Decker lake near Austin Texas survey July 2025

Central Texas had had a lot of rain over 100 people had died in Kerrville due to flooding. So I thought perhaps Decker lake had been filled by the rain. 
My friend Kai had taken his shallow draft trimaran out to the lake for sale. He was able to launch his boat easily but his boat is basically a canoe with amas in a trimaran design.

So I drove out there on July 15th 2025. I parked outside the park and I walked down to the lake to do my survey and this is what I found.
In this photo you can see that the water is about 4 ft below the dock beside the ramp 
on the east side of the ramp there's actually a grass growing in the water of the ramp.
The Eastern ramp was even worse as the city has dumped gravel at the base of the ramp to keep motor boaters from launching their boats only a light shallow draft boat can be launched from this ramp such as a kayak or canoe. 
so I will not be planning to go sailing on the Decker lake. 
The reason that the lake is in this condition is that the city plans on renovating the dam next year and are keeping the water low to prevent dam failure. Therefore no sailing planned at Decker for either Bagatelle or Frimi.

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