Nices

more water been released at 5pm

I just went and checked it out, a couple guys had caught some catfish earlier, other guys were catching some gizzard shad in their cast nets, so the bait is there. They blew the horn while I was down there and it looked like they opened the 3rd floodgate.

Thx for report.

The news stated they opened all six floodgates and each are open 3'. Whatever that means. The news also said the release was 20K cfs but if 3.5' equaled 3500 cfs, the total release should be closer to 30K with the generators releasing 9.5K. They have not updated the release totals on their web page. A lot more water is now being released.

will be there friday morning, satuday afternoon and sunday. hope to meet some fellow TFF.
i will be at texas wall throwing popper.

Here is the latest data as of one hour ago, now releasing 35,100cfs:

http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/DENI.lakepage.html

A question that I have been dying to ask for years, but have not. Do you guys think that during these heavy generation events the stripers that are caught below the dam are simply stripers that have been living down river, and pushed up to the damn for feeding, or are they stripers that were recently flushed through the gates? Opinions, thoughts

Can you go fishing with this much water releasing?

Both.

its the best time to go with this much water

I think the ones with red mark and beat up bodies are from the lake, pushed down.
The ones all clean, shine and dark are from the river.

How do you even fish with that much flow ?

What type of rig wouldn't just get pushed back to the shoreline in an instant with that much current ?

-rob

Thats what I was asking...hoping someone would be open to showing the complete set up line to hook.

Might be wishful thinking but at least I am trying

GoldSpoonr

Very Challenging.
it's tough to learn, & takes a lot of patience & lost lures to figure out.
it's drift-fishing, just like steelhead fishing in the rivers out west.
once you understand it (the lures, the rods, etc) it'll seem totally natural.

...... only took me 6 years, & I had some GOOD teachers

lightweight, medium to fast action Rods in the 9-10' range are optimal to me,
but that's how I was taught. some like longer. gotta cast FAR, & work jigs
back w/ current, @ high rod angles. needs to handle 15# drag to move fish out of current
a quality reel with 200y capacity of 30# braid, & good drags
again, to combat fatigue, weight is a factor when choosing
(I fish a Stradic Ci-4 4000, but they will wear out in 3-4 years)

the weighted cork & jig setup is pretty specific in tailrace fishing, too
obviously try to use the least amount of weight you can & still cast the distance to where the fish are (sometimes honest 70-100y casts) leader length
off the cork is usually 2-5', & it can be a bucktail, fluke, whatever.
the casting weight is in your cork, allowing for a lighter, more natural lure presentation. makes drifting a lot easier, too

most important is knowing the water. If your first time fishing Dension dam is conditions like now, expect to lose every lure you have in an hour. just how it goes. Dave's exxon is right up the street & can re-stock you.
go there when there's NO water & understand all the little islands & cuts in the riverbed. That will help immensely.

also, when the water runs, every clown with a rod & a plan is there for their share. bring patience, & scissors.

bout all I can tell you. There are others in this thread that hold much more knowledge than me. up to you to seperate the wheat from the chaff.

I'm going up there this weekend, rain or shine.