Lake Amistad Danger Below!

Lake Amistad underwater cement tank. Tank rim was 2ft under water with deeper water surrounding. Could be bad in such big open water to just be flying across and hit that! Amistad Dam's construction began in December 1964 and was completed in November 1969. There were many structures and roads that were flooded. Ranch houses, cement windmill tanks, the old dam near Rough Canyon called "Lake Walk Dam", walls, bridges, and even cement picnic tables that were on along the old road that are still intact today. This is one of five that I know of. Here is an example of what your looking at. Cement Tank : mannaprecastconcrete.com/yahoo...
#dangerous
#LakeAmistad
#lookout

[@thompson427]

I guess marking it with a buoy or something is too futuristic thinking.

[@mysticker11]

yea sending a man to mars...soon possible but cant put out a dam buoy lol~!

[@MrAtrophy]

it's Texas , it doesn't have horns and isn't oil, a gun or a vagina so they ignore it.

[@bradsyfert8041]

Too busy making sure a candy wrapper doesn't fall out of someone's pocket.....

[@mikefranklin1253]

@@MrAtrophy is it on the Texas side?

[@joeleggett9138]

If it's on the Mexican side of the lake they're thinking Buoy's? We don't need no stinking buoys.

[@dee7353]

I cannot believe they don’t have a flag or buoy there. That is crazy.

[@randomguy2369]

I felt so cool when he put the shades on us.

[@Riley_187]

Dude really put the glasses on us lol

[@JMDrives]

Work though. Didn't noticed it at first.

[@AceRaps2CleanHisMind]

Polaroid glasses is for fishing helps you see through the water amigo 👍🏻

[@AceRaps2CleanHisMind]

Its blocks the reflection on the surface of the water and highlights Grey area's such as fish. If you go to a fish shop there will be a sticker there to test the glasses when you look at that sticker with the naked eye you can't see anything as soon as you put the polaroid glasses on you will see a fish logo. This helps you understand why many fisherman don't wear the glasses on a sunny day because of the sun but to spot depths and fish easier.

[@nozrep]

yes aceraps but the word you seek is “polarized” not polaroid. hahaha super close though and I think that from now on I am going to call all polarized sunglasses polaroid sunglasses because it is fun and makes me chuckle a little! And then if someone tryna correct me like I did to you I will ask them what the scientific difference between polaroid and polarized means. lolz🙃

[@KTDELRUS]

@@JMDrives Yeah that was an experiment, I had no idea it would work that well!

[@isaactrujillo76]

What in the blade soundtrack. Lol

[@dillonwhitten781]

🤣😂🤣👍✌️

[@isaactrujillo76]

@@dillonwhitten781 🤣 ✌🏽

[@tj9585]

This that blade ride out music

[@Riley_187]

Yoooo honestly lmaooo

[@isaactrujillo76]

@@tj9585 right!

[@tobymitchell1992]

Probllay just gave off the location of a secret nuke launch site

[@M-E-G-A]

Awesome choice of music. My shoulders was movin’ and groovin’!

[@ReginaTrans_]

Yes dad

[@jeffgraham436]

Mark the damn thing!

[@ayokay123]

30mph = instant death. Why is it not thoroughly marked?

[@jaredsciguy1634]

The thumbnail alone was sufficient to tell that story lol

[@jasonlacroix6083]

There's probably a few outboard motors down there. Missing the lower units of course.

[@Gstar5150]

There's probably a few Tank Largemouths down there too, what an awesome structure to fish!!

[@michaelh.4535]

When you’re on a man made lake, always be aware of things like this!! Especially if the lake is low!! Take care!!

[@andypandytangerine3044]

WTF is that feckin music about, thought I was at a rave 🤪

[@hookedonthebay3890]

40 dislikes? Imagine you're flying acrossed the lake and all of a sudden everyone goes flying. Best case your lower unit goes bye bye and you're stranded. I know a few places like that it tampa, FL. Always be cautious fellow boaters.

[@dunruden9720]

acrossed??

[@DominiDiscord]

Lower units are designed to break away to prevent pulling the motor through the transom, on I/O boats.

[@hookedonthebay3890]

@@DominiDiscord that's nice to know. You'd still be stuck and out of a lot of money

[@BriantWoodworks]

The local city lake here has an old grain silo in it that is a couple feet down just like that. Seen it as a kid during a major drought when it actually stood above water level.

[@jamesfranklin5541]

Too few people know about this, too little documentation exists. Thank you

[@KTDELRUS]

On this lake you have to watch for things like that because the level fluctuates so much you never know what's going to be submerged the next time you go. But right now the lake is at 50% so its way out of that water now.

[@izzimichaels2892]

that should be marked with a buoy.

[@KTDELRUS]

Naw the water level goes up and down so much that you wouldn't be able to keep one on it.

[@izzimichaels2892]

@@KTDELRUS seems like there should be some way to alert boaters, that thing is a really bad day waiting to happen.

[@markybarra3289]

We almost hit it once, never knew it was there until we drove literally 2 feet away from it. Glad more know about this! Thanks

[@KTDELRUS]

Well no worries now because its 10 feet out of water as of today!

[@Grbherbtpusy48]

You don't " drive " a boat

[@markybarra3289]

@@Grbherbtpusy48 👌🏾

[@bradbutcher3984]

@@KTDELRUS what is it?

[@KTDELRUS]

@@bradbutcher3984 Pre 1968 cement windmill holding tank

[@kennethwallace4338]

Man and I used to worry about Sand Bars🙄. Could picture someone running their v8 60 something mph into that, won't be a tank or a boat left.

[@westmibaddrivers2573]

looks like a good place for some underwater demolition.

[@normsweet1710]

I used to drive US 90 on my way to LA , always wondered where the “old road “ was. Though I don’t fish or have occasion to know the obstacles; it’s good to get a history lesson now and again 👍. Thank You

[@KTDELRUS]

The old highway 90 is now SPUR 406, it goes right into the lake like a boat ramp!

[@Pringle2]

oh damn i never knew about this while i was swimming there well not in that part of course but thank you for this

[@KTDELRUS]

It's in the middle of the lake, you won't be near it from the bank.

[@Pringle2]

@@KTDELRUS thank you for telling me

[@DirtIsFree]

Channel owner did you reach out to anyone other then yt . Like your local news in area.. Might save a life if you did.. Thanks for sharing.. Stay safe out there on the water. . God bless

[@TILEROB]

No shit 😂😂

[@jerrydewitt8585]

Just goes to prove, you never know what's below when your flying across the water..

[@bird4dbk420]

Damn.... Good lookin out! 🍻

[@jamesmurray6348]

Wow that's extremely dangerous definitely need to go slow through there.

[@XxDezzy62xX]

Why?

[@oscarlumbreras7124]

I heard that there is a whole town under water. The workers that built the dam lived there until the lake filled. Not sure if that's true.

[@FootballClubDavid_WI_USA]

It is.

[@johnchalleen3278]

dam it

[@David-eu1ms]

Same thing with Canyon lake.

[@GodBlessedAmerica]

2’ feet below the surface and 25’ in diameter and it’s completely unmarked for boater safety. Wow. Is it an back up overflow pipe for the lake?

[@sarasmith1635]

We are headed out there this weekend. Just wondering if you could give me some landmark to look for to watch out for this?

[@KTDELRUS]

heading south from rough canyon towards diablo east it will be on your left after windmill canyon, if the water has dropped since March then it will be visible and you wont have to worry about it. stay in the channel you'll be ok! Have fun b safe and catch a big one!

[@sarasmith1635]

Awesome! Thanks for the info! First time on Amistad so pretty excited.

[@KTDELRUS]

@@sarasmith1635 It's beautiful, make sure you go up the Devils river and see the springs!

[@benwilliams1554]

@@sarasmith1635 o

[@thomasrobinette3227]

The landmark is a giant concrete circle. Lookout for it

[@mysticmeadow9116]

Looks like a good place to catch a lunker (what my dad used to call a huge bass)

[@tblcville]

Many coastal areas use cemwnt rings like this blocks on for artificial reef/ and to help stop erosion

[@petrifiedpk672]

My thalasaphobia would have already noped me out.

[@tommyhunter1817]

Why is there not a warning buoy?

[@owlperchedsilo3745]

Tommy Hunter, he removed it before filming

[@nozrep]

haha maybe hut prolly not. but also, lake level was way down. It’s usually way deeper and those old tanks are too far underwater to be a bad risk like this when the water level is low or when the surrounding areas are in drought conditions

[@brianthorpe3180]

Was looking for neo from the matrix to pop out with that music playing

[@janineboitard6492]

A transom killer... imagine a foggy rainy twilight going full throttle with your dual Merc 250s?

[@KTDELRUS]

Almost happened, that's how I found it. I was cutting across that point it sits on in 45ft of water, then all the sudden I saw something to my right glowing underwater. Lucky I had polarized glasses on! Also lucky I was on the South end of it! It's way out of the water now though.

[@gEtar87]

The danger is being anywhere near it without a motor. That is a drain. When it is open, there is no escape on a kayak

[@capitanmarcoscapitanmarcos3538]

Not a drain. Old cistern for storing water from a windmill before the dam was built and got covered with water. Lot of those still in use on ranches in the area

[@ChillinHD]

read the description

[@oneofthosepeople2101]

Surprised it hasn’t been marked with a couple buoys

[@brettsoyars4341]

Surely if the lake was at a fuller level that thing would not be visible.

[@KTDELRUS]

Exactly why I posted it, We almost ran right over the top of it! 1117 is full and at that point it should be about 23ft below. So when the water level is at About 1107 to about 1105, start looking out for it!

[@bellametallica]

Why does this creep me out?

[@KTDELRUS]

Ever watch "The Ring", that's why! LOL

[@SURENITY]

This would make the perfect platform for a bedroom sized island! Perhaps put some concrete benches and waterslides! 😃

[@skeetermcswagger0U812]

Does anybody know how tall that water tank was before the Lake was filled or how deep the water is?

[@nozrep]

those are all over ranches in WTX/SouthTX. I think but am not sure but I think that historically those ranchers/landowners that had settled and owned those lands from like the 1800’s built em for cattle and sheep and goat water troughs. There were several we used to pass all the time on a ranch my dad leased for deer hunting and I remember thinking they looked real old. They were as tall as me or taller when I would walk up to them so that means those old ranch tanks are at least 6 feet tall. But I think I could peer over the top on my tiptoes and they always had a bunch of algae in them or on them. But yah super old and tall from what I can remember.

[@nozrep]

also can wikipedia Lake Amistad since it is technically a border crossing. All sorts of “official” and historical info on it also on TX dot gov or TPWD websites I think but can’t totally remember.

[@Gstar5150]

I can't believe you didn't throw a jig down in that thing. LoL imagine being a fish and getting stuck in that thing because the waters too low.

[@KTDELRUS]

We did fish it first, but yeah getting stuck in that thing would turn you into a fishstick soon after!

[@Gstar5150]

@@KTDELRUS LoL fish sticks are good tho 🤣

[@KTDELRUS]

@@Gstar5150 The water is super low down there right now and headed there again in 2 weeks, fingers crossed!

[@Caprifool]

Not every little bump is marked here either. But they sure as hell are marked in the charts. Don't you have charts over there?

[@michaeldavies717]

The entrance to a Bond villains lair

[@SURENITY]

That thing is at least 25 feet tall?? Is it a part of a former tunnel of some sort?

[@jaxontriffec184]

Yikes, old cement silo.. imagine your prop hitting that going 30 or 40mph

[@KTDELRUS]

or 70!!!!

[@ayokay123]

Your prop would break. Imagine instead if your boat's draft is more than two feet and you hit that. At 30mph, you're most likely dead.

[@aaronrodden8121]

It would be like this...one second your cruising on the lake catching the breeze and the next your boat disappeared but now you're running on the water and you look beside ya and there is Jesus running too like "sup dude?' didn't see it did ya??

[@saleemjavaid8870]

This music was on late 90s- early 00’s video game but can’t remember which one.

[@jonpotter1632]

I think it’s from the burnout series, can’t find it yet. Absolute banger for shredding your lower unit! 🤘

[@ARJ11569]

Did you report it to tp&w or lake patrol?

[@tblcville]

Lots of them around rigs in in the gulf of.mex

[@davidevans3175]

Love the underwater cement tank music.

[@jessperson9750]

That should have a marker. Damn.

[@heatshield]

Nobody tagged that with a buoy yet? Come on, man, drill a floaty into it for petes sake.

[@stingray2173]

Yes use a drill under water

[@heatshield]

@@stingray2173 I do it every summer. Of course I don't mean just any drill. Someone going out to do that dangerous job would probably know what I mean.

[@ronaldgillaspy9654]

It’s an old ranch cement water tank.

[@KTDELRUS]

Yes sir, pre 1968

[@bkburg4611]

@@KTDELRUS why is it in the lake?

[@warhound7781]

Because it wasn't always a lake....

[@KTDELRUS]

@@warhound7781 Right, many lakes are just like this one!

[@brandonrasberry4594]

Damn this music be thumpin for a water video

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Where is this?

[@happyjack1082]

It’s an old crapper tank!

[@joel1964.]

Crop circle..👽

[@clintwilson6380]

Good1!

[@tx_outlaw7951]

Why is this not marked off with reflectors

[@jeffarp7409]

What exactly is it?

[@Zog-mh4wq]

Everything is fine. No current pulling down. Probably a filled drain filled with cement. It being shallow is only danger to the bottom of the boat

[@bradbrown8759]

Wow that looks dangerous. And spooky. A diver or go pro would be nice. Probably smashed boats & bones for a hundred feet around it.

[@samuelsuiaunoa5004]

Is that a megalithic structure?

[@mrBDeye]

That will damage the outboard engine for sure.

[@michaelharrison622]

news flash.. Alien spaceship one meter below water. Ain't I been saying it miguel

[@donnawoodman6249]

LOL 😂

[@anthonys7534]

Does it show up in the charts?

[@KTDELRUS]

Not on mine, I'm using the Hotmaps South

[@pureifiedagony1134]

What is it exactly? Sorry if I’m dumb

[@nozrep]

no you good you must never be afraid to ask the question lol. In old “cowboy” ranch days, they built cement or concrete water tanks and put little but long troughs beside them that helped water the cattle and any other animal that need a sip lol. Filled up by your old traditional style windmill that would pump water into the circular tank and fill it up when the wind would blow the windmill which would cause the pump to pump in the water. Haha there you go. There you have it. And this one got submerged when they dammed up the Rio Grande to build this lake.

[@pureifiedagony1134]

@@nozrep that’s actually cool but yeah they should put up warnings then if people decide to go through

[@atheed9426]

What is it?

[@e-reptiledysfunction2243]

U found the ring of power

[@opiebadazz1174]

If thats a overflow pipe it would have a wirlpool unless it stopped up

[@earlleighbyrd6083]

I thought it was the base of an old solo, from before they built a dam.. Idk

[@iLitAfuseiCantStop]

I cant believe theres not a buoy marker. It's a small cost to potentially save someones boat or life.

[@sewashburn0529]

Demolishing the old silos would have been good training for the National Guard. We have the same problems on the TVA lakes.

[@seanpinkey2188]

I blacked out and killed 30 vampires. I don't remember much, but I think the video was pretty good.

[@thisguy7010]

What was that?

[@irhuntin]

well seems like someone would put a bouy there or would put up some flags

[@tomaroni6670]

The Beaver Lake in NW Arkansas near me was created by damming the upper white river by the Corps of Enginerrs in the mid 60's. This was mainly created as a future water source which now 55 years later is greatly needed. After years of mostly being a recreational lake it's water is now providing needs for 5 surrounding constantly growing counties......in the mid summer as the lake gets lower and lower due to more and more water usage, the local Corps of Engineers has a standing request for recreational users of Beaver Lake to report unmarked water hazards seen as the water level reaches new lows annually.....last year a new underwater hazard was identified and promptly reported to the ACoE...it was a solid concrete house foundation and steps just 3 feet below the surface atop a underwater hill top located in the center of a wide main waterway where no one expected the water to be shallow....it is now marked with a self retracting hazard bouy thanks to the Arkansas Corps of Engineers....such a simple fix, what's the issue with the entity responsible at Lake Amistad?

[@nozrep]

one issue among many is that it is literally a piece of the border along Mexico/Texas. In the past two decades the feds have been hampering the border guards duties to enforce immigration laws. Regardless of your politics that is a component of the issues at play.

[@nozrep]

so that’s not really relevant to what you asked maybe haha so i do not then know why they would simply put in a retractable buoy like you said that would extend and retract with fluctuating lake levels. But yah also droughts are intermittent but regular in this region of Texas on the border. It’s technically geologically a part of either the northern Chihuahan desert or norther Sonoran desert can’t remember which.

[@tomaroni6670]

@@nozrep thanks for your comment towards mine...I'm not sure why a simple retractable hazard bouy can't be installed unless you are saying it's not in Texas? Anyway ...politics I don't believe has anything to do with my point...good luck with yours...I guess?

[@dustineiffler7145]

What is it???

[@roblamb8327]

...And I thought that this was proof that the Mysterons had landed!

[@davidlapointe4656]

In Florida we call that structure!

[@ferrallderrall6588]

Nasty bit there

[@janipod]

And what is it now?

[@lothean2099]

Anyone see that video with the Mr clean guy and two girl in that speed boat. They hit something like that. Lol

[@Ali-7676]

What is it? A caisson?

[@bkl8804]

Ahhhh and I thought it was a watery portal to hell or something.

[@toniroark7535]

Ya it's totally out of the water now. Amistad is the lowest I've ever seen it. We need rain in Texas so bad.

[@KTDELRUS]

The old dam at Rough Canyon is out of the water you can't even cross into the Devils River from Diablo East!

[@plutus205]

What is that?

[@MrNick-]

Look! Hazard in the lake. Let me do some ecstasy first

[@integr8er66]

Try running on the Mississippi some time, we call em wing dams just like this only they are all over. Now a decent person would throw a few buoys out there for the next guy.

[@michaelcowan6254]

I agree Why is this not marked?

[@integr8er66]

@@michaelcowan6254 I think because at normal pool it is 23 ft under water

[@KTDELRUS]

@@integr8er66 Correct, they can't mark everything!

[@walterkersting6238]

I see it’s a concrete something or other, what is it and what’s it doing there?

[@donnawoodman6249]

Read the description, it’ll tell you everything 👍

[@walterkersting6238]

@@donnawoodman6249 you can’t just tell me?

[@lordot8665]

Yo what song is used in this? I feel motivated!

[@KTDELRUS]

I don't remember, sorry

[@kw1257]

Remember that song original version - FLK (UK)

[@randyblackburn9765]

Sounds about like the music from newer Footloose

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

@@randyblackburn9765 : Ha, right after, he discovered ecstasy and 90s rave.

[@hawglee6623]

Fish on

[@captng]

That looks dangerous perhaps they should limit watercraft activity.

[@deirdreward3452]

What was that ???? Someone please please tell me ....I was actually scared

[@CanadaBoyRocks66]

What is it anyways

[@autumnmccall6156]

What the heck? Are there more sink holes on Amistad? Looks man-made......

[@KTDELRUS]

It is man made, back in 1968 when they flooded the area when the Dam was built, this was cement water tank, filled by a windmill. It was a water storage tank for either an old ranch house or livestock or maybe both. Have you ever seen the old ranch house that usually is underwater? When the lake gets low you can find it.

[@ryanworley2970]

@@KTDELRUS the house is gorgeous! fished around it last week, a must see for anybody

[@user-jj3tw1sr7o]

Why didn’t you put the GPS numbers for this hazard in the video? Every smartphone with a compass on it can generate the coordinates.

[@KTDELRUS]

because I put them in the comments already

[@user-jj3tw1sr7o]

@@KTDELRUS As a reply to a comment. It just seems if one would take the time to film this and put it on KZbin, common sense would dictate putting the coordinates IN the video for fellow boaters to benefit from.

[@KTDELRUS]

@@user-jj3tw1sr7o Well they can read I would hope. You could start doing that in YOUR videos.

[@bamabama7938]

What is it

[@xzysyndrome]

The music for this video could have been replaced by Helen Ready...the Las Vegas years...and it would have fit better.

[@flowdane5139]

What in the John Wick is going on

[@distinctivemf1918]

Inner Earth access.

[@KTDELRUS]

It's the door to China

[@davebutz2976]

Where is this lake?

[@KTDELRUS]

Del Rio, Texas