It blows my mind to think that deer were probably at one point running around all those trees at the bottom of table rock and now it is a 100ft submerged forest...unbelievable
Jerry Lees boy are you dumb? They built the dam to provide hudroelectric power to the surrounding area, the water in tanycomo is so cold because it the run off water from 200 or so feet down
I live 10 minutes from Table Rock Lake now. It's a very clean, clear lake! I grew up a little over an hour away, usually going to Grand Lake in OK, this lake is by far cleaner than what I'm used too.
My worst freaking nightmare!! My brain would not allow me to be on the bottom of that murky lake unless I was dead lol. I wanted to learn how to dive but I just can’t get over my phobia of deep water. My brain automatically panics and says I’m going to drown. Plus not being able to see well I would hate to come face to face with a fish the size of a car down there. I would have a heart attack on the spot!!
Just wanted to say thank you for an amazing watch! My family is from the Table Rock Lake Area and I've spent my whole life listening to talk about "before" the lake was here. It was incredible getting a glimpse of where my ancestors could have walked! I am terrified of deep water but now have a life goal to become a certified scuba diver so I can see it first hand!
The trees were left as fish habitat in both Bull Shoals and Table Rock Lake. There have been several diving deaths on Bull Shoals that were believed to have been related to divers getting tangled up. Plus, Bull Shoals, Table Rock and Norfork Lakes are all deep. The basin of Norfork was clear cut, bldgs torn down and fences removed. I remember all 3 dams being built, but am more familiar with Norfork.
Thank you very much for posting this nice video. I spent a good 20 years diving this lake (much at the dam) and have not been down in a while. It was great to see it again! I hear the "Enchanted Forest" is really nice, especially when there is a full moon.
I was free diving in Table Rockj Lake in 1969 down to about 15 feet and the water was so clear I could see forever. And I did not need goggles, just my open eyes and the water was so clean I never felt it on my eyes. The water here is green, not clear.
So cool! It really is a whole other World down there. We are going this weekend to dive to try and find a Cherokee mound at 30ft on the east side of Tn. Hopefully visibility will be good enough to video it.
When I left in 93 , I was working on tieing a cable from the south pillar of Kimberling city Bridge to the old Bridge for experienced divers to explore
Probably a dumb question for someone who knows the answer, but I'm wondering how the trees are still standing after so many years. I would think they would decompose. Lack of oxygen or cold temperature perhaps?
Tommy, the trees were there before they built the dam & flooded the river to make the lake. They are all dead now but still standing all over the lake.
+FRANK THOMPSON so do the trees stay preserved (unless changed by other occasional forces such as boat motors) or do they slowly break down/apart due to decay?
The trees do slowly deteriorate but the water is so cold that it takes a lot longer than if they were not under water. The dam was built in the 1950's so you can see it takes a very long time.
I just started free diving and Spearfishing. I am in Springfield mo was wondering if you knew a good place I could paddle out to from the campground beside the big bridge off hwy 4?
there wasn't a need to cut down every tree since they would be so deep and perhaps they left them for the fish(but I figure it was just because they didn't want to). I have always seen trees deeper than 30' and stumps from 30' and up.
Not always! Scott Suggs got 2nd in an FLW on the rock a couple years ago and fishing for spotted bass suspended at 60-100ft over 90-120ft of water! If you're out there in february or march, you'll see some big numbers of big spots out there! But the last thing i'm thinking about doing in feb/march is jumping in the lake haha!
