Things That I Never Knew

[Buckshotdad1960]

The longest river in the United States is the Missouri River.

The longest river in Missouri is the Gasconade.

The largest lake in Missouri is Lake of the Ozarks.

The largest flood control lake in Missouri is Truman.

Full, the Truman Reservoir has 1,150 miles of shore line and holds 55,600 Acres of water surface which puts it just slightly ahead and bigger than the 55,000 Acre Lake of the Ozarks.

What else would be interesting to know?

[eric1978]

Full, the Truman Reservoir has 1,150 miles of shore line and holds 55,600 Acers of water surface which puts it just slightly ahead and bigger than the 55,000 Acer Lake of the Ozarks.

What else would be interesting to know?

Acer is spelled acre. Interesting? Maybe, maybe not.

[Buckshotdad1960]

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ACRE.

I never knew!

[Wayne SW/MO]

How about that the Lake of the Ozarks was completed in 1931 and is a private lake! For many of us old timers it was "The Lake", because for many years it was the only substantial alke in Missouri. I don't know what the price of land was at the time, but i would imagine it was very little.

[MaxDrown]

I've heard that there are no naturally occurring lakes in MO. All of the MO lakes are created by damning up a river. No idea if that's true or not.

[eric1978]

I've heard that there are no naturally occurring lakes in MO. All of the MO lakes are created by damning up a river. No idea if that's true or not.

MO is farther south than the glaciers made it during the last ice age, and therefore we don't have any carved out glacial lakes like they do farther north (Minnesota a good example, and also the Great Lakes). We are located in what was more of the drainage area of the melting glaciers, so between that and all the springs occurring in the Ozark plateau, we have lots of rivers to dam up. I believe you are right that all of MO's reservoirs are man made, but I could be wrong. There are of course many naturally occurring small lakes and ponds, but I don't know of any big ones.

[Buckshotdad1960]

You all should click on that link that Fishinwrench gave us; it has some “WOW” stuff in it!

Did you know that the average fish’s eyes collect 5 times more light than the human eye?

Did you know sound travels 5 times fast through water than it travels through air?

Did you know the secret to cat fishing, wading, is to never wash your feet, never brush your teeth?

Ok well, that last one might be a lie but I practice it none the less! LOL

[FishinCricket]

Did you know if you put a raisin in a glass of champagne it will slowly fill with bubbles until it turns back into a grape!?!?!?!?!?!

Oh, and check out Wrench's link, there's some pretty neat info there.. But I'm still brushing my feet and washing my shoes..

[fishinwrench]

I've heard that there are no naturally occurring lakes in MO. All of the MO lakes are created by damning up a river. No idea if that's true or not.

I believe that Reelfoot lake is the closest Natural lake to us. Created during an earthquake, when the Mississippi ran backwards...or so it's told.

[Wayne SW/MO]

There are some "natural lakes" along the Missouri river, and probably the Mississippi, that were formed when the river, in a rage, straightened itself out. All of them that I'm aware of are shallow and not really premium fisheries. There is a State Park in the northwest corner that is on one of these, can't recall the name. Most are all private. There was one on the river where I spent much of my childhood, it was in fact called the Old River and resembled a deep slow moving creek, except that it didn't flow. It was long and narrow, about 6' at the deepest and a couple of miles long. There was also another much smaller one that resembled a U in the same bottom.