Talk:Toledo Bend Reservoir

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Perch

I used to go fishing. It turned out just to be for sport. All I ever caught were tiny perch, so I'd throw them back.

In NYC, all we seem to ever have lately is Salmon or Tilapia. I don't even know what a Tilapia is. I'm not from this part of the country.

I'm used to eating shrimp that fed off the bottom of the basin of the Mississippi. Now, that is the epitome of bottom feeding.

I bought and actually ate some perch from a store mid-town a few months. It felt like a low point in my life. I wanted some fish. Salmon just seems too heavy. This is a difficult place to live. It's really for those who are young and fit and don't mind all the effort it takes to acquire things. But, I have thought, given possible problems in the future, living where you can use alternate modes of transportation might not be the worst idea, even if it's not what one wants to do.

I'm sure I'm not the only one impacted in an ever changing world. But, the idea of eating something so tiny that I'd just throw it back if I caught it myself was distressing.

I hear some people like bass a lot. I was always a snapper fan back when the best restaurant in BR, La. still had the original owners and recipes. Note: If you are going to buy a restaurant with a reputation for its food, make sure to get the recipes.

Toledo Bend is great for recreation. I loved boating around and sport fishing, although there wasn't usually much biting. Exploring the area was fun.

They have some pretty cool camping places in New York. The one I went to made me feel like I was in the middle of the woods in Texas, but I was five minutes from a shopping center.

However, thanks to good folk in NYC that brought me to see the Texas Chain Saw Massacre and things like the Blair Witch project, I probably won't be going out soon.

Oh, great, now, I've scared myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:E940:B400:FD04:93A2:68C0:13AD (talk) 04:38, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

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External links

Moved excessive "External links" here, per WP:ELPOINTS #3 and WP:What Wikipedia is not, for a discussion on permanent exclusion or incorporating into the article:

• North Toledo Bend State Park -- for lodging and outdoor activities on the north end of Toledo Bend Reservoir
• South Toledo Bend State Park -- for lodging and outdoor activities within sight of the Toledo Bend Dam
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Toledo Bend Reservoir
• Sam Forse Collins Recreation Area, maintained by the Sabine River Authority of Texas
• Toledo Bend: Hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, Second Session, to Develop Ideas Regarding Steps the Federal Government Can Take to Increase the Economic Benefits of the Toledo Bend Project to the Region, Many, LA, May 17, 2014
• Toledo Bend Reservoir Navigation and Bathymetric map

Article expansion

I am attempting to expand the article. Having been under the weather, and now going back to work, it will likely be in spurts. One historical aspect is the media touting that it is the largest manmade reservoir in the south built by an agreement between two states without federal aid. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, under federal jurisdiction, had to consider flood control and determined the cost exceeded the benefits as a flood control project, so it didn't qualify. The autonomous authorities that are over the reservoir, other reservoirs and dams along the Sabine River, have shown that flood control is not their concern. It may be interesting to note, as consideration, that there have been studies on a scenario of a collapse, or partial collapse (25% failure), of the dam and the aftermath. With more than 90,000 dams blocking waterways in the U.S., a recorded history of an average of 10 dam failures a year, sixty-nine dams being removed in 2020, and a possibility of more than limited downstream damages, this might be worth exploring. The Orange, Texas area has a large population and would be directly in any downstream flow should a dam failure occur. -- Otr500 (talk) 12:46, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Vandalism

Somebody wrote "AMONG US1" in the "See Also" tab. I don't think this relates to the article at all, and should be removed. 2600:1006:B044:DEF5:7168:11C3:B8CA:A49B (talk) 18:40, 27 November 2021 (UTC)