OldTackleCollector

For what it's worth, I thrashed the water in the area across from Lookout Island for four hours this afternoon (Tuesday), and never saw a dead trout floating by, or on the bank. Everything seemed normal.

Here's a couple of KSPR 33 news clips from today's festivities. http://www.kspr.com/content/news/Crews-try-again-to-remove-washed-away-cars-from-Lake-Taneycomo-435843253.html http://www.kspr.com/video/?vid=435850693 Starting early from Pointe Royale this morning in a blue kayak, I hugged the shoreline down through the pea soup fog and glaring herons, to check out the goings-on. After anxiously watching that paint dry for a couple of hours, I paddled back upstream and flung a Little Cleo around for a while. Not a bad morning overall.

Hey Brian, I really appreciate your kind words. I'm sorry that I didn't respond to your post earlier, but I just got back from a long trip to my hometown in West Texas. We should never take for granted all of the wonderful Ozarks lakes and rivers surrounding us. Many of my old fishin' holes back home are sadly on the verge of turning to dust. Hopefully this Spring, they'll receive some much needed rain. Happy New Year! David

From what I gathered from the Internet, the average weight of a Limestone boulder is around 170 pounds per cubic foot. The new Taney boulders are different sizes and shapes of course, but a boulder that is 2 foot square, or 8 cubic feet, would equal 1360 pounds. A 3 foot square boulder, or 27 cubic feet, would equal 4590 pounds. I would hazard a guess that the average new Taney boulder weighs between around 1500 - 2000 pounds. Regardless of their weight, I too believe that the next great flood will displace the clusters mainly because of their location and large surface area, and probably push them into the shallow depressions that will soon develop behind each of them. - David

Thanks guys, for the comments. I was just deleting a bunch of photos from yesterday and thought I'd go ahead and post these too, just for the heck of it. All of the upstream cluster commotion yesterday certainly stirred up a feeding frenzy. At one point everyone in this photo had a trout on at once. I just thought this was kind of funny. Cue the "JAWS" theme. This super colorful Rainbow was in the short section above outlet 2's waterfall. It has a certain Monet-esque feel to it. - David M

Boulder pile between outlets 1 and 2 Below boulder pile View upstream from outlet 2 Outlet 2 boulder clusters More of outlet 2 Outlet 1 boulder clusters David

Wow! That was really enjoyable Steve, great job. "As the line spins off the reel of life, the years weave a crazy quilt pattern. And it is strange how the seemingly great things become small and the small things become great." - Ralph Bandini, in The fisherman's guide to life -- David

Here ya go barredrock. I can easily picture you and your lil' fishergirl on the cover of a fly fishing magazine promoting the future of our sport. She's definitely a cutie. -- David

That's pretty neat barredrock! While I was in that spot, I snapped a few more pics of you and your daughter landing that trout. I can post them here with your permission, if you would like. It looked like it was too special of a moment to pass up, and I'm especially glad that it happened to be a fellow forum member. -- David

Lake trail at Pointe Royale - 11:30 a.m. 6/12/11 - Note the small area of horizontal debris caught in the tree limb in the upper right hand corner, that was the height of the flood level, Amazing! Lower end of Lookout Island - many fish being caught Looking upstream - Trophy Run in the background BOATING HAZARD - Tree from the center of previous pic, across from the upper part of Lookout Island - Horn sounded at noon, and by around 1:30 the tree was covered, with boats running very close to it. Same tree - Note the prop marks on top - Someone needed to change their shorts after that! Looking downstream from the tree - Lookout Island is notably larger now - Lookout Point in the upper right corner Many of the low spots along the bank were sadly full of dead Shad, Sculpin, and Scuds. It would be nice if the "powers that be" could lower the lake a little more gradual, to give the fish a fighting chance to follow the water down, instead of just dropping the water out from under their fins. A four foot drop within an hour seems a little drastic and uncalled for to me. I even had to put a few Rainbows back in the lake by hand, that were swimming in puddles. It was sure a pleasure to finally be able to walk the shoreline again for a change. -- David

WOW!....now that's the way to video the lake....great job. -- David

I received this e-mail from Pt. Royale's GM this evening, it was sent to all residents. "Good evening, This afternoon as lake levels were dropping on Taneycomo we encountered serious erosion along Sherwood and Norwood Drive in addition to Building 68. We rounded up about 60 volunteers (staff and owners), several firefighters from the city and county and assisted three families by moving belongings and furniture from their homes. Two of our homes received extensive damage to back yards, landscaping, patios, decks, pools, etc. The city of Branson Building and Engineering Department is on site and we are examining the integrity of the foundations. As it stands we have two homes the city has deemed uninhabitable and/or unstable. The owners are aware, they are staying elsewhere and we will coordinate efforts between the city officials and property owners to evaluate the condition of their structure. Nobody was injured, we secured personal property and furniture in the garages of neighbors. We will remain on property through the night monitoring the issue behind Building #68. Pat Preston came in @ 4PM to call all unit owners in building #68 & #69 informing them of the situation. Taneycomo continues to drop and our focus is monitoring the potential erosion. We will keep you posted." I just got back from checking out building 68 myself. A large portion of the bank has broken loose about 6 feet from the back of the foundation, with several 1/2-1 inch cracks in the soil opening up behind that. I remember when those buildings were constructed, they drilled down 15-20 feet M/L and put in concrete pilings down to bedrock, so hopefully they'll be OK. I also took a quick jog through the hatchery area. It looks as though everything came out virtually unscathed, considering what happened. There are small pockets of erosion here and there, but nothing major as far as I could tell in the low light. However, about 2/3rds of the outlet 1 parking lot is covered in a few inches of sand an silt, which shouldn't be a big deal to remove. Ill take some pics tomorrow, if I see anything interesting. -- David

Here's a fantastic flood video of the Powersite and Table Rock Dams from 4/26/11, it starts at the 2:07 mark. (move the slider over to fast forward, if you want to) <object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMqr4L49e7U?version=3"><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMqr4L49e7U?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMqr4L49e7U?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object> -- David

Sorry if I'm posting too many pics on one thread guy's, but who knows?, it could be a whole 'nother 3 years before we see another "100-year flood". Pics were taken Sat. afternoon 4/30/11. View from the Hwy. 165 overlook (note the topsoil slide area to the right of the dam) A closer shot of the slide. It looks as though the repair work is already underway. (bad photo...too far away and hazy) Trophy Run's club house (again) The Big Island The Small Island (across from Pt. Royale) Looking downstream from the overlook (note the fallen trees along the bank) Andy W's home at PR has problems. Would he legally need a license to fish in his own flooded pool/backyard?, not that HE actually would. What if a record trout ended up in your pool, would it be yours...silly I know, but just wonderin'! TR side of the dam (taken from the peninsula area) TR water level - David

You're right Leonard, that's Trophy Run’s club house. I couldn't find a decent vantage point from the lake trail to get a photo of the whole property. - David