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Joe Pool Lake, TX

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Lake Size: 7,740 acres
Deepest Depth: 75 ft (23 m)
Latitude: 32.628611
Longitude: -97.005278

Information: Joe Pool Lake is a fresh water impoundment located in the southern part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas (USA). The lake encompasses parts of Tarrant, Dallas and Ellis counties. The lake measures 7,740 acres (31.3 km2) with a conservation storage capacity of 176,900 acre feet (218,000,000 m³). With a maximum depth of 75 feet (23 m) the lake drains an area of 232 square miles (601 km2). Joe Pool Lake was named after Joe Pool, a congressman from the Oak Cliff area of Dallas who represented this district from 1963 until his death in 1968. Pool was highly influential in passage of legislation and funding of the lake.
  
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  • Miscellaneous Info
Most species are currently managed with statewide regulations. The exception is a 14 to 21 inch slot limit on largemouth bass. Anglers may keep bass that are 14 inches or less in length, or 21 inches or greater. Daily bag for all species of black bass is 5 in combination, but only one largemouth bass 21 inches or greater may be retained each day.
The project to build Joe Pool Lake started of a promise made in 1961 by the late U.S. Rep. Joe Pool and was carried out by a citizens committee called the Lakeview Planning Council. The oft-stalled lake project – approved by Congress in 1965 and known as Lakeview Lake until 1982 – had been the subject of name squabbles and delays caused by lawsuits and lack of funding. As a result, when construction began in 1977 – nine years after Joe Pool died – it became one of the first projects in the nation to pay its own way because of federal cuts in recreational park projects. Construction of the lake dam was completed in December 1985. Impoundment of water began in January 1986 and the lake was filled by June 1989.
 



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