Ray Roberts Ramp Closures!!

Dannie Golden just called me and asked me to post this. He got a call from Chris True from TPWD. He was on the water so asked me to post.

As of right now, they have CLOSED both the Buck Creek and Sanger Ramps and want everyone using either Isle Du Bois (State Park) or Johnson. He also said there was a very good chance all ramps could be closed as early as tomorrow and to look for updates.

Really? The lake is only 2 feet high. It's still going up but most of those ramps should be good for several more feet

good to know... thanks for sharing.

http://rayroberts.uslakes.info/Level.asp

it's almost 3 feet high now and is rising at a VERY fast rate. Its come up something like 7-8" in last 2 hours if I read it right this morning.

Long drive to show up to the ramps being closed

Many more ramps on that lake. Lake has been a lot higher, there will still be open ramps.

I've put in when it was 7' high if I remember right.

I've also put in at much higher levels. I'm just passing on info I was asked to post. Don't shoot the messenger who was just trying to help....better yet, everyone complain about it and head out to Sanger's ramp and try to launch then come back and complain more because they closed it.

my buddy just told me they might close all ramps at 4 foot over pool? I thought when it came up from the big drought in the early 2000s it was way higher than that and the ramps were open

this sounds like the best solution


Do you know if they will make the marina close their ramps? They should be able to handle plenty of water as well

I was being sarcastic. TPWD is only going to close ramps if they feel they could become unsafe to use for whatever reason. I am by no means suggesting people complain...that just tends to be what a % of the people on here do all the time. Again, don't shoot the messenger. They have closed 2 ramps and will most likely close more. As RedRanger said, there are other ramps out there that TPWD doesn't own. If I recall last time we flooded, Sanger Marina was one of the only ramps open and was charging something like $20 to launch.

so was I!

Hopefully the water will level off soon and we won't have to worry about it but that seems unlikely.

With Lewisville still up it could take them a while to pull Roberts down.

RHBC is keeping an eye on this. Nothing said about Jordan yet? We may be postponing or trying a late change of location. We will be in touch with our members!

One extreme to the other.... but this one is a better problem to have.

I guess the milfoil will all die off again

It was starting to grow really well in the 10-12 ft range too

Not really surprised at Buck Creek being closed what with that BNSF freight train derailing in Spring Creek just north of Buck. Probably don't want a bunch of lookies. Kinda surprised at the other ramps though.

Cool stuff right there!

I just talked to TPWD at Isle DuBois. They are not anticipating any other ramp closures at this time although they will keep an eye on it depending on weather. I think the Buck and Sanger closures have more to do with the train derailment than rising water

see yall bright and early!

Thank you Chris for posting.

So is Isle DuBois safe to put in at?

I'm skipping this one. Staying in close and will fish Hubbard tomorrow. You guys have a great time.

The train derailment is about as far from Buck creek ramp as possible and still effect the lake. It has nothing to do with Buck being closed and id bet nothing to do with Sanger being closed either. Both of those were the first ramps to close when the lake got high last time.

And be safe.

Thank you Chris G !

RHBC will fish as scheduled. As per Parks and Wildlife the ramps will stay open at this time.

Figures, lake finally gets full and can't fish it because they didn't move the docks up.

Sanger Ramp is good to go at the moment. The dock has been pulled up.

I was just at the marina. It was open.

Good bye grass on Ray Roberts. All this rain this fast. The grass doesn't stand a chance

Thanks Chris for posting. Chris with the park told me they close them when the water gets onto the pavement, cause it will cause damage when driven on while under water. Sure some will disagree, just passing along what I was told. They did this before in 07 or 08 whenever it was. The lake wasn't all that muddy today, in most places. Did manage 7 bass, but had to work really hard for them.

Hoping it stays open!!

The RHBC will continue our year long tradition of hitting a lake at the worst possible time. Thanks for the report Danny. If you are coming out to fish tomorrow guys, just be safe.

Ramp open at Pilot Point. Rangers raised the docks quickly this morning.

Here's the state park ramp

Thanks Chris,Pond Creek ramp does not look very good.It will close soon, so don't drive down that road until you know it's open.

Just talked to the parks.

Jordan is open and will remain open.
Isle du Bois is open and will remain open.
Sanger access is open as well.

Buck creek, pecan creek, pond creek, and Johnson are all closed. This is from the state park office.

Jordan and isle du Bois look good. I don't know how much more it can handle though. The texas parks and wildlife are not the ones that make the call on when to let water out. That's the cores call.

Be safe put there running the lake guys lots of trash and trees floating.



This is what coming from kiowa still alot of water headed to ray roberts. Kiowa was 4ft high over night.

New update. Jordan and IDB are the only two ramps staying open. And they can't gaurantee they won't be closed by morning.!

There were many floaters today. Both on main lake and creeks.

Watch out for the snakes and fire ants too. Just thought this week there were lots of floating piles of ants. They were everywhere today. That and many spiders when you take your boat up thru the junk. I think I killed 7 spiders today Fun stuff. Things we shouldn't have to deal with in the boat

From my understanding they won't open the gates until the concrete pilings are poured for the new bridge on lewisville. They are trying to lower lewisville to make that happen, opening the gates on roberts would just keep Lew at the level it's at now.

That is UP track going across Buck. BNSF is much further west and north.

Well this could changes my plans for Sat. Thanks for the info. Guess I'll be check TFF before heading out.

I understand you know how to remove snakes from the boat and keep on fishing now.

Sanger was open tonight. The docks are above the top of the channel on the ramp. Only about a foot of ramp left before you get to the turn-around. The Gates were closed at pond creek. Water is getting close to filling up the overflow spillway creek bed (it looked like it crested the concrete dike, but isn't flowing back there yet). I have never been over there when it was 'full', so this looks cool to me. I was headed to Fork in the AM anyway, never been there at full pool either!

Too bad some of that water can't be piped out west to Hubbard Creek, Meredith... or south to Travis, Buchanan... low as some of them are I'm not sure they would mind the zebra mussels

I hit a floater in the bow of my boat. Popped out of my seat and pulled
kill switch.
Heads up !!

Floaters are random everywhere!! Be careful out here!

+4.12....how much longer till they're all closed?

Pecan Creek is closed, just drove out there an hour ago!

We were out there and got off the lake before the storm hit around 9:45. It rained and lightninged pretty good. Jordan was in good shape.

We got more heavy rain out there for 2+ hours today but Jordan was in good shape. On the way out we noticed how close the water is to the road. If we get more flooding rain, you may not be able to make it to the ramp! Fishing was VERY tough by the way.

Hey guys the lake levels have nothing to do with pouring concrete pylons for bridges. Lewisville is already in flood state too, ask the corps why the gates are not open. Probably has to do with flood control for the downstream areas. And "wow" what will this do for the BLT next weekend, there is more rain coming all next week too.

I did ask the corps and this was the response I got via text.

1961 cfs is being released from Ray Roberts. Only 20 cfs from Lewisville! So, they aren't passing the water through. They are just making room for more flood waters in Ray Roberts!

Ray Roberts Lake
10 MAY 2015
Current Elevation Normal Elevation Currently Releasing
637.43 632.50 1961 cfs
Reservoir Control Section

Marina ramp is closed.