There ya go! Merry Christmas Jimmy!!!! Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "*Hill Country Fly Fishers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 9:40 AM Subject: [VFB] New Fishing Hole
> The Corps of Engineers just raised the level of Lake Waco 8 feet to > increase the water storage capacity by 30%. This increases the surface > area by 3,000 acres. We have lots of newly flooded timber which will > give this years spawning bass and bream new territory in which to lay > their eggs. I remember back in 1991 when we had the big flood and Lake > Waco rose by 33 feet in December. Us fishermen were not able to get on > the lake until late april, when the level went down enough to re-open > the boat ramps. Spring of 1992 was a banner spawning season and the fry > had lots more places to hide as they grew. And, the bass had gone > unmolested until late April. To put it mildly, there was a black bass > explosion on the Lake. On June 5, 1992, I caught my largest bigmouth > from the lake weighing 9 pounds, 11 ounces. Over the next three years I > caught 8 more bigmouths over 7 pounds. It was like fishing a new lake. > It's going to be a new lake again, only this time the pool is going to > stay at 8 feet above the old level. I'll be able to take my bass boat > way back in the creeks and can get even further back using my pontoon > boat. I'm sure the white bass, (sandies), will be phenomenal next > spring. This means that Lake Waco will be a black bass, crappie, bream > and white bass hot spot for the next 8 to 10 years, and the boat ramp is > only two miles from my house. Halleluja!! > > Cheers !!!! > > JIMMY D > > -- > Jimmy D. Moore - Author,Outdoor Writer, TOWA, > Texas Fish & Game, VP Chapter Affairs GRTU, FFF > Owner/Webmaster - Worldwide Flyfishing Info. > http://www.BIGTROUTMAN.homestead.com/MainPage.html > > My Classic Golf Club Website > http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/ > > "Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a > fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to a Quarterback." > > Jimmy D. Moore > > >
