OKC has had around 1/2" of rain before noon today. Its been slow most of the time. I expect Eufaula will be a risen in a coupla days if not already from rainfall in the watershed.
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OKC has had around 1/2" of rain before noon today. Its been slow most of the time. I expect Eufaula will be a risen in a coupla days if not already from rainfall in the watershed.
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Nah you just imagening this. It's actaully liquid sunshine. ( lol) im glad to get some for the garden but ive had enough for a few days. Lets save some for july and august.
I hafta agree with KD on this one. Let's not get all our Summer rain in April!
Question is, will it help or hurt the fishing and the spawn if the lake comes up 4 or 5 feet. Anybody got any good thoughts on that?
I just looked at the radar and it's really kinda neat. It looks like there is one little spot down around ringling that is seeding the whole system and it just keep generating more storm. Looks like the I-44 corridor is in for quite a dousing!
it'll will slowem down on tenkiller for sure. when the muddy water hits they seem to get lock jaw. looks like they'll get a rest for a little while
The lake has been rising slowly over the last two weeks and is currently only a little less than 3 feet below normal lake level. The last reading I got at the Corp's official website for Lake Eufaula shows 582.17 and normal lake level is 585.
I've been watching this regularly for the last six months and the lake level never dropped any lower than 6 feet, yet I was hearing the locals try to insist it was down 7-8 feet. I didn't argue with them, just nodded my head and went about my business.
I've also been watching the shoreline receding on my lot and the water inching a little further up the bank every few days due to all the rain. I suspect the lake level to return to normal within a couple of weeks.
Hopefully the corp won't start releasing water at the dam and let it drop back to lower levels........thus effecting the spawn.
You don't think the rapid rise will affect them?
I just looked back and saw where it was almost 5' below back in ...was it February?
I have talked with the hydrologists a few times over the last we years and they tell me they have put a seasonal pool on the lake like Kaw has in order to help with waterfowl habitat. Unfortunately for us waterfowlers, they have been unable to capitalize on it due to lack of fall rain, but it is confusing for those that read the paper or call the corps recording where they only state the level above or below normal. As I understand it, during the summer the seasonal normal level is 584, then after they seed millet , they raise it back up to 585.
In my opinion and I am no way an expert on any of this but I see it slowing them down til the lake gets somewhat stable, first of all the water will cool off some and that will push em out some or slow em down. But in the upper end of Longtown Creek and Dutchess Creek the fish were just starting to the beds and the water temps there were cooler by 5 degrees than the off colored water in the south and north ends of the lake. So we still have lots of spawning fish to go yet, just have to follow them up the lake..Same as in Tenkiller..the fish there were in the upper end of the lake were doing there thing hot and heavy and the water temps were 65 to 67 degrees in the afternoons, while down the lake the water temps were in the lower 60's and the crappie hadnt came into the spawning brush yet and were still holding in the 20 to 24' brushpiles right in the mouths of the coves..Fish at Eufaula act differently than they do at Tenkiller so I am still gonna hunt for them as hard as I did before the rain..beats working..
Three years ago the lake came up pretty fast with cooler temps and rising water levels. The lake stabilized the middle of May and we had an area that had been packed with fishermen in April all to ourselves and filled the freezer. We found a staging area with post spawn, prespawn and spawning fish all feeding together and had a blast. We had a pretty good time thurs and sat in the rain, shallow and 6 to 10, take your pick. Friday was pretty tough, probably our choice of where to fish that day because of he wind.
Does anybody think that the fishing around the bridges will pick up with the water flow?
I have a feeling that the Big E will recoup all the lost water along with some extra to boot by tomorrow afternoon. Expect all your favorite watersheds to fill and start into their flood control stages. I expect Oologah to shoot up very fast with very little release until the southern waters settle down. Anything feeding the three forks area outside of Muskogee should expect their lakes to rise abruptly from these rains. They're not done either, your next Crappie trip should focus on brush holding 6-12' deep until things settle. I would think the spawn will continue afterwards in areas new to the fish. Some Crappie might even begin to absorb their eggs, but for the most part, there will still be plenty that will find a place to nest that is not normal. I've seen Oologah be ten foot above normal and the spawn go on in trees and brush that a boat, and even wading will be hard to work. The spawn will happen, but be so spread out, one might as well concentrate on post spawn fishing.Quote:
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Thanks for a well explained reply to my question Craig, makes sense to me and your water level prediction is spot on so far, the lake has risen to within inches of normal lake level and by this weekend, will be well above.
I laid down shortly after noon for my nap and had just emptied the rain gauge. We had almost 3" of rain during my nap and what little gravel I had left for my driveway is now in the lake.Doh
the Gentle giant is within 3" of normal as we speak, and that is at the dam. It may well be 2' or more above normal in other portions of the lake by now. It is bound to be on he!! of a rise.
Isn't it just par for the course for this to happen right about the time that the spawn is about to come in full swing?
Yes it is Smkoy..par for the course..makes me want to go get a big chew of tobacco...opps already done that and it didnt change a thing..hope it settles before the May 14th tourney
but gonna give it a try tomorrow just in case down south..been 5 days since I have been on the water and I am having withdraws..
Lots of water shooting through the culverts yesterday! And I'm sure there's current under all the bridges too. You guy's should try shallow now, you would be surprised how quickly they move up with the rising water. I'm trying our cove here by the house today, Longtown should be realativley clear compared to other area's.
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Please fill us in on what you find out Leland
My experience with rising water is that most game fish move up quickly. Might have something to do with food being washed into the lake and bait fish moving shallow also.