Livingston
Cedar Creek
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Cove or Open water?

Thanks for your opinions

lake fork,deep water protected cove can't get any better than that. rick

I bought a house on Cedar Creek, on a channel, and if I had to do it again it would be open water for me. Open water is more expensive, but worth it.

And I wish I lived on Lake Fork..... :-)

Just wondering why you would now perfer open water??

I too am curious about the open water vs channel one as well

I would guess open water for the depth, so when the lake drops you can still use your dock. I would pick Cedar Creek. Good fishing for everything.

Richland Chambers Big Cove on (Open You Get all the big waves can do damage to dock and land)

45 mins from several.

cove vs. open???

Either....just across the street, not waterfront. I've been told this many times by waterfront homeowners.

I have too agree with Kelly, Taxes are HELL on Lake front.

Since I already screwed up and have water front, I would recommend Lake Fork and Cove. In low water condition it won't matter much unless you have a major drop off in front of your
house. The boat slip will be dry in most cases any way.

Last year it got too -5.foot, my cove was not looking too good.
However it is protected from heavy wave action and most big winds.. Thus saving you Thousands of dollars on a retaining walls to detour erosion.

It's all in what you can live with I guess, property at Fork is at a premium and the good stuff is hard to find at any price.
Just a little FYI before you buy.

Billy

Lived waterfront on Fork it was ok never do it again, Glad I did it when I was young so not to waste retirement money. Now live just off Toledo Bend, Fixing too sell and am looking at property at Sam Rayburn then I will have a complete life.

I'd love to have property on Lake Bruin, near where I grew up in NE Louisiana...

Boat dock infestation aside...no lake comes close to the beauty of that lake...

a lake that stays close to constant level. waterfront has the advantage of irrigation use, more scenic, fish off the bank.

Move to the north side of Tyler and you would be within an hour or so from ALOT of awesome fisheries including:
Palestine
Tyler
Fork
Pines
Holbrook
Athens
Cedar Creek
Hawkins
Jacksonville
Martin Creek

However if your set on living on the lake, move to a small private lake like Hawkins. It is small yet good. Not to much pressure and if the wind is up you can still fish it. When you want to explore you still have all of the above mentioned lakes within a reasonable driving distance.

Cedar Creek is a great lake to live on, but, the taxes on waterfront property are outrageous. I'm sure it is the same everywhere else. The convienence of having a dock is great, carrying gas or paying over $4.00 a gallon for it at a marina are trade offs.
Big water is nice to look at but the cove makes far more sense, dock life is probably double in a cove. Channels take idling time and it can get hot idling a quarter mile in July, they are also shallower, there were a lot of dry channels last summer.
Be careful when you check taxes on lakefront property, especially if it is owned by elderly people, they may have had the taxes frozen 15 years ago, it will change when you buy it.
There are a lot of things to consider, but it is all good once you get here.

George