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Trail at Inks Lake in the Texas Hill Country. Inks Lake has been stocked with several species of fish intended to improve the utility of the reservoir for recreational fishing. Fish present in Inks Lake include largemouth bass, white bass, catfish, crappie, and sunfish. [3] Inks Lake is a level-controlled reservoir with less than one foot (one ...
Inks Lake State Park is a state park located in Burnet County, Texas, United States, next to Inks Lake on the Colorado River. It contains facilities for swimming, camping, hiking, boating, fishing and general enjoyment of the natural beauty. [2] The landscape consists mainly of hills and includes both forest and cleared land made up of mainly ...
Inks Dam was constructed from 1936 to 1938 and forms Inks Lake, one of the seven Texas Highland Lakes.The lake and dam are owned and operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority for hydropower generation and recreational purposes and are named for Roy B. Inks, one of the original members on the LCRA Board of Directors.
The smaller lakes—Inks, LBJ, Marble Falls and Austin—are pass-through lakes that are operated within a certain range. In all, the six official dams of the Highland Lakes have a hydroelectric power production capacity of 295MW, with Mansfield Dam alone able to provide 108MW.
Inks Lake State Park: Burnet 1,201 acres (486 ha) 1950 Inks Lake State Park: Kickapoo Cavern State Park: Kinney, Edwards 6,368.4 acres (2,577.2 ha) 1991 Kickapoo Cavern State Park: Lake Arrowhead State Park: Clay 524 acres (212 ha) 1970 Lake Arrowhead State Park: Lake Bob Sandlin State Park: Titus, Camp, Franklin 641 acres (259 ha) 1987
Lake Alan Henry The following is a list of reservoirs and lakes in the U.S. state of Texas . Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
The lake is west of the city of Burnet, Texas. The other reservoirs on the Colorado River are Inks Lake, Lake LBJ, Lake Marble Falls, Lake Travis, Lake Austin, and Lady Bird Lake. The lake is named for Representative James P. Buchanan (1867–1937), who is credited with securing the funding to build the lake and dam.
Lake LBJ along with Inks Lake and Lake Marble Falls are pass-through lakes for Lake Buchanan and Lake Travis. There is no room in Lake LBJ for additional water storage, and water that comes in must go out. Therefore, Lake LBJ is at a near constant level, but the level can fluctuate, especially during a flood. The LCRA lowers the lake ...