Heat on high but Cedar Creek Lake offers cool respite; Tom Finley Park makes lake waters accessible to all




GUN BARREL CITY -- The 100-degree-plus heat of August is turning it into another long hot summer, but Cedar Creek Lake's water level is still holding up. Although the lake level has dropped 1.83 feet, there still is plenty of water to float your boat or let you cool off with a swim. A cool breeze continues to blow off of the lake, making it seem a lot less hot in the shade than the thermometer registers. Several families took advantage of Tom Finley Park to wade and swim in the water at the park's beach this week. While fathers went in the water with the kids, mothers sat in the shade under the trees at picnic tables watching. The breeze seemed to also be keeping mosquitoes and other bugs from pestering people sitting at the tables. That's an important consideration in light of the large number of West Nile Fever cases documented in Dallas, but it is still a good idea to use mosquito repellent when outside. The park is one of the few places on the lake where people who don't own lakeside property can enjoy the water. The day use park offers a boat ramp, picnic and swimming area. It is adjacent to the Causeway on Highway 334 that runs between Seven Points and Gun Barrel City.




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Cedar Creek Lake Weather Forecast

Monday

Sunny

Hi: 80

Monday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 57

Tuesday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 80

Tuesday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 59

Wednesday

Sunny

Hi: 69

Wednesday Night

Clear

Lo: 41

Thursday

Sunny

Hi: 66

Thursday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 44


Cedar Creek Lake Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 3/17: 321.97 (-0.03)



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Fishing Report from TPWD (Mar. 12)

GOOD. stained; 58 degrees; 0.10 feet above pool. The bite is consistent. The hybrid and white bass deadsticking bite will be here for just a few more weeks while the water temperature increases with the warmer weather. The white bass and hybrids will be making their run into the creek arms and will settle in along shallow points and shallower water to lay their eggs for spawning. Use half ounce to 1-1/2 ounce jigs with 4-5 inch plastic flukes depending on what the winds are and drift long lengths of the lake in 22-36 feet of water. Drift at speeds of .2-.6 mph using your drift mode on your trolling motor or using drift socks. If the winds are not too bad you can just drift with the wind. Thumping on the bottom of your boat will attract fish and group them up underneath as you drift. Utilizing a splasher also works well with thumping. Try smaller sized plastics as the bite will be smaller sized baits. Look for Birds and Loons early mornings on shallow flats as the fish will come up to follow the bait and feed early especially on cloudier and colder days. The crappie bite is on docks and in creeks with minnows or jigs. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Still shallow around creek mouths and also drifting random depths 10-40 feet with cut shad or rough fish. Water is stained and surface temps are in the mid to.high 50's lake is full. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

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