, but if I did get snagged.. yeah go ahead and cut it. I was probably just going to get it hung up and have to cut it anyway.

I pretty much expect to lose my entire rig every cast, that way when I manage to get it back, I'm happy.. and when I manage to get it back with a fish attached, I'm thrilled.

hahha. the only issue is that if you throw your 1inch punch, you will be 2 inches short from actually hitting him. why not just pee in his mouth

Hahahahahaha

started seeing some hybrid pulled up finally... one more week they should be in thick!!! goodwork

Game wardens were out there thinning the crowd today, love it when i see those guys, as soon as they show up the place turns in to a ghost town.

thanks gosh! lol

You mean most of the guys were there illegally?

Opened now to 3969 cFS

Open to 7000 cfs now.

i am going to hit the Dam around 6:45-7pm tonight..anyone want to help a brother out? I am a novice at the dam fishing...figure i'd try crawfish tails under a bobber and let it drift W/ the current. It that doesnt work i'll try a Mann's Little George...P.m. me if anyone can help me land some hybrids tonight..

I wouldn't fish a bobber and let it drift down. That would piss off lots of people

I mean most of the people there are doing something illegal, like no fishing license or keeping undersized fish. Some people will keep everything they catch, i mean what are they going to do with a 6 inch channel cat?

Use it as a toothpick lol

1 6inch cat = 1 mini fish stick . so 200 6inch cats = fishstick buffet. lol

hahahahaha, i guess the meat is more tender on the little ones but to filet 200 six inch channel cats would require a lot of patients.

My brother and i where at the dam on Sunday morning/afternoon. We both caught our limits on sandbass and went home to clean them. I've never cleaned any kind of fish before, but after cleaning my half, i can tell you it takes more time than you think. (or maybe i just suck at making fillets out of them.) Notes about the damm. Be prepared for other fishermen to get tangled with your line and vice versa. If that's not something you can handle don't even bother. We caught 99% of the fish on jig heads (charteuse). If any of the nearest gates are open, you should do very well. Just cast out about 1 ft from the current and you should immediately feel them biting. But don't let the current take your bait/lure for a ride because you will miss out. They were also biting pretty good near the wall.

P.S. A 3 inch leader with a 3way swivel attached to a bobber with weight was used.

On a side note, i wish the Game Warden would have shown up. There was a guy that was making me nervous. He was walking/standing on the railing!!! He could have fallen off the edge into the water and gotten hurt or even drowned. Another guy that was there warned him to get down because he would have been in some trouble if the Warden saw him. Regardless, that was just plain stupid and careless.

+1

On the road that connects the dam road and 78 and theres a little pulloff there that you can access the river. Will probably be empty of other people if you want to float a bobber in the current.

looks like the sandbass are in pretty thick

they are gettin there.... wait a week and it should be perfect.

finally found the crappie!!! thanks carey!!! your the man!!!

Im hoping to be out there tomorrow night. I havent seen them release 8000 cfs in a LONG time.

whats the sick face mean?

thats a rolling eyes face!

You catch anything Sunday night DAMFISHERMAN?

I was out there last night/this morning with spazm09. Not much action, but a ton of people.

I got out there about 9:00 pm...had some good bites but only managed to hang this one............a lil 17 pounder

nice

what happen out there today?

i heard that a few people flipped over in a flat bottom and they cant find them

i heard something like that on the news...

Wow same thing happened the other year.

Link please?

channel % said that they called off the search. They dint belive that there was ever a canoe down there.

From what I heard there were 3 people, luckily they made it to a bank and are all ok. Also heard not a single one of them were wearing life jackets....

what a bunch of tards

Why would you want to go out in a canoe in that current anyways. That's just asking for it.

any fishing reports from last night? I didnt go because i figured they shut the place down after this story...which i suspect is BS..

whats BS is, is ---->the gates being off when i got there last night...pissed me off pretty good. i was the only one there for awhile, till angler_josh showed up to go carping, and i still had the whole pier to myself. ... decided to try for the crappie anyways... caught about 15 with 4 being keepers. picked up a couple dozen channel cats to 3 pounds. then about 6 am the sandies started hitting the surface. only lasted about an hour and they went deep. started picking them up on slabs, spoons, and jigs deep. we dragged the slabs, with an occational jerk.... but mostly were picking it up off the bottom. caught well over 50 and left with 14 nice keeper sandies. -----then they opened a gate and the water murked up.... gave me a reason to finally go home and sleep.

Thanks for calling...

LOL.....Mike here is the link.... In 8000 cfs I wouldnt trust a jon with a 5 horse let alone a canoe with paddles!
http://www.wylienews.com/articles/templates/news.asp?articleid=1458&zoneid=5

Carey told me he was going in a couple of days... I was going to Denison last night with Josh, but had a change of plans. Could have gone to Lavon late last night though.

I will NEVER understand why some people do these things... I could see an 18 year old, who was drinking, maybe; but a grown man, in a canoe? At least go out in a inner tube with a life preserver and a rope.

I think this guy had a trot line down river some where and felt like he needed to check it.....He had no fishing gear in the canoe...

Checking a line? Even worse.

under the influence....... of stupid

Not smart...

thanks for calling.

When do you want to go, O Great NightFisher?

it was 3am when i decided to leave..... i didnt wanna wake you whooped guys up.

When you going again?

not till tuesday. im going to give it a bit for more fish to move in. its not worth my time to fish for 6 hours and only take home 18 fish.... i leave for Broken Bow to do some fly fish guiding, and wont be back till monday night. so tuesday night into wednesday looks good to me as long as the gates are on..... and good to meet yall from the TFF, that i have never met before. and good to see all you i have met!