Thread: LOZ low water !

Manny that really sucks. Hopefully it will come back up soon.

IMO, this is a reaction to them getting publicly skewered in Dec when they didn't lower the lake before the big rain and everyone got flooded. The difference this time is the lake had plenty of room to go up and in Dec it was already full. I'm sure Ameren will put a spin on it and say this is why we didn't lower it in Dec, because mother nature is too hard to predict.

Are they expecting another really wet spring like last year? So they draw it down even further?

Originally Posted by Joedog

Are they expecting another really wet spring like last year? So they draw it down even further?

No, they had it at 654 which is the normal level for winter draw down. Then when they heard we might get several inches of rain this week they decided to drop it another foot. Problem is we didn't get the several inches of rain so now it's still 653. Ameren actually has the right to drop it to 652, but typically 654 is where they usually stop.

What ramps are still usable at 652-653? Coffman? Purvis? would really not like to drop a trailer off the end of one...

Im not sure about that area of the lake. Larry Gale should still be OK I think, but it's on the big Niangua. I would think conservation ramps would probably be the only option right now. The good thing is it's really easy to see brush right now

Going up later part of next week. Hope it doesn't mess with the crappie fishun' too much. Will be interesting to see if they try to bring it up quickly and how that impacts things...

If anyone see reports of public ramps closed, post up. I would hate to go down there and have to drive all over creation to put a boat in.

Originally Posted by wolfmanjack051

What ramps are still usable at 652-653? Coffman? Purvis? would really not like to drop a trailer off the end of one...

I dropped off the left hand ramp at Coffman and I think its was 655 or 654, so I'd say Coffman would be risky right now