Water, water everywhere….almost

Published 12:09 pm Wednesday, April 27, 2016

This has been another wet spring across Texas, and there is little doubt it has impact fishing at some lakes.

However, Texas is a big, diverse state, and as the saying goes it may have rained on one side of the fence and not the other. The other adage that often fits is that the first day of the next drought begins after the last rain.

The good news is that statewide water storage is well ahead of a year ago. However, that is little consolation with those without. Looking at lake levels this morning across the Lone Star State some stick out as odd as a Simmental in a pasture of Black Angus.

Amistad was down 24.5 feet this morning. Across the state in East Texas, Wright Patman was up 21.99. Buchanan was down 2.86 feet and Travis is up 2.63 feet. Amon Carter, a little north and west of Fort Worth is currently running 3.81 feet over the spillway, but Lake Abilene, a little farther to the west is down 3.25 below its spillway.

The worst of the worst still tend to be in western Texas. O.H. Ivie is down 44.18 feet, E.V. Spence is down 54.94, Elephant Butte is down a whopping 80.08.

Some like Spence, Twin Buttes and Palo Duro are holding so little water they are considered dry, or soon will be.

With boating season fast approaching if not already here for some, this could be a challenging year for obstacles unseen by high water or dangerously in play on lakes with low water.