Greeson is flooded and I'm going fishing tomorrow with clients! I've had a few cancellations so if anyone wants to go let me know.
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Greeson is flooded and I'm going fishing tomorrow with clients! I've had a few cancellations so if anyone wants to go let me know.
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I can feel your pain. My woman thinks I'm sick because I won't fish much. We were catching Crappie below Nimrod dam till it went over big time. They forecast it to crest on the lake Sunday. Somewhere close to 6' over the spillway.
http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/WCD...ly/lakfcst.txt
The only daily report and forecast I could find for Greeson doesn't have anything under "Forecast" - http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/office...ocs/bullet.txt. Anyone know of another one?
Darryl,
We've been lucky here in the flat land southeast of little rock. Our lake rose up over a foot in a day, and it usually doesn't rise that fast. Just about all of the docks on our lake are under water, with the exception of mine. Mine is almost there. I wanted to post a comparison of when I built it 2 years ago, and now. my hinge design is working pretty well, though.
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with the water we got last night....
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we opened our 1 pipe to let the water down, but it may take a while. I feel the same way that nimrod feels about the spring fishing season. I feel like it is possibly shot. I haven't been able to find the crappie up spawning yet, and with all the weird weather, we may have to wait until may to fish.
Man, all that water gonna be gone before crappie camp?
well as the saying goes come hell or high water I'm going fishing down there next week so I hope the crappie will cooperate lol.
Man I hope you guys can dry up down there... Looks like you get a 3 day break till more clouds roll in next week..
Unbelievable.. You are stuck with Monsoons and we continue to get stuck with Sub 40 degree weather up here.
Take a look at this link:Quote:
Originally Posted by bobberwatcher
http://www.crappie.com/gr8vb3/showthread.php?t=62689
Beaver is the same way! The Spring may be shot. Fortunately for me the white bass have been cooperating! Arkansas and Missouri and NE Oklahoma lakes are all high, muddy and dangerous.
Wow keep us posted Darryl hope it better by the 20th!!!! Thanks for the pictures!
Reports are all boats ramps are closed and the lake is closed until April 12th. Water was about 6 feet from going over the dam Friday, and still rising.
Man it was a beautiful day. Had alot of fun on the flooded water. Thanks to Jerry's help we salvaged the day and learned a few spots we can fish in the flood. Should be good when the water get warmer. Won't be long.
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The boat ramp is behind me and to the right. You can just see the roof of the bulletin board out of the water. Boats can probably be launched there on the road by the bathrooms.
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Well, it didn't come up as far as it looked like it was going to. I was told they don't plan to start generating until Monday so it's going to come up a bit more but right now it's probably just over 557. Full pool is 548 and it will probably crest around 558. The spillway is at 563 so it's not going to go over unless we get another toad floater.Quote:
Originally Posted by roscoeman
We found a few places that weren't real muddy but it will probably all be fairly dingy in another day or two as it mixes together.
You can probably still put a boat in using the parking lot at the boat ramp at Daisy State Park but I imagine all the other boat ramps are closed.
The water warmed up nicely today and it looks like we'll finally have the temps they need to spawn. Unfortunately the water will likely be falling for at least two weeks so they're probably going to have to wait a bit longer or take their chances that it won't fall too fast to get a batch off.
With all three generators running and one flood gate 1/4-open starting yesterday (Monday) morning the lake came down about 7-inches before it started raining again today. If they had to stop releasing water to reduce flooding downstream (what the dam was built for) then it will start rising again. We keep getting these systems that "train" along the same line and dump way too much water on us.
Thanks Jerry for keeping us posted on lake condtion!
Yeah Jerry! Thanks for the updates. I'm watching the weather from up here in Nebraska every day and doing a "Stop rain Dance" for all of you.
Actually praying the rain will stop so Our visit on the 24th will be acceptable!
Keep us posted!
Just an update on my original post about Greeson. The lake is much higher than before but come hell or high water it will get better. And, probably before any of us expect it to. Here are some pics for your viewing.
Grubby (cousin David) standing at the entrance to Kirby's east camp.
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Point 10 in the center of the lake on the main channel. Good bass fishing spot in the fall.
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Kirby's east camp, view from the marina. The boat ramp is to the right and you can see the bathroom in the background between the campers.
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Clay Crump's backyard. The marina parking lot is to the left of the trees.
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Jerry, Jim and Charlie. The camper usually sits behind and to the left of the transom of Jerry's boat in this picture. Notice the power boxes and walkway in the background for the docks.
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Thanks for the updates!
Looks like you guys have a nice forcast for the next 7 days... Hope you get some drying, water droppage and clearage..
:)
it's unbelievable how high that is. I still remember how low it was last fall. that is a lot of water to have come up that much. I guess the corp knows what they are doing when they do a drawdown in the fall. I'm sure that those spots on dry ground that darryl marked in the fall will come in handy now.
Nimrod has been flowing over the spillways for days. It's still over 34' above normal pool. We have water over several roads including state hwy 28.:( Our fish won't have any problem finding cover to spawn in this year. This maybe the thing for a bumper crop of fish in 2 or 3 years.:)
How high is the water now cuz?
Too high. 556.22msl at 3:00p.m. today.Quote:
Originally Posted by grubby
Jerry and Darryl I see you are killing them on the river! Nice work..
Greeson still Hurtin?
Hey Jason:Quote:
Originally Posted by TeamAdcraft
Darryl and I both fished Greeson this morning and neither of us found any crappie looking for a boat ride except for one dink. The muddy water has cleared up pretty well in most areas. It's falling fast but still about 5.5-feet over "Full Pool". I have a feeling they will stop dropping it when it gets down another 3.5-feet or so (if there isn't any heavy rain in the forecast), which should be about Wednesday or Thursday at the current rate. Hopefully as soon as it stops falling the Crappie will get busy.