Any lake water level reports

Broskee · December 15, 2011, 12:21:12 PM

Quote from: JMGullo on December 15, 2011, 10:22:21 AM
I'm still getting reports of people using the public ramp on Cross just fine???

There is only one way to find out Johnny boy!!

JMGullo · December 15, 2011, 01:59:53 PM

Yea but I won't be home to find out til the end of next week.

Broskee · December 15, 2011, 02:01:23 PM

I might drive up there and check it out, Cross isn't but 5 miles from the house!

BHenke · December 25, 2011, 08:10:53 AM

Well I just checked the rainfall totals from the last 24 hours. Shreveport airport had 2.06 inches, downtown airport had 1.59 inches and Barksdale had 1.91 inches. Should be plenty of runoff for the lakes if my flooded back yard is any indication of how saturated the ground is right now.

JMGullo · December 25, 2011, 09:19:17 AM

Yea mine is pretty wet too. My boat is in the back yard! Gonna be a mess to get it out today!

FishinSteelersFan · December 25, 2011, 10:44:08 AM

With the last few rains, we should fill up most of our area lakes to normal pool levels by the beginning of the New Year!!!

Mike Cork · December 25, 2011, 11:50:35 AM

The beginning of the new year is only a week away

to be full by then would shock me, however the slow yet large amounts of rain the last few weeks have done wonders for the ground so run off should be happening by leaps and bounds now.

Todd, do you have insider info about water tables to be able to say you think the lakes will be full so quick?

FishinSteelersFan · December 26, 2011, 05:40:53 AM

No insider info, Mike...just an edjumicated guess. I keep a pretty close eye on saturation levels and runoff from the different feeder creeks/drainage basins just north and west of us.

BassBUFF · December 26, 2011, 07:01:25 AM

Just looking at the USGS Cypress gauge and stopping by BB here in Benton, it seems the lakes are rising about double the actual rainfall this month. Cypress rose about 4" the last 2 days.

Russ199A · December 26, 2011, 09:55:34 AM

4"s is good, but to fill our lakes that are 4-5 feet low by the end of the week is not going to happen. I usually try to look at the positive side of things, but I have to take a realist approach on this one. I drove around Cypress and looked, yes the local ponds are full but there is very little current under the hwy 162 bridge, and on BBB there is still land showing west of the linton cutoff bridge.
Things are improving, but we still have a long way to go.

FishinSteelersFan · December 26, 2011, 10:27:23 AM

It typically takes 3-4 days after the rains have stopped, to get an accurate count of the runoff...depending how far it has to run. I was thinking about Cross/Caddo/BB Hosston/Bistineau...not Cypress/BB. Cypress/BB have a very small drainage basin compared the the other area lakes that are low. Cypress/BB was also drawn down a lot more than the other area lakes too.

Russ199A · December 26, 2011, 10:35:25 AM

I honestly hope you are correct, you won't hear me complain about our lakes filling up.

beast96z · December 26, 2011, 01:09:17 PM

Went over Linton Rd. bridge yesterday and the west flats looked to be underwater. I've been watching them everytime I go over them. Water has moved up under that first dock a fair amount. If the other lakes have a larger runoff basin than Cypress/BBB, then they should be moving up nicely.

Edutton · December 26, 2011, 02:24:53 PM

According to the National Weather Services website, Bistineau has came up about 7" in the last 48 hours at the dam. As of 8:00 am today Caddo has came up about 4.25" in the same timeframe. Toledo is only showing 3".

bassadict69 · December 26, 2011, 07:56:33 PM

Quote from: beast96z on December 26, 2011, 01:09:17 PM
Went over Linton Rd. bridge yesterday and the west flats looked to be underwater. I've been watching them everytime I go over them. Water has moved up under that first dock a fair amount. If the other lakes have a larger runoff basin than Cypress/BBB, then they should be moving up nicely.

Yep! Humps are underwater, and the bush off the south bank on the east side of the bridge is now only a stick sticking up!

LSU2114 · December 27, 2011, 07:11:12 PM

Caddo is up to 168.5. Is this high enough to launch at Tuckers and run the boat rows?

bassadict69 · December 27, 2011, 09:36:28 PM

Water is now up to my dock. However, I drove to the BB launch today and could REALLY tell that it is still WAY too low!

Mike Cork · December 28, 2011, 08:51:24 AM

The brushpile in black bayou off the side of Linton Rd is almost gone. A couple more rains before the ground dries out and we may get to fish it this spring. However if we don't get a LOT of water it will get shut down when the golf course starts pulling water again

cmegee · December 28, 2011, 11:29:33 AM

Cane River in Natchitoches is up too, but still way low. the water is almost under the docks at shell beach landing

beast96z · December 28, 2011, 04:41:21 PM

I thought the golf course was drilling a another water well to help with sprinkler water?

Kyle Kennington · December 28, 2011, 07:11:58 PM

U can launch at Tucker's and get on plane without stirring up mud. Lake still about 2 ft
Low but getting better everyday