Thread: Kaw lake archives

Originally Posted by TimY

Dennis our saving grace is keystone is up 29 ft also. They are releasing 30,000 cubic ft but still have 50,000 coming in. Luckily for us our inflow has dropped to 20,000 cfm's. I cannot see them opening up all the gates due to the downstream water levels. They probably won't let them open anything until Keystone starts dropping. Looks like we are gonna get a break from the rain for a week or so.

Kaw is being held back to let the Salt Fork and its tributaries drain to alleviate flooding in the western part of the state.

Wheat harvest is weeks away. Flooding would result in devestating losses to farmers.
Some have already lost their wheat fields.
Yours truly included.

Big town of Kaw City, Ok

Looks like we are gonna level out around 1041 ft. It's bad but could have been a lot worse. Hopefully you can salvage some of your wheat

Are the Kaw City boat ramps open?

There are a few people that's using the old ramp at Pioneer. Other than that, all are closed. A lot of debris on the lake floating around because there's no water moving.

Saw the debris on a drive across the dam yesterday.
Thinking about getting on the water with a tub of worms and seeing what's working the shallow areas

We caught a lot of big blues up in the river when the lake started coming up. Done well in the flooded willows but mainly channel cat 3 to 6 lbs.

Originally Posted by TimY

We caught a lot of big blues up in the river when the lake started coming up. Done well in the flooded willows but mainly channel cat 3 to 6 lbs.

Didn't make it out today. The "Boss" had other plans for me. Tomorrow is booked up too, but She goes back to work Monday. HE,HE! Cats away, the mice play.