eagle mountain rains

A big storm cell dumped a lot of rain there this morning. I drove down to Harbor Inn's launch off of Boat Club Road and water was still rushing in from the creeks hours later. My guess is it will probably gain 2-3 ft or more.
We're hoping.

We can only hope. Fingers crossed!

Its just started raining again here and chances till friday.it has me a little excited

anyone know if twin points will be opening up soon? lake shows 8.5 feet low....Thanks!

just called the lake superintendent...waiting for a return call on Twin Points.

whats that number maybe if enough people call they will open it ?

Hope you're right but so far we are up only 5" from yesterday at this time. Will get a truer reading in another 24 hours.

In front of my place, we don't have water, it looks like a lake of 1/2 coffee and 1/2 cream. Cruddy brown water is going to slow down fishing for a few days.

http://www.trwd.com/eaglemountain

ask for billy

This is what I received from them this morning:

Our reservoir manager tells me that if the lake reaches 641.00 -642.00 with a positive outlook we would reconnect the courtesy dock and open the ramp. There is a substantial cost associated with repositioning the dock so we want to make sure we are on a definite upward swing prior to making the move.

Tell em you don't need the dock...just the ramp.

I was thinking the same thing, fisherman don't need docks. It will be at 641.00 tomorrow morning

You would think they are losing more money with the ramp closed than it would cost to reconnect the dock.

So maybe by the end of the week? It's at 640.5 as of this morning with more forecast rain later this week.....
wait what am I thinking, it'll take them a week to put in the work order and another week to get it hooked up....

Ready for this one!

and any water will be quickly injected into holes in the ground or sent downstream anyway.

this is the same thing I was told when I called last week. at least they are consistent

What ever happened to Vances Camp off 10 mile bridge?... I take it the low water levels killed it

Where's Lee in Texas lately? I would have thought he would be here talking about rising water on his home lake. I've been praying for you guys west of me to get enough rain to raise your lake levels. I'm glad to see it happening and hope you are about to get a lot more.

Maybe he's out fishing...

just called out there and a lady said they are working on twin points now and it will be open in a couple of days. Chance of rain thurs-sat should help if we get any.

Good news to hear..........Prey for more rain!!!!

Any updates? We are over 641 now so Im hoping they get this thing opened up

So glad to see it coming back up, hope it lasts a while'

The website says it was built to be able to launch a 30' boat even if the lake is 12' low. What BS, The lady at the eagle mountain office just told me the level would have to be 642 before they would think about opening the ramp.

Just checked lakelevels.info and shows EM at 641.29 -7.71 low.
That's pretty close to 642.

bump

Me and a buddy were on it yesterday evening and launched from Lakeview. He has a 4x4 though.

How deep is it at Lakeview?

Around 5 feet all the way out.

Any news on twin points

Drove by twin points yesterday afternoon and still closed.

They replied to an e-mail I sent to them yesterday and said hopefully it will be open next week sometime.................

its going to be sad if the ramp by the spot opens up before twin points

Somebody needs to get off their arse over there and make it happen. They knew the the lake was on the rise they've been pumping in water for a month now you'd think they'd had this ready to go by now !

641.99 and rising right now.

The funny thing is I have never fished Eagle Mountain and will in all likelihood never launch at this ramp, but I've gotten interested in the situation and hope it works out for you guys soon.

Now down 7.11 and big time rain going on. Should easily be into the six's by morning.Gonna be fun fishing the weed beds in the morning---assuming it still isn't pouring down.

It's definitely on the climb the feeder creeks are rolling and there's more coming. With the way it's going now we may be at 4ft low by Monday !

That would be awesome.

6.83 and rising. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

they are working on the dock today

6.42! I would have to think that all the launch area can certainly open now.

Is Lakeview the only ramp open?

Drove by today and it looks like chocolate milk!

I put in at lakeview yesterday and cruised to twin points. They're still working on connecting the walkway to the floating dock. I also found a fat girl

a classic government operation. If it takes some effort,,,,,forget about it. Ain't nobody going to do anything until they are forced.

They just posted this on their website..............

Twin Points boat ramp reopens
Posted 4/28/2015

The boat ramp at Twin Points Park has been has been reopened after being closed last fall due to low lake levels. The rainfall over the last week, combined with the district's pumping efforts, have made a significant impact on Eagle Mountain's lake level. The lake is high enough now that we can keep the ramp open most, if not all, of the summer.

There is a $10 launch fee and the ramp is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.