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

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 51

Monday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 32

Tuesday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 53

Tuesday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 37

Wednesday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 53

Wednesday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 37

Thursday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 57

Thursday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 44


Cedar Creek Lake Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 1/14: 319.39 (-2.61)



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Fishing Report from TPWD (Jan. 8)

GOOD. stained; 55 degrees; 2.77 feet below pool. The hybrid and white bass deadsticking bite is now in full swing! Use 1/2 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 the deepest water 35-50 feet. Drift at speeds of .2-.6 mph using your drift mode on your trolling motor, or drift socks, or drift with the wind. Thumping on the bottom of your boat will attract fish and group them up underneath. Utilizing a splasher also works well with thumping. Fish are suspended between 22-28 feet when deadstricking. 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 cloudy cold days. Crappie bite has been tough with reports of fish being scattered. Target crappie with small jigs and minnows in 7-15 feet under bridge pylons, hidden brush piles throughout the lake or under docks. Crappie fisherman have been moving spot to spot finding limits. Lots of crappies in the 7-9 inch range. Limits of crappie will happen but you may catch a lot of small ones getting to your limit. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Water temperatures are dropping again and should be in the low 50s soon. The recent rains have brought the water up and the water is stained. The catfish have moved into running water in front of the motor creeks but can also still be caught out deep with the same techniques. The shallow bite continues to be good for catfish along wind blown banks and points near the mouths of major creeks where the actual creek runs into the lake. Fish in 2-6 feet with fresh shad anchored on bottom. The deep bite is also good dragging bigger cut shad or rough fish in 15-30 feet drifting main lake flats. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

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