Joe Pool Lake

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Joe R. Pool United States Congress
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Aerial view of Joe Pool Lake and Dam

Joe Pool Lake is a fresh water impoundment (reservoir) located in the southern part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas. The lake encompasses parts of Tarrant, Dallas and Ellis counties. The lake measures Template:Convert with a conservation storage capacity of Template:Convert. With a maximum depth of Template:Convert the lake drains an area of Template:Convert.

Joe Pool Lake was named after Joe R. Pool, a Congressman-At-Large from the Oak Cliff area of Dallas who represented this area as well as the rest of the state of Texas from 1963 until his death in 1968. Pool was highly influential in the passage of legislation and funding of the lake. The project to build Joe Pool Lake initiated by a promise made in 1960[1][1] by Kennedy-Johnson Natural Resources Advisory Committee member Joe Pool[2][2] and was carried out, after Pool's death in 1968, by a citizens committee called the Lakeview (Joe Pool) Planning Council.[3] Pool's project was approved by Congress in 1965[4] and was known as Lakeview Reservoir until 1982 when president Ronald W. Reagan signed a bill to rename the lake to Joe Pool Lake.[5] Actual construction began in 1977, bridge work was finished in 1981, with lake completion in December 1985. Impoundment of water began in January 1986 and the lake was filled by June 1989.

After 60 years, through the sheer determination of Joe Pool, his congressional friends and the many members of the Lakeview (Joe Pool) Planning Council, Pool's promise of flood control for the Mountain/Walnut Creek watershed was made good to the affected property owners.

"On May 24, 1986 with the lake approximately half full and still several years away from being open to the public, a ceremony was held to dedicate the new Joe Pool Lake. 1,500 people attended including U.S. Democratic Majority Leader Jim Wright, who among others, had helped keep the project alive through the years. There was food, music, cannons, and speeches. Joe Pool would have been proud to be there."[6][7][8][9][10]

Parks and recreation

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Loyd Park
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Lynn Creek Park

Joe Pool Lake includes a number of parks, paved boat ramps and parking lots, public swimming areas, a public marina as well a second marina located inside Cedar Hill State Park. Other parks include Britton Park, Loyd Park, and Lynn Creek Park.

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Joe Pool Lake Shoreline

Lynn Creek Marina

A full-service marina and restaurant are located on the northwest side of the lake, just off Lake Ridge Parkway near the Lynn Creek Park entrance. The Lynn Creek Marina has 258 wet slips, 40 dry storage slips. a ship store and service center. All facilities are available to the public on first-come, first-served, for fishing, pleasure, and sailboats; boat rentals; with an indoor-outdoor fishing area; and Patio Bar & Grill.

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Water Resources

Joe Pool lake is mostly fed by Mountain Creek and Walnut Creek and drains north into Mountain Creek leading into Mountain Creek Lake. Joe Pool Lake is one of the few lakes in Texas that actually drains to the north. Joe Pool lake impounds water in two arms formed by Mountain Creek and Walnut Creek. The Mountain Creek Water Shed is in the Upper Trinity River Basin and has a length of Template:Convert and a total drainage area of Template:Convert.

Currently (2005) Joe Pool Lake serves as a reservoir for the City of Midlothian for their public water supply. Several other entities have water interests in Joe Pool Lake, but are not currently using the water resources. The City of Midlothian has a water intake structure in the southeast leg of the lake. They consume water at a daily rate anywhere from Template:Convert in the winter months to Template:Convert in the summer months. The Trinity River Authority of Texas also has a water intake structure in Cedar Hill State Park, but it currently not in use.

Fishing

Fishing Regulations

Most species are currently managed with statewide regulations. The exception is a 14 to Template:Convert slot limit on largemouth bass. Anglers may keep bass that are Template:Convert or less in length, or Template:Convert or greater. Daily bag for all species of black bass is 5 in combination, but only one largemouth bass Template:Convert or greater may be retained each day.

Stocking history

Species Year Number stocked Size
Bass, Florida Largemouth 2006 325,681 Fingerling
Bass, Florida Largemouth 2005 317,036 Fingerling
Bass, Florida Largemouth 2001 182,049 Fingerling
Bass, Florida Largemouth 1987 203,315 Fingerling
Bass, Florida Largemouth 1986 248,256 Fingerling
Bass, Florida Largemouth 1986 417,554 Fry
Bass, Florida Largemouth 1984 2,700 Fingerling
Bass, Florida Largemouth 1981 2,970 Fry
Bluegill, Coppernose 1986 5,290
Bluegill, Coppernose 1985 125,000
Bluegill, Coppernose 1981 19,950
Catfish, Channel 1986 546,900 Fingerling
Catfish, Channel 1986 203,100 Fry
Shad, Threadfin 1981 1,080

All-ages records

Rod & Reel
Species Weight Length Date Angler Bait or lure
Bass, Largemouth Template:Convert Template:Convert March 5, 2006 Robert Gaston
Bass, White Template:Convert Template:Convert June 18, 2005 David Hartnett
Bluegill Template:Convert Template:Convert September 8, 2005 Chad Edwards freelined corn
Bullhead, Yellow Template:Convert Template:Convert April 2, 2006 Alissa Lewis worm
Carp, Common Template:Convert Template:Convert January 26, 2005 Chad Edwards freelined bread
Carp, Grass Template:Convert Template:Convert June 5, 1997 Alex Alatorre homemade dough bait
Catfish, Channel Template:Convert Template:Convert November 18, 2006 Trace Neatherlin cut bait
Crappie, Black Template:Convert Template:Convert May 2, 2004 Scott Pekrul splittail spinner
Crappie, White Template:Convert Template:Convert June 30, 1990 George T. Hearn
Drum, Freshwater Template:Convert Template:Convert March 15, 2015 Aaron Woodard
Sunfish, Green Template:Convert Template:Convert May 12, 1990 Richard Collins
Sunfish, Longear Template:Convert Template:Convert September 10, 1995 Jay Largent
Fly Fishing
Species Weight Length Date Angler Bait or Lure
Bass, White 0.72 12.50 July 26, 2005 Howell Dodd clouser
Sunfish, Green 0.42 8.31 July 3, 2003 Jody Moore popping bug
Bow Fishing
Species Weight Length Date Angler Bait or Lure
Buffalo, Smallmouth 16.30 27.50 December 26, 2005 Bennett Crow
Carp, Common 21.13 34.25 December 10, 2006 Bennett Crow

Junior angler records

Rod & Reel
Species Weight Length Date Angler Bait or Lure
Bullhead, Yellow 1.57 15.25 April 2, 2006 Alissa Lewis worm
Carp, Common 6.06 0.00 May 13, 2006 Trey Edwards III boiled maize
Catfish, Channel 7.15 25.75 August 5, 2005 Alissa Lewis worm

Fishing tips

Marked brush piles offer habitat in the lower end of the reservoir which are often good for both bass and crappie. Crappie fishing is also good under the bridges on both arms of the lake. In the Walnut Creek arm, the old creek channel is a good place to look for bass.

Fishing quality

Facilities

The TRA maintains excellent day use and overnight public recreation facilities. The only free boat ramp on the lake is at Britton Park on the upper end of the Mountain Creek Arm, although it is $5 to park. Cedar Hill State Park on the east side of the lake has the second most campsites of any facility in the state park system. It also has lighted fishing piers, boat ramps and group shelters.

See also

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Joe Pool's Report to Kennedy-Johnson Natural Resources Advisory Committee. JFK Library. Frank E. Smith Personal Papers. Reports From N.R.A.C. Members: P-Q. FESPP-006-002. 1960-1961. December 15, 1960.
  2. ↑ Letter from Frank E. Smith to Joe Pool. JFK Library. Frank E. Smith Personal Papers. Committee Membership List FESPP-001-008. 1960-1961. December 16, 1960.
  3. ↑ "Name Lake for Pool Resolution Urges". The Dallas Morning News. February 24, 1969.
  4. ↑ "Pool Hails Approval of Area Lake". The Dallas Morning News. September 23, 1965.
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  7. ↑ Vander Hill, Bryan. A Biographical Sketch of Joe Pool. Department of History 3363: Dr. Lackman. University of Texas. July 8, 1991.
  8. ↑ Gould, Lewis L. (1929). Professor, Dept. of History, University of Texas at Austin. Joe Richard Pool. "Dictionary of American Biography". Science. 70(1805): 121–122.
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  10. ↑ "Ceremony Heralds New Lake". The Dallas Morning News. May 25, 1986.
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