Water flows north from joe pool to Mt. Creek Lake. It can be confusing sometimes because Mt. Creek (the creek) is one of the feeder creeks that flows into Joe Pool from the south.

Joe Pool feeds into Mountain Creek

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No the game warden let him go

Guess I'm going to have to start going out there again.

FOR THOSE WHO DON`T HAVE A CLUE:FYI,Both Mountain CREEK & Walnut CREEK are feeders to JOE POOL Lake. When Joe Pool releases it`s h2o,it does so into the same Mountain Creek that was there long before Joe Pool was impounded into Mountain Creek Lake.That`s how it got it`s name.Not the other way around.When Mountain Creek Lake releases it h2o it also releases into Mountain Creek but below it`s gates and from there it`s on to the West Fork of the mighty Trinity.As a Tributary of the West Fork/Trinity River, Mountain Creek was actually in existence before either lake was impounded. Joe Pool Reservoir in 1986 & Mountain Creek Lake in 1937 and since a Tributary runs/flows to a larger body of water it can`t flow in reverse.So actually MOUNTAIN CREEK (the creek)flows into both bodies of water on it`s trek to the west fork of the Trinity River.

True Dat

After hearing all that huffing and puffing on the trail...I am thinking I need to loan you my little red wagon...the one with all terrain wheels that will tote all the gear and fish...very cool video.

One of the few north flowing creeks in Texas?

North Easterly really. I think it has something to do with land formation or something.There are some rivers in the U.S. that flow north as well.

DSHS Issues Updated Consumption Advisory for Mountain Creek Lake

News Release
Jan. 13, 2017

The Texas Department of State Health Services today updated a fish consumption advisory for Mountain Creek Lake in Dallas County due to unsafe levels of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in certain species of fish.

DSHS tested tissue samples from fish as part of a re-evaluation of the lake. Concentrations of dioxins and PCBs in channel catfish, common carp, flathead catfish, freshwater drum, largemouth bass, smallmouth buffalo and white bass continue to exceed DSHS health guidelines.

DSHS now recommends people limit or avoid consumption of these species as outlined in the table below.

Species Affected Women of Childbearing Age and Children < 121 Women Past Childbearing Age and Adult Men2
Channel catfish DO NOT EAT 1 meal/month
Common carp DO NOT EAT DO NOT EAT
Flathead catfish 1 meal/month 2 meal/month
Freshwater drum DO NOT EAT DO NOT EAT
Largemouth bass 1 meal/month 3 meal/month
Smallmouth buffalo DO NOT EAT DO NOT EAT
White bass DO NOT EAT 1 meal/month



The recommendations are stronger for children under 12 and women who are nursing, pregnant or who may become pregnant because the nervous systems of unborn and young children are particularly susceptible to the health effects of toxins.

The updated advisory replaces one issued in 2010 that recommended no one eat any fish from Mountain Creek Lake. Prior to that, the state prohibited people from possessing fish from the lake at all. Elevated levels of dioxins and PCBs in fish do not pose a health risk for people swimming, boating or participating in other recreational activities.