LAKE INFO FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 17:
8 am lake elevation: 894.08, -0.59 feet below summer pool
24 hour elevation change: - 0.05 feet
Gate openings at the dam: Gates 3&5 are open to 0.8 ft ea
Outflow depth: 2.54 feet
River depth at Transfer: 2.40 feet
8 am air temp: 60
8 am river water temp: 77
8 am lake water temp (at surface): 79
Weather: Clear
24 hour precip: 0.05 inches of rain
All boat launches are open.
Rain in the forecast, in the weekend and Monday. Half a foot below summer pool isn't bad. It's better than 4 or 5 below.
That would concentrate the fish even better if you know where the deeper holes with brush are. Did good today. Had 13 keepers within the first hour then it slowed way down. Two of us. Finished with 28 keepers. Caught over 80 fish tho.Out at 7:30, off the water at 11:30. Wind picked up or we’d have stayed longer. I want to check a different area out tomorrow.
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LAKE INFO FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 18:
8 am lake elevation: 894.02, -0.65 ft below summer pool
24 hour elevation change: -0.10 ft
Gate openings at the dam:Gates 3 & 5 are open to 0.8 ft ea
Outflow depth: 2.54 feet
River depth at Transfer: 2.21 feet
8 am air temp: 58
8 am river water temp: 76
8 am lake water temp (at surface): 79
Weather: sunny
24 hour precip: 0
All boat launches are open.
Campsite and pavilion reservations can be made at recreation.gov.
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Had a really good day on the lake today. Neighbor asked me if I’d catch her some fresh fish and she’d trade me a nice pasta dinner for them. Couldn’t turn down that trade. First two crappies were my two biggest of the day. Both over 13. Pulled one more good one from that spot before I moved. Second spot gave up two more keepers but the third spot was on fire. Ten foot deep in fourteen foot was magical. Caught over forty fish and most of them almost 11 inches. Kept my 15 to finish my limit and left them still biting. Hope they stick around. That was fun catching a fish on every cast.
LAKE INFO FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 21:
8 am lake elevation: 893.80, 0.87 ft below summer pool
Gates 3 & 5 are open to 0.8 ft ea
Outflow depth: 2.54 feet
River depth at Transfer: 2.19 feet
8 am air temp: 55
8 am river water temp: 75
8 am lake water temp (at surface): 78
All boat launches are open.
Campsite and pavilion reservations can be made at recreation.gov.
LAKE INFO FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 22:
8 am lake elevation: 893.70, 0.97 ft below summer pool
Gates 3 & 5 are open to 0.8 ft ea
Outflow depth: 2.54 feet
River depth at Transfer: 2.19 feet
8 am air temp: 60
8 am river water temp: 75
8 am lake water temp (at surface): 78
All boat launches are open.
LAKE INFO FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 28:
2:45 pm lake elevation: 893.59, 1.08 ft below summer pool
24 hr precipitation: 0.23 inches
Gates 3 & 5 are open to 0.8 ft ea
Outflow depth: 2.53 feet
River depth at Transfer: 2.30 feet
8 am air temp: 71
8 am river water temp: 76
8 am lake water temp (at surface): 78
All boat launches are open.