LOADS of high water to come this year below Table Rock

[snagged in outlet 3]

37 minutes ago, Phil Lilley said:

They used to back in the 80's and some in the 90's.  Not sure what changed.

They will shut it down in someone is in trouble.  Someone on an island that's dry - I'm not sure if that's a good enough reason.  Someone in the water, yes.

I never remembered them doing it in preparation of the spring rains.  

I've been on both The White and Taney when they've shut it down for emergency.  Remember that van in the water at Taney quite a while back?  I think someone on here had pictures.  

[fishinwrench]

29 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I never remembered them doing it in preparation of the spring rains.  

I've been on both The White and Taney when they've shut it down for emergency.  Remember that van in the water at Taney quite a while back?  I think someone on here had pictures.  

I was down there once when they shut Norfork dam down after someone drove a truck down on the gravel bar below where the kiddie pool dumps in, and busted a hole in their oil pan.   

Seemed like BS to me, because it wasn't going to hurt anything to start it up and drive it 100 feet without oil.    We were thrilled though because it allowed us another 2 hours of fishing time, and the initial bump dumped a bunch of shad.  It was the best 2 hours of fishing I ever had down there.   

[magicwormman]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I never remembered them doing it in preparation of the spring rains.  

I've been on both The White and Taney when they've shut it down for emergency.  Remember that van in the water at Taney quite a while back?  I think someone on here had pictures.  

I know they always dropped the water level during the winter back in the 80's. I remember back April of 1985, the lake was 22 feet low! I remember because I caught my PB, a 9.1 oz at night on pig/jig. All my friends claimed the only reason I caught that fish is he was isolated in a small puddle of water and was starving!

[fishinwrench]

29 minutes ago, magicwormman said:

I know they always dropped the water level during the winter back in the 80's. I remember back April of 1985, the lake was 22 feet low! I remember because I caught my PB, a 9.1 oz at night on pig/jig. All my friends claimed the only reason I caught that fish is he was isolated in a small puddle of water and was starving!

Wasn't it extremely low in the mid-90's too?     It seems that I remember Table Rock getting crazy low right after the historic LMBV ordeal.   

[snagged in outlet 3]

1 hour ago, magicwormman said:

I know they always dropped the water level during the winter back in the 80's. I remember back April of 1985, the lake was 22 feet low! I remember because I caught my PB, a 9.1 oz at night on pig/jig. All my friends claimed the only reason I caught that fish is he was isolated in a small puddle of water and was starving!

I knew it had been low before but I wasn't sure if it was on the regular and in preparation for spring.   Thx!

[Brian K. Shaffer]

This historical data was taken directly from the Corps web pages :

 

Table Rock SOP 1131 Page 1 of 2 01/09/2017 Table Rock Pool History (Yearly Min/Max) Minimum Maximum Date - Elevation Date - Elevation

05/01/1959 836.90

12/31/1959 887.49

01/01/1960 887.49

05/01/1960 915.63 01/01/1961 906.78 05/10/1961 932.51 12/21/1962 897.19 01/01/1962 913.97 03/01/1963 885.27 05/24/1963 901.53 12/31/1964 882.96 05/22/1964 895.52 02/05/1965 881.54 07/07/1965 914.01 01/01/1966 899.45 05/18/1966 915.18 03/08/1967 895.24 12/31/1967 913.88 01/26/1968 911.93 03/23/1968 919.34 12/29/1969 903.95 02/02/1969 918.91 01/16/1970 903.19 05/02/1970 917.39 12/08/1971 902.65 01/16/1971 913.57 10/20/1972 901.75 12/05/1972 913.93 01/12/1973 912.69 05/11/1973 929.61 04/11/1974 914.36 05/13/1974 928.17 09/04/1975 908.86 03/31/1975 919.39 12/31/1976 903.85 05/25/1976 921.08 03/04/1977 897.63 12/19/1977 907.55 02/24/1978 905.55 03/27/1978 920.16 01/16/1979 905.43 05/23/1979 918.92 12/22/1980 896.18 04/07/1980 913.40 03/26/1981 893.55 12/31/1981 915.20 03/29/1982 912.81 02/02/1982 919.02 12/31/1983 905.94 05/03/1983 920.53 02/08/1984 905.89 12/25/1984 927.29 10/17/1985 913.52 01/04/1985 929.60 12/19/1986 903.68 01/01/1986 917.58 12/14/1987 903.44 04/02/1987 917.05 11/11/1988 902.58 01/03/1988 920.00 01/01/1989 904.09 03/14/1989 920.11 10/23/1990 904.11 05/10/1990 928.73 10/24/1991 907.90 05/28/1991 918.82 11/06/1992 910.09 05/12/1992 920.90 09/13/1993 912.38 09/28/1993 920.67 11/02/1994 905.06 04/13/1994 920.07 12/06/1995 904.38 05/13/1995 923.39 01/01/1996 906.66 11/26/1996 920.69 12/05/1997 907.66 02/28/1997 917.08 10/03/1998 905.55 03/22/1998 919.52 12/31/1999 903.88 07/01/1999 918.33 02/06/2000 899.96 07/03/2000 917.31 01/10/2001 904.89 06/10/2001 915.70 12/12/2002 912.03 06/18/2002 923.66

Table Rock SOP 1131 Page 2 of 2 01/09/2017 Table Rock Pool History (Yearly Min/Max) Minimum Maximum Date - Elevation Date - Elevation

11/24/2003 907.67

05/26/2003 917.00

01/01/2004 909.48

04/26/2004 922.69 12/22/2005 903.47 01/15/2005 918.66 02/15/2006 902.91 07/02/2006 916.96 12/17/2007 910.09 06/15/2007 918.39 01/05/2008 910.22 04/12/2008 933.25 12/25/2009 912.20 10/11/2009 922.91 12/30/2010 908.89 05/21/2010 918.89 02/08/2011 906.13 04/27/2011 935.46 12/31/2012 905.13 03/31/2012 916.70 01/24/2013 904.47 08/09/2013 920.14 12/17/2014 909.41 06/16/2014 917.21 02/10/2015 908.73 12/29/2015 933.22 12/31/2016 907.65 01/01/2016 930.98

[Devan S.]

I'd like to see the corps give out 1 charts that they probably have the data for:

Rainfall over the basin vs. time

CFS released from the dam vs. time

Pool level vs. time

Target level vs. time(assuming this has changed)

All on the same graph from the 80's to current. I think it would be interesting.

[grizwilson]

Guess a meeting at Dewy Short Center tomorrow:

Engineers to implement safety measures at Beaver and Table Rock lakes (msn.com)

 

 

 

[snagged in outlet 3]

The next meeting closest meeting is in Branson, Mo. from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the Dewey Short Visitor’s Center.