Tradinghouse Creek Reservoir power plant to reopen?

[texnyakker]

Found this news article saying they could start operating the power plant again. I guess that means they could start stocking reds here again? That would be awesome as I can't ever make it to the coast.

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Moth ... vice=phone

[Wag]

Hope you are right...I get to the coast as often as I can because I never really learned to fish in freshwater.

[Onelgbass]

From the article it is gas turbine not steam. Might not be pulling water for cooling. Booooo

[TexAg09]

I'd be ok with that, but I hear the reds wreck havoc on the other fish (esp crappie). Growing up 5mins from there I never really fished it a lot, but if they stocked reds I would def become more familiar with it's waters. I mostly fished Mart lake growing up. (Mainly because no one was ever there, and no one was ever there because there isn't great fishing...imagine that! Haha!)

[Earl]

I sure hope the get it re-stocked with reds. I fished Fairfield for many years before the big kill got most of the reds. I know the reds really compete with other fish but I will tell you that Fairfield had some of the best bream and crappie fishing also during the hayday of the reds. The bream were some of the largest you will find around Texas and the crappie were harder to find the right stump but when you did it was on fire.

I will see if I can contact someone with TPWD and inquire about their plans for Trading House.

SYOTW,
Earl

[CityByTheSeaCitizen]

From the article it is gas turbine not steam. Might not be pulling water for cooling. Booooo

All turbines, coal, gas, or nuclear are cooled with water. The new plant will defiantly cycle lake water.