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#7091445 - 01/25/12 11:54 AM
Rain Dance for Fork
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 09/16/04
Posts: 1024
Loc: Keller
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What is the deal....? I know they pull water and send it out to Tawakoni or lavon or what ever but give the lakes a chance before you start pulling water! It looks like they don't want Fork to fill up for some reason. I mean they see the rain coming and turn on the pumps.... What kind of sense does that make? If they needed water in the other lake they got a ton and there is 10 tons coming down the creeks! I want my boat runs back!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#7091569 - 01/25/12 12:18 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 09/16/04
Posts: 1024
Loc: Keller
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Im trying Cam.... but the USGS shows a dang roller coaster for the water level.. all the other lake have graphs that look like rockets... Just ranting!! that Pipe Suck!!
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#7091578 - 01/25/12 12:20 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 07/21/09
Posts: 4246
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I pee'd in Fork 3 times last Thur , I am doing my part..
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#7091596 - 01/25/12 12:22 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 02/24/03
Posts: 1993
Loc: Carrollton, TX USA
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Im trying Cam.... but the USGS shows a dang roller coaster for the water level.. all the other lake have graphs that look like rockets... Just ranting!! that Pipe Suck!! I saw the same thing...They must be pumping it out at the station.
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#7091689 - 01/25/12 12:41 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Angler
Registered: 09/10/02
Posts: 343
Loc: Lake Fork
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The USGS reading always fluctuates a bit on Fork. It seems to do so more often when the North wind blows. The pumps are not on nor would there be any immediate result of such registered on the USGS graph. The last time the pumps were on was in January 2010. We will see the lake continue to rise over the next several days. I live on the lake and have had a little over 2.5 inches since yesterday. It is gonna take much more rain to fill this lake, but it will get back to full at some point.
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#7091713 - 01/25/12 12:47 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 09/17/09
Posts: 3815
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Well,It's a problem when R Hubbard is up 1.5 feet and Fork is only up 3-4 inches.
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#7091730 - 01/25/12 12:52 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 01/24/08
Posts: 215
Loc: Lake Fork
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Dip Net is correct, when the wind is blowing out of the north it makes the readings go crazy. I live at the lake and there were huge whitecaps coming from the north this morning. I had 2 3/4" of rain in my gauge about an hour ago. I am guessing the lake will come about 6-7 inches based on the rain we had a couple of weeks ago. Not raining now and the wind is not blowing nearly as bad. Check the reading now (396.40), which means the lake has come up 3" since yesterday when the rain started. I wish we had gotten the same rain the metromess got!! We'll take this and hope for more.
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#7091736 - 01/25/12 12:53 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: FZ1]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 07/21/09
Posts: 4246
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Well,It's a problem when R Hubbard is up 1.5 feet and Fork is only up 3-4 inches. a lot more peeing in LRH ...
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#7091742 - 01/25/12 12:54 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Angler
Registered: 09/10/02
Posts: 343
Loc: Lake Fork
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I believe the DFW area has had a bit more rain than what we have gotten so far at Fork. Hard surfaces such as roads and parking lots will lend to the amount of run off into Ray Hubbard as well.
Trust me when I say that there is no human interfering with level of Lake Fork today.
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#7091789 - 01/25/12 01:04 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Doug E. Fresh]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 09/17/09
Posts: 3815
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Lol. Even FZ1 couldn't,personally,raise the RH level that much. The problem is how much more rain can we expect this spring? At 4 inches of lake fill,per rain,Fork is not even gonna make it up to "only" 5 feet low by the end of April.
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#7092011 - 01/25/12 01:55 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 08/04/06
Posts: 3154
Loc: Lewisville, TX.
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#7092013 - 01/25/12 01:55 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 04/28/05
Posts: 2186
Loc: Memphis, soon to be Winnsboro
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Lance, make sure the plug is in - lol
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#7092031 - 01/25/12 02:00 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: papamark]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 08/29/05
Posts: 2474
Loc: Mineola Tx
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Lance, make sure the plug is in - lol 10-4 can't wait to put it in nothing like the smell of a new boat ,,,,,
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#7092032 - 01/25/12 02:00 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: FZ1]
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Methuselah
Registered: 01/20/09
Posts: 21113
Loc: Houston, TX
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Well,It's a problem when R Hubbard is up 1.5 feet and Fork is only up 3-4 inches. Ray Hubbard at full pool is 22,745 acres, 40 feet at it's deepest. Fork is 27,264 acres at full pool and 70 feet at it's deepest. So it's going to take a lot more water to fill up Fork than it is RH. I'm not sure on watershed acreage of the two, but RH has a lot of hills and concrete around it, so perhaps that and heavier rainfall in DFW than Emory cause more run-off?
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#7092040 - 01/25/12 02:02 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Lance Vick]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 08/04/06
Posts: 3154
Loc: Lewisville, TX.
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Lance, make sure the plug is in - lol 10-4 can't wait to put it in nothing like the smell of a new boat ,,,,, You wouldn't be trying to rub it in would you?
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#7092067 - 01/25/12 02:07 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Lance Vick]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 04/28/05
Posts: 2186
Loc: Memphis, soon to be Winnsboro
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All right Fouzman
what is a
Methuselah ?
Might be Fouz ???
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#7092086 - 01/25/12 02:12 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Lance Vick]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 07/21/09
Posts: 4246
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All right Fouzman
what is a
Methuselah ?
A biblical patriarch said to have lived 969 years.
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#7092091 - 01/25/12 02:13 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 04/28/05
Posts: 2186
Loc: Memphis, soon to be Winnsboro
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I heard that Cam is watering the lawn around the marina, thats why it aint comin up
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#7092118 - 01/25/12 02:19 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Doug E. Fresh]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 08/29/05
Posts: 2474
Loc: Mineola Tx
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#7092197 - 01/25/12 02:39 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Methuselah
Registered: 01/20/09
Posts: 21113
Loc: Houston, TX
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J.P. gave me that name. Well, actually, it's what KJ calls me and he told J.P. and J.P. put it in my profile.
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#7092230 - 01/25/12 02:46 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: fouzman]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 09/17/09
Posts: 3815
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Nope,those factors don't account for a 5 to 1 fill ratio of Hubbard vs. Fork. Something else is at work,here. I know that the Drought was worse at LF than at Hubbard so maybe more is soaking into the ground. I also know that Fork comes up for a slightly longer period of time,than Hubbard,but,still,something is not right with this picture.
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#7092245 - 01/25/12 02:52 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 06/08/08
Posts: 4420
Loc: Lake Fork,Texas
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All the ditches I drove by were still pouring water in about an hour ago so HOPEFULLY we get another drenching rain now that the ground is wet enough to not soak it all up...and I know we need the lake to stay down for a while longer, but I'm impatient and want to fish my honey holes this spring.
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#7092251 - 01/25/12 02:53 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Lance Vick]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 05/05/10
Posts: 1877
Loc: Livingston Tx
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Really we need the lake to stay low thru out the spring
so the brush and trees can grow during the spring so when the lake comes up there
will be cover.
We have dried up alot of the slit and gained lots of new spawning
areas already, but the addition of lots of new cover will be Lake Forks
rebirth
I understand Texas needs water, but I believe that this is what Lake Fork
needs as a aging lake .The bloom of Sand bass in the last last couple years
the baby bass will really need the new cover .
I agree with ya on this I know Rayburn has gotten alot of new cover but we have been low for going on dang near 3 years now its gonna be sweet when the water comes back up.
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#7092389 - 01/25/12 03:30 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 03/09/10
Posts: 129
Loc: Mineola, TX
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I crossed the 154 bridge this morning going to Sulphur Springs around 7am. When I came back around noon, all of the bar ditches were full and many of the ponds were overflowing. The pastures all had standing\running water in them. Lake Fork Creek was not running as if the gates were open at the Hwy 37 bridge in Quitman.
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#7092411 - 01/25/12 03:36 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 08/03/04
Posts: 11937
Loc: N32.8666°, W95.6249°
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#7092422 - 01/25/12 03:39 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 02/18/08
Posts: 1147
Loc: Texas
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...... hey Cam are the gates closed? Just need to know if I need to throw drop shot or topwater this weekend?
any help would be good!
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#7092902 - 01/25/12 05:10 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Pro Angler
Registered: 02/09/06
Posts: 691
Loc: Red Oak, TX
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#7092925 - 01/25/12 05:15 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Zeeter]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 08/03/04
Posts: 11937
Loc: N32.8666°, W95.6249°
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...... hey Cam are the gates closed? Just need to know if I need to throw drop shot or topwater this weekend?
any help would be good! Tomato Finesse worms.
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#7093019 - 01/25/12 05:36 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 03/04/04
Posts: 5004
Loc: Mesquite,TX
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You need to drop shot a tomatoe red top water!
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#7093160 - 01/25/12 06:12 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 02/18/08
Posts: 1147
Loc: Texas
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Bawhahahaha Tomatoe Finess worms, Im still waiting on my cut for that scam......
You saw em hitting a top water on Saturday Derek!
Just drove behind the dam on the way to east fork and 2 gates are wide open, What the heck Cam?
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#7093182 - 01/25/12 06:16 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Zeeter]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 09/17/09
Posts: 3815
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Told you boys something wasn't right.
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#7093211 - 01/25/12 06:21 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Zeeter]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 09/25/06
Posts: 2180
Loc: Murphy, TX
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44 cfs. Those gates must be really small.
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#7093229 - 01/25/12 06:25 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Pro Angler
Registered: 02/09/06
Posts: 691
Loc: Red Oak, TX
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Cam is only lying about the gates because he thinks that if it drops another 7 feet he may just be able to catch a fish..
And Zach had them suckers jumping in the boat Saturday chasing that top water.. It was nice to sit and watch somebody catch fish, lol
Just kiddin Cam, we know Eric will hook one for ya and let you reel it in..
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#7093277 - 01/25/12 06:40 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 11/05/10
Posts: 76
Loc: Clarksville,TN
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Hey Guys, if the lake(Fork) don't come up much by mid-march, how bad is it running around the lake.I just had a new prop shaft put in and don't need any help "breaking it in". I hit the occasional stump last april when I was there. I'm thinking of trailering to different ramps instead of just running the lake. Also looking for a roughed up prop to run while I'm there, or maybe just buy a aluminum one.
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#7093315 - 01/25/12 06:48 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 03/04/04
Posts: 5004
Loc: Mesquite,TX
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That aluminum prop might last till noon the first day. Better to ramp hop than write a check if your not sure. Chuck at Service Marine is the best at straightening bent prop shafts. Unless you really wreck it.
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#7093326 - 01/25/12 06:52 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Tracker Tim]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 09/17/09
Posts: 3815
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No,man. It's over 200 cfs. They must need to use that water downstream. Not good for Fork.
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#7093376 - 01/25/12 07:01 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Triton225]
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Pro Angler
Registered: 02/09/06
Posts: 691
Loc: Red Oak, TX
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If you stick to the main boat lanes they are pretty clear for the most part, We actually do a lot less stump bumping now that most are out of the water.. It is a little tricky idling through a forest though..
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#7093455 - 01/25/12 07:19 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 01/26/11
Posts: 1142
Loc: Kansas City,Missouri
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How low is fork right now with the rain?
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#7093513 - 01/25/12 07:34 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 08/08/11
Posts: 154
Loc: fort worth texas
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either way ill be there this weekend 
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#7093518 - 01/25/12 07:35 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: rxkid2001]
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#7093583 - 01/25/12 07:48 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 01/26/11
Posts: 1142
Loc: Kansas City,Missouri
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What depth does the LFM ramp come back into use? Sure makes things easier when its open.
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#7093839 - 01/25/12 08:43 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 04/12/05
Posts: 7583
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Where is the Fake Zeeter when ya need him.... Yo OZZY, your up..
Who knows, I don't trust any of the bureaucracy that controls the water at Fork anymore..
There is money to be made and someone is gonna make it whether we like it or not, the less we know the better for them.
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#7093977 - 01/25/12 09:04 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Cameron @ LFM]
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Methuselah
Registered: 01/20/09
Posts: 21113
Loc: Houston, TX
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...... hey Cam are the gates closed? Just need to know if I need to throw drop shot or topwater this weekend?
any help would be good! Tomato Finesse worms. I have 7 packs of the 4" Zoom Finesse Worms in that Tomato Seed color if anyone needs a tourney win on Fork. Normally available at only $75 a bag, but I'm a bit long on inventory of tomato finesse worms and Lake Fork Marina teeshirts and candy bars, so I'm offering these at the one-time, low, introductory price of $15/ per pack. Don't hesitate as this offer is only available to the first 7 callers. And when they're gone, they're gone forever (til the next Mickey D's or Basschamps event at LFM). But wait!!! There's more!~ If you are one of the FIRST lucky seven callers, we'll double your order. Not with the worms, but things you can really use. In addition to your impossible to get Zoom Tomato Finesse worms, you will receive a Snuggie and Snuggie Slippers, the pet of your choice from "Stuffers" AND a signed, autographed and only partially gnawed upon Baby Ruth from the movie "Caddyshack". This no-lose offer is only good for a limited time, so get after them phone lines, fellers! Chuck Woolery
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#7094206 - 01/25/12 09:59 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: FZ1]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 06/14/06
Posts: 52
Loc: lake fork,tx
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ray hubbard has the east fork of the trinity plus all of the creeks as its water shed.....fork has only its creeks and many have a small water shed ... Nope,those factors don't account for a 5 to 1 fill ratio of Hubbard vs. Fork. Something else is at work,here. I know that the Drought was worse at LF than at Hubbard so maybe more is soaking into the ground. I also know that Fork comes up for a slightly longer period of time,than Hubbard,but,still,something is not right with this picture.
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#7094302 - 01/25/12 10:23 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 04/21/05
Posts: 38200
Loc: Crandall, TX
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#7094364 - 01/25/12 10:43 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: mtnman]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 09/17/09
Posts: 3815
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ray hubbard has the east fork of the trinity plus all of the creeks as its water shed.....fork has only its creeks and many have a small water shed ... Nope,those factors don't account for a 5 to 1 fill ratio of Hubbard vs. Fork. Something else is at work,here. I know that the Drought was worse at LF than at Hubbard so maybe more is soaking into the ground. I also know that Fork comes up for a slightly longer period of time,than Hubbard,but,still,something is not right with this picture. Ah,yes,but there's that pesky dam on the East Fork,called,Lake Lavon,isn't there? It would help,if they would stop letting the water out of Fork.
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#7094753 - 01/26/12 06:10 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 10/02/06
Posts: 3857
Loc: Colleyville, TX
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Keep us posted on the lake level Cam. I can't get the stupid graph to work over half the time on the SRA website.
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#7094840 - 01/26/12 07:11 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Angler
Registered: 09/10/02
Posts: 343
Loc: Lake Fork
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I stand corrected. I just came from the dam maybe five minutes ago. All gates are wide open. I have good word from a guy tweaking outside the store in Alba that a SRA employee, fishing off the SRA dock last night dropped his Zebco 33 into the lake. Since the water is to cold to swim, he made the decision to drop the water level 7 more feet so he could retrieve it. This makes perfect sense to me.
Now that I have fanned the flames for the conspiracy theorist, I will address the reasonable people on the this thread. The gates are not open and the pumps are not sending water to Dallas. Since the first week in December, Lake Fork has come up about 14 inches. It will take a lot more rain to get us to full again, but it will happen. Let's keep reminding the conspiracy theorist that there use to be no Lake Fork, that means it was completely empty and then filled up. hmmmmm.
Edited by Dip Net (01/26/12 07:12 AM)
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#7095146 - 01/26/12 09:00 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Angler
Registered: 11/10/09
Posts: 317
Loc: Williams Creek, Lake Fork
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What gates?
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#7095151 - 01/26/12 09:01 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: fouzman]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 08/04/06
Posts: 3154
Loc: Lewisville, TX.
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...... hey Cam are the gates closed? Just need to know if I need to throw drop shot or topwater this weekend?
any help would be good! Tomato Finesse worms. I have 7 packs of the 4" Zoom Finesse Worms in that Tomato Seed color if anyone needs a tourney win on Fork. Normally available at only $75 a bag, but I'm a bit long on inventory of tomato finesse worms and Lake Fork Marina teeshirts and candy bars, so I'm offering these at the one-time, low, introductory price of $15/ per pack. Don't hesitate as this offer is only available to the first 7 callers. And when they're gone, they're gone forever (til the next Mickey D's or Basschamps event at LFM). But wait!!! There's more!~ If you are one of the FIRST lucky seven callers, we'll double your order. Not with the worms, but things you can really use. In addition to your impossible to get Zoom Tomato Finesse worms, you will receive a Snuggie and Snuggie Slippers, the pet of your choice from "Stuffers" AND a signed, autographed and only partially gnawed upon Baby Ruth from the movie "Caddyshack". This no-lose offer is only good for a limited time, so get after them phone lines, fellers! Chuck Woolery That sounds like a steal on those worms! 
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#7095226 - 01/26/12 09:23 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Dip Net]
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Registered: 09/17/09
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We are going to have to send someone,who is not involved in the conspiracy,to check this out,.....Zeeter? 366 cfs instantaneous flow. Don't make me come down there,Dipnet.
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#7095264 - 01/26/12 09:33 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Zeeter]
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Registered: 09/17/09
Posts: 3815
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Zeeter. Your mission,should you decide to accept it,is to drive below the Dam,a coupla times a day,at your convenience,and report water movement out of the Lake and into Lake Fork Creek. Can you do it? Will you do it?
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#7095403 - 01/26/12 10:00 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Angler
Registered: 09/10/02
Posts: 343
Loc: Lake Fork
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The only gate open is the one to my subdivision, which is conveniently located 3/4 mile from the gates that are closed.
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#7095554 - 01/26/12 10:28 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 02/18/08
Posts: 1147
Loc: Texas
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...... sorry FZ1, cant commit to that bub, I fly to Florida, then to Cali, and then on to Vegas the next few days.
We are coming up with a new color that resembles red bug shad and tomatoe mixed together, If I can get it just right I may be a millionaire and we won't have to worry about Cameron, cause I'll buy Lake Fork Marina, bull doze it and shove it off in the lake for good drop shot structure!
Set up shop and sell nothing but finesse worms in shades of red on the second best bass lake in Texas!
......are the gates still open Cam, couldn't tell last night when I came back by?
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#7095555 - 01/26/12 10:28 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Registered: 09/10/02
Posts: 343
Loc: Lake Fork
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FZ1, I finally found what you are looking at. You are looking at Lake Fork Creek and the volume of water moving through the creek. The creek drains a large area below the Lake Fork Dam. The release from the dam is only 44 cfs. http://www.sratx.org/basin/lake_and_river_conditions.aspThe rest is run off from below the dam.
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#7095565 - 01/26/12 10:30 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Dip Net]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 09/17/09
Posts: 3815
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Well,then,that pipe must look like "Old Faithful",cause SRA says it's releasing 366 cfs.
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#7095605 - 01/26/12 10:36 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: FZ1]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 09/25/06
Posts: 2180
Loc: Murphy, TX
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#7095641 - 01/26/12 10:43 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Tracker Tim]
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Registered: 09/17/09
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Hubbard is up 30" and Fork is up 6".
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#7095645 - 01/26/12 10:44 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Registered: 04/12/05
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Question... ?? How do you know or no,t if the big building/pipeline is flowing.. No kind of tadal tail on that thing is there.. No way to know if it’s pumping or not-- HUH !!!...
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#7095716 - 01/26/12 11:00 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Registered: 09/10/02
Posts: 343
Loc: Lake Fork
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Taken at 10:48 AM, January 26, 2012. There is old faithful, pumping out 44 cfs, just like always. 
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#7095748 - 01/26/12 11:09 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Registered: 07/22/10
Posts: 360
Loc: yantis,tx
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Hey everyone!! I'm here at the water intake at lake fork..I'm positioned right over the giant pipe with a drop shot in my hand...I figured if they are pumping water I could detect movement from my line from the current. So far nothing...
Wait a minute..hold on ..I'm detecting movement..This could be it..might be a DD...Uh Oh...A giant whirpool is forming right in front of me...what the...I've gotta go..uh..uh..AHHHHH........Someone have billy rescue me from TWOK!!!!
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#7095767 - 01/26/12 11:13 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: picklefork]
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Registered: 09/17/09
Posts: 3815
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LOL. That's what happens when you can't strip line fast,enough.
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#7095811 - 01/26/12 11:21 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Dip Net]
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Registered: 09/17/09
Posts: 3815
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When you're right:You're right,Dipnet. Guess SRA is wrong. Ground must be really dry. Think you guys had about 1 inch less rain than we did,so that accounts for some of the difference. Cheers!
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#7095829 - 01/26/12 11:25 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: picklefork]
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Registered: 04/12/05
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Hey everyone!! I'm here at the water intake at lake fork..I'm positioned right over the giant pipe with a drop shot in my hand...I figured if they are pumping water I could detect movement from my line from the current. So far nothing...
Wait a minute..hold on ..I'm detecting movement..This could be it..might be a DD...Uh Oh...A giant whirpool is forming right in front of me...what the...I've gotta go..uh..uh..AHHHHH........Someone have billy rescue me from TWOK!!!! Shutup Pickle, before I have to stick a fork in ya.. You goober.. Pretty funny though.....  Where is the fake Zeeter... You Joke wanta be..
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#7095857 - 01/26/12 11:31 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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Registered: 09/10/02
Posts: 343
Loc: Lake Fork
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I live right beside the dam, just of 182 on Chaney Creek. Driving towards the dam which is about 3/4 miles from my gate, you can see creeks running and stock tanks overflowing. The 366 value you were looking at is probably correct as Fork Creek is flowing. It is the result of run off and not the result of a release from the Dam. Now I am wondering where the gauge is that is registering that flow. I will stop by the SRA later today and find out.
I registered 2.6 inches of rain in total. I heard they had more rain in Sulphur Springs which will impact the lake level much more than rain in my immediate area.
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#7095907 - 01/26/12 11:41 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Dip Net]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 09/17/09
Posts: 3815
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Thanks,for your time and trouble. That would be very interesting information. We got about 4" here in Big D.
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#7095938 - 01/26/12 11:49 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Tracker Tim]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 09/17/09
Posts: 3815
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Hubbard's topping out. Maybe Fork can run up another 3". Go Fork!
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#7095982 - 01/26/12 11:57 AM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: Dip Net]
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Registered: 09/25/06
Posts: 2180
Loc: Murphy, TX
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I live right beside the dam, just of 182 on Chaney Creek. Driving towards the dam which is about 3/4 miles from my gate, you can see creeks running and stock tanks overflowing. The 366 value you were looking at is probably correct as Fork Creek is flowing. It is the result of run off and not the result of a release from the Dam. Now I am wondering where the gauge is that is registering that flow. I will stop by the SRA later today and find out.
I registered 2.6 inches of rain in total. I heard they had more rain in Sulphur Springs which will impact the lake level much more than rain in my immediate area. One of the downstream gauges in in Mineola at Hwy 69. Sabine River at 69
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#7096223 - 01/26/12 01:03 PM
Re: Rain Dance for Fork
[Re: SkeeterEater]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 06/08/08
Posts: 4420
Loc: Lake Fork,Texas
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When the water gets back up all the way you can bet ill be fishing it!
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