east texas lakes

We know it's still the middle of a really long, cold, hard winter, so we thought it might be fun to take a quick trip back to the glorious, warm days of summer.

Giant salvinia is bad news.  This non-native invasive aquatic plant can severely limit fishing and boating access as well as displace native beneficial plants that are used as habitat by fish. Once it becomes established in a lake, it is nearly impossible to completely remove.

5 short months ago, November 2011, things were looking very bleak for East Texas lakes.  After suffering through last year's historic drought, many lakes were down at least 10-12 feet. And the outlook was not promising.