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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: Chris B]
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05/06/22 04:20 PM
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Mark Perry
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I have to admit, something is starting to seem odd about Fork staying low. We get rain nearby or at Fork and the lake doesn’t come up any. Doesn’t make sense. It’s the homeowners stealing the water for their yards. I bet the middle of the lake has to fill up first......
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/06/22 04:26 PM
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Txduckhunter
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I have to admit, something is starting to seem odd about Fork staying low. We get rain nearby or at Fork and the lake doesn’t come up any. Doesn’t make sense. If the watersheds not catching water then the amount that falls directly on the lake will not do much. Tbe lake I live on has a watershed fairly far north of here. We can get soaked here and lake will not rise unless it hits the watershed itself. This^^^^^^^^ I don't think most understand how poor the watershed is for Fork. Heck, I've seen guys argue on here about the Sabine being a feeder for Fork.
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: hopalong]
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05/06/22 05:49 PM
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Kodyjoe
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Yep used to work with a guy that argued with me all the time that the Sabine River runs thru Fork. He never could show me on a map. He said why do they call it the Sabine River Authority. .S M D H
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: forkduc]
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05/07/22 01:18 AM
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Bryanmc57
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If repairs on the dam are done and gates all closed. The gates have been closed since mid January. So much misinformation floating around it's sickening.
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: Txduckhunter]
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05/07/22 11:07 AM
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ogles824 (aka Lakewaydr50)
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I have to admit, something is starting to seem odd about Fork staying low. We get rain nearby or at Fork and the lake doesn’t come up any. Doesn’t make sense. If the watersheds not catching water then the amount that falls directly on the lake will not do much. Tbe lake I live on has a watershed fairly far north of here. We can get soaked here and lake will not rise unless it hits the watershed itself. This^^^^^^^^ I don't think most understand how poor the watershed is for Fork. Heck, I've seen guys argue on here about the Sabine being a feeder for Fork. Same here for Cooper, we have to get heavy rain in northern Hunt County and southern Fanin County for Cooper to be effected at all but when it gets a good rain it can come up as much as 4 feet.. From what I've seen out of Fork the last few decades it's upper basin must not be all that big. It may take better than a year for it to get full again.
2012 ZX200 Skeeter 2012 Yamaha 200 SHO Isaiah 40:31 "but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Proud student of the Pro Staffer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzwF72B2F2w&t=14s
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: Caymas Cx 21]
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05/07/22 11:24 AM
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HARD WORKN HAROLD
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Fork needs to stay low for a while. ABSOLUTELY!!! Just go around the lake now, there is so much vegetation growing right now its crazy. I hope it stays this way at least a year!!
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: HARD WORKN HAROLD]
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05/07/22 12:25 PM
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ogles824 (aka Lakewaydr50)
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Fork needs to stay low for a while. ABSOLUTELY!!! Just go around the lake now, there is so much vegetation growing right now its crazy. I hope it stays this way at least a year!! YESSS! I love fishing freshly flooded vegetation. I got to do that a lot in the spring time at home in the bayou state.
2012 ZX200 Skeeter 2012 Yamaha 200 SHO Isaiah 40:31 "but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Proud student of the Pro Staffer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzwF72B2F2w&t=14s
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: Caymas Cx 21]
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05/07/22 01:57 PM
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WAWI
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Fork needs to stay low for a while. This is exactly right, a couple years at this level then fill it back up.
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: Frank the Tank]
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05/07/22 06:06 PM
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txmasterpo
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I have to admit, something is starting to seem odd about Fork staying low. We get rain nearby or at Fork and the lake doesn’t come up any. Doesn’t make sense. There's no run off rains because it's dry....it takes days of rain to make a significant rise....a storm system blowing through in hours will not materially affect the water level
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: hopalong]
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05/07/22 06:10 PM
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txmasterpo
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I hope it gets 8' low by September and doesn't fill up until 2024 personally
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: WAWI]
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05/07/22 07:33 PM
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Douglas J
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Fork needs to stay low for a while. This is exactly right, a couple years at this level then fill it back up. take it down to 12'
#MFGA
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: hopalong]
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05/08/22 10:18 PM
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bloo_rainger
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We’re going to drop three more feet starting June first. No rain and the sun will suck it’s yearly three foot out.
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: txmasterpo]
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05/09/22 01:51 PM
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Tx Tree Grower
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I hope it gets 8' low by September and doesn't fill up until 2024 personally Outside of a tropical event, it will be double digits low in the fall I believe. Our July August high pressure dome is already here. It's gonna be a dry one.
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: hopalong]
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05/09/22 01:58 PM
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LakeForkGroupie
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Not sure if this is true, but heard they lowered the lake to repair the dam. Then once they fixed their repairs, they found other issues they wanted to fix, so it's still low. But it's staying low because they want it low, not because of rainfall.
But I agree with the people who want it low for a few years. Love to get a new lake effect and more shoreline cover.
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Re: this is gonna help fork!
[Re: LakeForkGroupie]
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05/09/22 02:39 PM
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David Burton
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Not sure if this is true, but heard they lowered the lake to repair the dam. TRUE and common knowledge as posted on the SRA website News wire. Then once they fixed their repairs, they found other issues they wanted to fix, so it's still low. But it's staying low because they want it low, not because of rainfall. TRUE & FALSE. True, they found more damage and kept it low for an extra month. True they found more damage and fixed it under the water rather than lowering the lake more. False, they are no longer holding the lake, just waiting on nature to fill.
But I agree with the people who want it low for a few years. Love to get a new lake effect and more shoreline cover.
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