Rain, Rain , Rain Here!

[TexomaOkie]

I'm curious about the weather there. I would typically keep up through Phil, but we all know where he is.

Big trouble could be lurking on Lake Texoma. Even though the lake is rising fast, the flood gates are closed because of so much water already in the Red River downstream from the lake. If the corp is unable to release enough water soon, we might see the lake go over the spillway. In addition to the devastating flooding downstream, it adversely affects the fishery. No one knows for sure if that was the culprit, but the last time it happened in 1990, the number of really big stripers in the lake decreased dramatically. They've only begun to make a real resurgance in the last couple of years.

[vince]

Hey T. Okie, I take it your from around Texoma. Phil and I used to make trips down to the Texoma once a year in mid may to fish for striper below the Dam at Dennison. We would camp and fish below the dam. Always a fun trip if they were running water. One trip was very memoriable as in some weird weather with thunderstorms and tons of hail. It has been a few years hope to do it again sometime. Hope your not in all the flooding I'm hearing about.

forgot to tell you about the weather. We have been getting our share of rain, but not too much for these ozark hills. Trock is 2 ft over powerpool so not bad. West of here Neosho and north has been getting hit pretty hard by the looks of radar.

[TexomaOkie]

vince...I think we've fished together. I live near Ada. The town has experienced flooding that none of the oldtimers have ever seen. We're on our 16th day in a row of rain and that has never happened in any month, of any year, since weather records have been kept. I'm not under water. My biggest nusiance is that I've not been able to mow for almost three weeks and my yard looks as if it needs to be baled. We're about to head out for the Lilley's to spend a week, so I can't imagine what the place will look like when I get back after going unmowed for four weeks.

As far as Texoma goes, the flood gates have been open a lot this spring and I'm sure the crowds have been elbow to elbow below the dam. When it's that crazy, I let them have it. The gates are closed now to prevent further flooding downstream, but that likely spells trouble for the lake. We hope to spend a week there the end of July, so hopefully the rain will give us break and the lake level will be under control.