Thread: free truck load of orange pipe

Originally Posted by Buckrub

The stop sign used to help. Gone now........

Don't remember a stop sign but there is a colored square in a tree on bank at river cut. Leave cove line up marker and stay on course.

Nimrod, are they going to draw the lake down anytime soon? Talking within the next couple of years. Thought maybe you would have heard something.

Originally Posted by Catahoula06

Nimrod, are they going to draw the lake down anytime soon? Talking within the next couple of years. Thought maybe you would have heard something.

The management plan orginally was set up to have a 5' partial drawdown to 337 msl every 5 years. But it was more than 10 years since last drawdown and heard there were no full drawdowns (332 msl ) planned . I hope they pull it down again on schedule but who knows. It was in 2010 so this will be third full year so 2015 would be 5th year but I would'nt hold my breath , more likely won't for many years.. The goverment works in ways we can't understand.

Man, I'm old!!

The stop sign was on a tree straight across from Carter Cove.........if you went straight to that stop sign, you' be in the river channel. Then you could go left or right in deep water. But, as you say, if you veered off to the right as you went that way, you hit a stump field. The sign was there in the 60's and early 70's...........not sure about after that.

Catahoula, they just finished drawing it down 2 years ago. It's only been back full a year or two at most. The retired dam master told me some time back that they originally wanted to do it every 5 or 10 years, but haven't. In my opinion, the intake pipe for Plainview probably has something to do with that. If that gets out of the water in low conditions that's a problem. But........Nimrod would know a lot more than I do about any drawdown plans.

You've obviously got a connection in your area and I'd like to make one in my area...fort smith area. Any advice on who to talk to about getting left over pipe. What is that pipe used for outside of crappie condos?

Originally Posted by Geagle81

You've obviously got a connection in your area and I'd like to make one in my area...fort smith area. Any advice on who to talk to about getting left over pipe. What is that pipe used for outside of crappie condos?

That orange stuff is the cutoffs when they bore to install fiber optic cables. Normally this is utility contractors, phone and cable, that have the stuff. You can probably holler at your local phone or cable guy and see if they have any construction jobs going on in the area.