Texas Lakes... where to go?

[Pound]

I'm pretty well convinced that all the rain we've gotten in Texas is my fault. It started happening right after we bought our new boat

We live in the NW corner of Houston and our goto lake is Belton in the Temple area but they've been hammered and I think most, if not all ramps are still closed. Somerville is closest to us and also inaccessible. Conroe may be open but too much traffic on the weekends. Livingston is a crapshoot as to whether it's rideable or not and I hear also has a lot of debris. The Trinity River could be doable, but I hear it was still rising as of late last week. I saw a news report that Lake Travis and adjacent LCRA lakes were completely closed to all recreational boat traffic, but I think they've been re-opened. But doesn't Travis get crazy busy on weekends? We haven't been there in over 14 yrs.

We don't mind about a 3 hr drive to get to decent water. Where the heck can we go!!!!???

[cpropes2005]

The Trinity would be first recommendation but like you said I am sure it is still high and full of debris. My uncle has a house on Richland Chambers near Corsicana and the few times I have been out there it was not crowded at all and really smooth even on a Saturday afternoon. I really enjoyed it but we just stayed around his house and there are some stumpy areas so you might have to do some research on where to go for public ramps. I also have a buddy who raves about Sam Rayburn but it is a huge lake and he is more of a fisherman so I am not sure how it would be for boarding. Not sure on the current conditions of either one of those with all of the recent rain.

[Broke Pilot]

Conroe hasnt been too bad lately. When I drive by it there's plenty of people but it hasn't been as choppy since on the few nice days we get there's not a lot of wind. Nice thing about Conroe is there are a few nice coves to go get some runs in for a bit no matter which way the wind is blowing

[DatTexasBoy]

Lake Tyler or Palestine but they can be crowded and rough too


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[Pound]

Well, we've booked a room in Marble Falls for Friday night to hit one of the LRCA lakes. We're deciding between Marble Falls itself (which looks more like a river than a lake), or Lake LBJ. Anyone have any recommendation either way? Where to put in?

[aggietb]

I thought Marble Falls and LBJ were closed right now?? maybe they've re opened? We will be up at Buchanan this weekend!

[Pound]

According to the LCRA website all but 2 or 3 ramps/parks have re-opened for all of the lakes they manage. I'll call today to verify though.

[Pound]

yeah, looks like we're good to go on LBJ/Marble Falls. Hopefully we'll have some pics to post in the June Pics thread after this weekend.

but again, i'm not familiar w/these lakes... any tips on where to go and where to put in?

[rca]

Just saw this, sorry I'm late to respond.

We used to live in SW Houston. We regularly rode on the San Bernard river because it was close and accessible. We rode Sommerville and the Trinity River too, but usually stayed away from Conroe. Lake Austin was one of our favorites. Our top choice was Canyon Lake near New Braunfels though. We moved out here last year and are on Canyon usually a couple of times a week. Lake Marble Falls is also nice.

[rdlangston13]

Been on the colorado river portion of LBJ north of kingsland and it was pretty nice. When traffic is low you can get some good wakeboarding sets in but if there get to be too many boats running it turns into a mini wave pool with all the bulk heads. Half the fun up there was looking at all the ridiculous houses!