Texas is getting some badly needed spring rain. Already the grass is green everywhere and the blue bonnets are in bloom along the highways. Gentle rain would be better than these heavy thunder storms, but you gotta take what life throws at ya! This rain will help fill up the resorvoirs and make the coming hot summer more bearable for Texans. Did you know all lakes in Texas except one are man made by creating a dam on a river to hold water? This rain drove me out of a state park on a man made lake known as Fairfield Lake. When the rain is coming down this hard for days, being in a forest near the lake is generally not a good idea. And when the Texas red earth turns to mud, you and your vehicle don't want to be there!
Fairfield Lake is special. It is not big by Texas standards, but has more big fish and birds than you would believe. The secret is that power plant you can see across the water in picture 3. It doesn't look that big from a distance but look at the water tower to the right of the plant in picture 4. That will give you some reference as to the size of the plant. It is an old plant, fired by coal and uses the lake water for cooling. The water gets so hot, that redfish can live here as a freshwater fish and grow to enormous size. If you want to read more about this, here is an excellent article:
This may not always be a fisherman's paradise. It seems environmentalists are pushing to shut down the polluting old power plant which would mean the end of the redfish in the lake. So, after this rains stops I plan to go back here for more fishing before that happens!
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