How is the Boating in Dallas?
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Since we have knowledgeable folks on the Dallas area, what about Lake Whitney? I've heard it's one of the nicer lakes in Texas and the area where the Brazos comes in yields sandbars and places to set up chairs and the like. I'm looking for a place where we have enough lake to cover some ground, 25' Rage, and places to beach the boat so the kids can get out and play/swim. Thanks for your thoughts.
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[QUOTE=TexomaPowerboater;3333884] The premier north texas boating lake is Lake Texoma, located on the TX/OK border, just one hour north of dallas. Its the 12th biggest lake in the country and the biggest lake in TX. /QUOTE]
I think you mean its the 12th largest reservoir lake in the country. I know its not even in the top 25 for all lakes.
I think you mean its the 12th largest reservoir lake in the country. I know its not even in the top 25 for all lakes.
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Lake Texoma is one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, the 12th largest Corps of Engineers (USACE) lake
The premier north texas boating lake is Lake Texoma, located on the TX/OK border, just one hour north of dallas. Its the 12th biggest lake in the country and the biggest lake in TX. /QUOTE]
I think you mean its the 12th largest reservoir lake in the country. I know its not even in the top 25 for all lakes.
I think you mean its the 12th largest reservoir lake in the country. I know its not even in the top 25 for all lakes.
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Since we have knowledgeable folks on the Dallas area, what about Lake Whitney? I've heard it's one of the nicer lakes in Texas and the area where the Brazos comes in yields sandbars and places to set up chairs and the like. I'm looking for a place where we have enough lake to cover some ground, 25' Rage, and places to beach the boat so the kids can get out and play/swim. Thanks for your thoughts.
Party Lake is Lewisville, without a doubt, Party cove I would guess averages around 300-400 boats a weekend.
Family lake is Roberts, not crowded at all and nice.
Take the boat and go for a long run, Texoma. The water in Texoma can change from 1' chop to 4' in 30 minutes though. You get every kind of boat made on Texoma due to it's size.
Travis is nice, clear, but crowded, narrow, and a lot of wakes.
Just North of the TX/OK border by 15 miles is Lake Murray, crystal clear, not too crowded, and some decent power boats.
I put in April and pull my boat in late October. So that's 6 months of boating. Each of the Lakes I mentioned are no more that 1.5hrs from the other. That's what's cool about it, you're not stuck with the same crowd on the same lake.
Texoma is really the Grand Daddy of the Lakes, everything you could want, the only thing I think that is against the Texoma is once you get off the lake, there's not a whole lot to do like there is in Dallas.



