Mixed bag caught on the Bink's Spoon yesterday.
The lake level is 559.31 and has dropped 3/4 inch in the last 24-hours. They quit generating yesterday for 16-hours and have just started again. It looks like the track of the hurricane is going to go east of us and we may miss everything except a few showers tuesday. It looks like it will hit the Houma, Louisiana area, go through Monroe and skirt southeastern Arkansas and turn east through Tennessee. We have friends in all of those areas and wish them well. This is not going to be good especially areas that have just been devastated. They have had big rains and the ground is saturated and expect many trees to uproot causing power failures for extended periods of time. It is expected to start in an hour or so. Everyone not affected should count their blessings but can expect gas prices to rise quickly. Off-shore oil comes right through this area. I had 89 degree water in Blackburns creek again yesterday with just a little less on the main lake. It looks like the heat will diminish with highs to be in the mid to high 80's for this week. The heat has been relentless this month and it usually subsides about the middle of the month but not this year. The lake is in good condition for fishing, boating and swimming and looks good for the upcoming holiday weekend. Fishing remains the same with most species being caught and most on the spoon. The lake is full of fish and fishing will get better and better as the water temperature drops. We will see what the generation schedule is with the hurricane but I suspect it will be slowed way down. We will be ok unless we get a big rain but can take quite a bit with the dry conditions as long as it does not come too fast. We are in good shape now but are on the borderline.
