Lake Gilmer

Let me save everyone a trip to Lake Gilmer. The gates at both ramps have been closed / locked until further notice. The City of Gilmer is reporting the lake's level is being dropped four to five feet for spillway repairs.

Thanks for the info. Wonder how long the repairs will take.

Don't know about the repairs, but I'm wondering how long will it take Mother Nature to get the lake's level back up?

True.

Thanks for the heads up.

Three of my favorite lakes are closed right now

Yeah my buddy posted several pics on FB of all the hazards that people normally run over the top of and probably never knew were there!

Thanks for the heads up GTrigg. Almost went there Saturday morning but whimped out due to the heat.

I work for the city of gilmer, guess I could of made a post on here . I'll try to update when the lake opens back up. But for now I do have a key to the gates 😂

Have a few spots I would sure like to mark....Hint hint

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+1 and check out a few of the trails I have for running.

It may just be time for a drone flight.

I just drove by. It’s really low.. stump city from the ramps to the power lines on the east side.

Hey CCTX, what's your third favorite closed lake? Monty, Gilmer and ??

Welsh?

Mountain Creek
No docks, no boat houses = no jet skis

Ah. Why is it closed?

DBU locked the gates at the ramp
No other straight forward access

I just saw this forum on the news. They cited it for there story.
https://www.kltv.com/2019/10/13/east-texas-lake-closed-repairs/

Lol, my wife read me that article and I came here to update this thread. We closed the drain valve last week and contractors were there Friday, think the rain ran em out, repairs should start tomorrow. Expected to take 1-2 weeks. Ramps will remain closed until water comes up.

Best I could tell it was down about 10 ft. Bass blowing up on shad everywhere

I love the comment on the news clip. "The fish are gonna leave sooner or later." Huh?

I heard a bunch of them are thinking about moving to Fork, gets boring for them not have boats run around all day.

Fish are gonna leave??? Huh

I'm seeing more and more Yaks out on the lake. Must be nice, but I'm too old and fat for something like that.....

Change of plans, gilmer is open for business be careful

10 ft down and open? Is the ramp usable?

I went by today and it looks sketchy.

I'd definitely use the left side and take it easy. I wouldn't of opened it but it came from above...

how far before that ramp stops,...? that could be dangerous,...!!

Great time to save some trails...

I would highly suggest idol only right now. Best I can remember from before the lake filling up, the ramps go out a pretty good bit, I believe the same distance on each side but I would still be careful. There is stuff showing that hasn't been seen since the early 2000's if not earlier. I am quite sure that there is stuff now that is just under the water that normally is not an issue hence idling everywhere. Looking at the lake which I did yesterday, it is somewhere around 6 feet low.

It's closer to 10ft low, the ramp supposedly goes out as far as the back of the floating dock, which was setting on bottom before this last rain, may still be.

Has anyone put a 21ft bass boat on it yet , I'm concerned about falling off the end of the ramp ?

There's been plenty of empty 20' and 21' boat trailers parked in the lot the past two days, so doesn't appear to be a problem. I understand there's a tournament out there Saturday.

The ramp actually goes out father than alot of folks realize.

Thanks for the info guys . Juan posted this am , tournament is canceled , bc of hazardous water levels , lake is very dangerous , some guys are trying to run it .

Ramp is slick, I would not have pulled my Phoenix boat & trailer out without 4-wheel drive.

Think I'll load up the ol' Buster boat and check out Mountain Creek. I can hand launch it anywhere.

A little lake gilmer update...very low be careful out there...fish aren't biting for the next 6 months so don't go out there. Lol