Fort Worth Katy Lake Draining for the Construction of Seminary South Shopping Mall January 17 1959

WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Clip: Katy lake], video, January 17, 1959;
1 film (1 min., 37 sec.): si., b&w ; 16 mm.
January 17, 1959.
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TRANSCRIPT
KATY LAKE 1-1-11
The Water is still draining out of Katy Lake in Fort Worth.
Its so shallow now the big fish are without a proper roof over their backs.
Sleet was bouncing off the big fish last night, and the little ones that tried to make it down the drainage sluice met a freezing death in the wire trap built by the game and fish commission. Only a few small perch ventured out of the old fishing hole.
The big uns are still out in the middle threshing around the ooze. Today two boating parties ventured out across the silt, and their efforts with the nets were highly rewarding .
Just about every cast netted a fish----a big bass, a big cat or carp.
The men in the boat say the fish were easy to see moving about in the shallow water, but the boats are difficult to maneuver...//
The old Lake is being dried up to make way for a new shopping center. The owners of the land have kept the public from the lake site
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3. Draining of the Lake has been going on for about a week and a half. The lake was built in 1908 by the Katy Railroad. Over the past weekend , thousands of persons turned out to view the drainage operations, perhaps in hopes of seeing some big fish taken from the Lake. But yesterday marked the first appearance of any fish of even frying size .
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5. KATY LAKE 2-2-2
it is drained and filled in. Its believed the lake will ---be emptied of water-- COMPLETELY DRAINED in about another 24 hours.
MEN POSING WITH CATFISH
This catfish in the center weighs about 40 pounds. The drum on the right will weigh about 15 pounds.
The men who netted the catfish, construction company employees , say they will keep the cat (him) , but they turn over the nest of the catch to the Aquarium.
Lawrence Curtins and Doc Smith of the aquarium staff brought in two big carp and a big drum in their boat. The bass average five to six pounds. some will go as high as eight pounds.
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