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Joe Pool Lake

Reservoir in Dallas, Texas, USA

Summary

Reservoir in Dallas, Texas, USA

Field	Value
name	Joe Pool Lake
image	Cedar Hill State Park November 2020 03 (Joe Pool Lake).jpg
location	Dallas / Tarrant / Ellis counties, Texas, United States
coords
catchment	233 sqmi
basin_countries	United States
area	7740 acre
max-depth	75 ft
pushpin_map	Texas#USA
pushpin_map_alt	Location of Joe Pool Lake in Texas, USA.

| max-depth = 75 ft

Joe Pool Lake is a fresh water impoundment (reservoir) located in the southern part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas. The lake encompasses parts of Tarrant, Dallas and Ellis counties. The lake measures 7740 acre with a conservation storage capacity of 176,900 acre.ft. With a maximum depth of 75 ft the lake drains an area of 232 sqmi.

Joe Pool Lake was named after Joe R. Pool, a Congressman-At-Large from the Oak Cliff area of Dallas who represented this area as well as the rest of the state of Texas from 1963 until his death in 1968. Pool was highly influential in the passage of legislation and funding of the lake. The project to build Joe Pool Lake initiated by a promise made in 1960https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Joe_Pool%27s_Report_to_Kennedy-Johnson_Natural_Resource_Advisory_Committee_12-15-1960_W-16.pdf by Kennedy-Johnson Natural Resources Advisory Committee member Joe Poolhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kennedy_Johnson_Natural_Resources_Advisory_Committee_Response_Letter_to_Joe_Pool.pdf and was carried out, after Pool's death in 1968, by a citizens committee called the Lakeview (Joe Pool) Planning Council. Pool's project was approved by Congress in 1965 and was known as Lakeview Reservoir until 1982 when president Ronald W. Reagan signed a bill to rename the lake to Joe Pool Lake. Actual construction began in 1977, bridge work was finished in 1981, with lake completion in December 1985. Impoundment of water began in January 1986 and the lake was filled by June 1989.

After 60 years, through the sheer determination of Joe Pool, his congressional friends and the many members of the Lakeview (Joe Pool) Planning Council, Pool's promise of flood control for the Mountain/Walnut Creek watershed was made good to the affected property owners.

"On May 24, 1986 with the lake approximately half full and still several years away from being open to the public, a ceremony was held to dedicate the new Joe Pool Lake. 1,500 people attended including U.S. Democratic Majority Leader Jim Wright, who among others, had helped keep the project alive through the years. There was food, music, cannons, and speeches. Joe Pool would have been proud to be there."

Parks and recreation

Joe Pool Lake includes a number of parks, paved boat ramps and parking lots, public swimming areas, a public marina as well a second marina located inside Cedar Hill State Park. Other parks include Britton Park, Loyd Park, and Lynn Creek Park.

Lynn Creek Marina

A full-service marina and restaurant are located on the northwest side of the lake, just off Lake Ridge Parkway near the Lynn Creek Park entrance. The Lynn Creek Marina has 258 wet slips, 40 dry storage slips. a ship store and service center. All facilities are available to the public on first-come, first-served, for fishing, pleasure, and sailboats; boat rentals; with an indoor-outdoor fishing area; and Patio Bar & Grill.

Water Resources

Joe Pool lake is mostly fed by Mountain Creek and Walnut Creek and drains north into Mountain Creek leading into Mountain Creek Lake. Joe Pool Lake is one of the few lakes in Texas that actually drains to the north. Joe Pool lake impounds water in two arms formed by Mountain Creek and Walnut Creek. The Mountain Creek Water Shed is in the Upper Trinity River Basin and has a length of 37 mi and a total drainage area of 304 sqmi.

Currently (2005) Joe Pool Lake serves as a reservoir for the City of Midlothian for their public water supply. Several other entities have water interests in Joe Pool Lake, but are not currently using the water resources. The City of Midlothian has a water intake structure in the southeast leg of the lake. They consume water at a daily rate anywhere from 1 e6USgal in the winter months to 9 e6USgal in the summer months. The Trinity River Authority of Texas also has a water intake structure in Cedar Hill State Park, but it currently not in use.

Fishing

Fishing Regulations

Most species are currently managed with statewide regulations. The exception is a 14 to 21 in slot limit on largemouth bass. Anglers may keep bass that are 14 in or less in length, or 21 in or greater. Daily bag for all species of black bass is 5 in combination, but only one largemouth bass 21 in or greater may be retained each day.

Stocking history

Species	Year	Number stocked	Size
Bass, Florida Largemouth	2006	325,681	Fingerling
Bass, Florida Largemouth	2005	317,036	Fingerling
Bass, Florida Largemouth	2001	182,049	Fingerling
Bass, Florida Largemouth	1987	203,315	Fingerling
Bass, Florida Largemouth	1986	248,256	Fingerling
Bass, Florida Largemouth	1986	417,554	Fry
Bass, Florida Largemouth	1984	2,700	Fingerling
Bass, Florida Largemouth	1981	2,970	Fry
Bluegill, Coppernose	1986	5,290
Bluegill, Coppernose	1985	125,000
Bluegill, Coppernose	1981	19,950
Catfish, Channel	1986	546,900	Fingerling
Catfish, Channel	1986	203,100	Fry
Shad, Threadfin	1981	1,080

All-ages records

Species	Weight	Length	Date	Angler	Bait or lure
Bass, Largemouth	12.89 lb	24.00 in	March 5, 2006	Robert Gaston
Bass, White	1.94 lb	17.00 in	June 18, 2005	David Hartnett
Bluegill	0.38 lb	8.25 in	September 8, 2005	Chad Edwards	freelined corn
Bullhead, Yellow	1.57 lb	15.25 in	April 2, 2006	Alissa Lewis	worm
Carp, Common	12.02 lb	32.00 in	January 26, 2005	Chad Edwards	freelined bread
Carp, Grass	32.00 lb	40.00 in	June 5, 1997	Alex Alatorre	homemade dough bait
Catfish, Channel	10.89 lb	28.00 in	November 18, 2006	Trace Neatherlin	cut bait
Crappie, Black	2.03 lb	15.00 in	May 2, 2004	Scott Pekrul	splittail spinner
Crappie, White	2.59 lb	16.75 in	June 30, 1990	George T. Hearn
Drum, Freshwater	9.38 lb	26.00 in	March 15, 2015	Aaron Woodard
Sunfish, Green	0.65 lb	10.00 in	May 12, 1990	Richard Collins
Sunfish, Longear	0.06 lb	4.81 in	September 10, 1995	Jay Largent

Species	Weight	Length	Date	Angler	Bait or Lure
Bass, White	0.72	12.50	July 26, 2005	Howell Dodd	clouser
Sunfish, Green	0.42	8.31	July 3, 2003	Jody Moore	popping bug

Species	Weight	Length	Date	Angler	Bait or Lure
Buffalo, Smallmouth	16.30	27.50	December 26, 2005	Bennett Crow
Carp, Common	21.13	34.25	December 10, 2006	Bennett Crow

Junior angler records

Species	Weight	Length	Date	Angler	Bait or Lure
Bullhead, Yellow	1.57	15.25	April 2, 2006	Alissa Lewis	worm
Carp, Common	6.06	0.00	May 13, 2006	Trey Edwards III	boiled maize
Catfish, Channel	7.15	25.75	August 5, 2005	Alissa Lewis	worm

Fishing tips

Marked brush piles offer habitat in the lower end of the reservoir which are often good for both bass and crappie. Crappie fishing is also good under the bridges on both arms of the lake. In the Walnut Creek arm, the old creek channel is a good place to look for bass.

Fishing quality

Largemouth bass: 3 of 5
Catfish: 2 of 5
Crappie: 3 of 5
Sunfish: 2 of 5

Facilities

The TRA maintains excellent day use and overnight public recreation facilities. The only free boat ramp on the lake is at Britton Park on the upper end of the Mountain Creek Arm, although it is $5 to park. Cedar Hill State Park on the east side of the lake has the second most campsites of any facility in the state park system. It also has lighted fishing piers, boat ramps and group shelters.

References

Cedar Hill State Park and Joe Pool Marina
Tangle Ridge Golf Club
Army Corps of Engineers Joe Pool lake
Areas of Outdoor Interest
Lynn Creek Marina
Handbook of Texas Online
SMU Archaeological and Historical Investigations of Joe Pool lake
Cabins at Loyd Park on Joe Pool lake
Dallas Morning News Article ID 0ED3CDCE9CEF65D0 Publish Date: December 22, 1985
City of Grand Prairie Lynn Creek Park on Lake Joe Pool Offers Free Entry to Grand Prairie Residents

References

Joe Pool's Report to Kennedy-Johnson Natural Resources Advisory Committee. JFK Library. Frank E. Smith Personal Papers. Reports From N.R.A.C. Members: P-Q. FESPP-006-002. 1960-1961. December 15, 1960.
Letter from Frank E. Smith to Joe Pool. JFK Library. Frank E. Smith Personal Papers. Committee Membership List FESPP-001-008. 1960-1961. December 16, 1960.
"Name Lake for Pool Resolution Urges". ''The Dallas Morning News''. February 24, 1969.
"Pool Hails Approval of Area Lake". ''The Dallas Morning News''. September 23, 1965.
"An Act to designate Lakeview Lake project, Mountain Creek, Texas, as the 'Joe Pool Lake'".
"Joe Pool Lake (Trinity River Basin) | Texas Water Development Board".
''Vander Hill, Bryan. A Biographical Sketch of Joe Pool. Department of History 3363: Dr. Lackman.'' University of Texas. July 8, 1991.
Gould, Lewis L. (1929). Professor, Dept. of History, University of Texas at Austin. Joe Richard Pool. ''"Dictionary of American Biography"''. ''Science''. '''70'''(1805): 121–122.
Fernandez, Alyssa. (August 1, 2021). "Dipping a toe into North Texas' lake history".
"Ceremony Heralds New Lake". ''The Dallas Morning News''. May 25, 1986.
(27 January 2022). "Suntex acquires Lynn Creek Marina".

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