This is Lavon Lake at the North end. Water report shows the lake at 14.5 feet low as of 8/21/06. This is scary to say the least.

Another sad looking pic of a drying lake.
We need rain fast!

if i knew how to post pix we could cry again with tawakoni. Im very computer illiterate

Scary stuff. Just a tip to make the drought a little more enjoyable (joking) is to take a digital camera out with you next time your at the lake & take some photos of any unusual structure.

Then when the water levels come back up then you have a leg up on the competition.

Where is the lake??????

KM Lunker,


Lavon Lake is West of McKinney about 15-20 Miles. North Texas

It is interesting to look at the pictures of the North side up by 380. It almost looks apocalyptic. Someone posted some pictures of the west side of the lake on another forum and there was tons of brush and grass that had grown up where the lake bed once was. Someone made a good point. Once the lake does come back up all that brush, weeds and grass will be underwater and really help the lake.

The lake will eventually recover and when it does this could end up making it even better.

The problem when it comes back up will be that none of the grass growing will survive. Whe it was down low 7 or 8 years ago, a lot of vegetation grew but nothing survived because what is growing is not water plants. Can you plant Hydrilla seeds? Also, there is going to be a LOT OF FLOATERS on the lake when it does recover! I cross three bridges over Lavon on my way to work and it's the worst I ahve EVER seen it in 12 years. Many years ago the lake was raised 20 feet so there are old boat ramps that the old timers say will be accesible soon if it continues to drop and if you can get to them without having to go mudding. Even more amazing is the fact that there has been water coming into Lavon all summer and it drops more and more daily. The area north of 380 has two areas where water is coming in and the Branch Bridge has water flowing from the north side into the south side, but not near enough. More of a trickle than a flow actually and that applies to both areas. I've rode my horse around parts of the lake in the drybed and am saddened by a lot of whatr I see.

Write that in stone. Don't remember the year 1998/99 Ray Roberts fell 19/20 feet. All of the vegetation that grew died as the lake refilled. It also killed off half of what was growing when the lake was full. This is the saddest I have seen many lakes in my lifetime of fishing.

Ray Roberts was tuff fishing for a few years after the low water levels.

I hope we don't see the same thing for our local lakes.

Yes when the water comes up it will be fun to fish for a while. But most if not all of the new growth will die soon...

Some of that vegetation has grown bark. That part should temporarily stay if the water rises.
I will avoid my soap box tonight, but while this parched tragedy has our attention we should look to the future addition of people and the huge water requirements that will need. This is Texas and droughts are a fact of life.
I live 7 miles from Lavon and see the old girl get weaker every day.
Let's all go over there one Saturday and wash our vehicles and have a picnic,
Tragically nice photos.

So I have a stupid question. When the area lakes are down so far and dry why do we not bulldoze them deeper so when we do get rain the same lake can actually hold more water. maybe it's still too muddy to get heavy equip out there??

I made a post about a magazine article involving Lake Levon in D Magazine. Here's a link to more, as Fly put it perfectly, "tragically nice photos":

http://www.dmagazine.com//article.asp?articleid=1126&pageno=4

I have the same question that hotrods has. I assume it is due to the costs associated with operating dozers, scrapers, dump trucks, etc. and the potential for getting stuck...??? Does anyone have any information on this? I know renting that equipment is big bucks - far more than the government would be willing to spend. Plus, we are talking about moving a LOT of dirt and debris to significantly increase the capacity of the lake without increasing the surface area at full pool levels.

Perhaps the silver lining is that maybe we will all be a little more water conscious in the future. Second, perhaps we should take some structure down there close to the waters edge to help the fish when the lake levels rise again.

Ron

Folks, conservation ain't gonna make it. Too late. Those of us from Collin County : You and I both get our water from Lavon. Has Lavon gotten any larger? Nope. Have Frisco, Allen and McKinnney? Yep they're only advertised as the fastest growing in Tx. This is where I leave my soapbox, scratch my head and watch my foundation crack.