Is The Rock Fishable?

[skippergene]

Long time lurker...lunch time at work I get on to see what's happening and day dream about being on the water. Planning to come down this eve - I usually stay at Hide-Away. With all the rain (and it appears the area is getting hammered again) is the lake fishable? And navigatible?

Regards

Skip

[edwin]

It was plenty fishable yesterday...water is coming up but still just stained around Hide-Away.

[skeeter]

Out this morning for about three-four hours before the latest storm rolled in. Started out comfortable then the temperature dropped quickly and heavy dew fell soaking us and the boat.

Lake is navigable with exercise of due caution for newly floating debris that was deposited by previous high water on the banks but being re-floated by the resumed rising water.

Gates at dam are open again and if you are on a channel bank, as we were on the main lake, you can really notice the current the release at the dam is causing. I let the boat drift with it several times just for the heck of it and the GPS measured between .1 and .3 mph and we were well out of the negligible wind that was blowing. If you pulled in close to the shoreline trees in the water you could see debris caught around the tree limbs waving in the current. Fishing was slow at best with just three on PB&J jig and wake bait but that was probably just me. Big problem is finding somewhere to launch your boat or accessing a dock. The road to the Marina parking lot (what there is of it) at Baxter is about to go under again.

[Martin]

Lake was at about 927 thursday night and Friday. Finally got our walkway close enough to get on the dock without a boat... It was very short lived. We went over 930 this morning and every hour the lake was rising. sheesh.....Did I mention I'm tired of rain.......lol.

It's been raining since mid-day today to, and the radar shows alot more coming. Glad to hear the have some flood gates open, but I hope nobody downstream gets flooded again. I realize the corp won't "open things up" until the rain has hit the ground, but it sure seems like they take their time getting it started. Then, they have to REALLY open things up, and that's when good people get flooded downstream. Or so it seems.

I'll be quiet now. Can't report on the fishing. I haven't been. Mr. Babler would be the guy to ask !

I figure I'm in good shape compared to the poor people in Joplin that lost everything..