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

Friday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 84

Friday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 68

Saturday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 82

Saturday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 68

Sunday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 86

Sunday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 69

Monday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 86

Monday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 71


Cedar Creek Lake Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 4/25: 322.10 (+0.10)



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Fishing Report from TPWD (Apr. 23)

EXCELLENT. stained; 69 degrees; 0.12 feet below pool. Fishing patterns remain consistent. Look for heavy bird activity throughout the lake on flats and near the dam on edges of drop-offs especially on cloudy and overcast days. Reports of great catches using silver or white slabs and spinnerbaits with a very slow retrieve off the bottom in 17-26 feet of water. The crappie have also migrated back into the main lake. Look for them under bridge pylons or under docks where the depths are between 3-10 feet. Guides have been reporting exceptionally nice catches on sunny warmer days. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. The shad spawn is in full swing, so the early shallow wall bite is on fire all over the lake. Fresh caught shad tossed up to the walls on bottom or under a float are a sure way to catch good numbers of nice eating sized catfish. There is still a deeper drifting bite in 12-24 feet of water using cut shad, drum or carp drifted along the bottom. Many fish being caught in the 10-50 pound range. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

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