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Thinking about heading to Monroe next Monday. Is lake still high Are all ramps open? I do not get down there very often so If you could help me I would appreciate it. If ramps are limited can anyone give me an idea were to put in closet to dam. Thanks guys.
Steve
Steve,
You can get direct information by calling the Paynetown SRA office (812) 837-9546. The ramp at Paynetown can handle high water levels.
You can check water levels by linking to;
[url]http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/wc/reports/lkreport.html[/url]
It currently is 9ft above summer pool.
There is a ramp at the dam. Access is from Indiana 37.
Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it! I will give them a call!
Paynetown is a fairly shallow ramp. If your boat is very large you will have to do some wading, but it is launchable. Cutright is under water. Don't know about Moores Creek. Hardin Ridge would be a good one and so would the ramp at the dam; both are pretty steep and would not be too impressed by high water.
Have to agree about Paynetown. Tried to put my boat in there last week and couldn't manage it. Went over to the high-water ramp at Cutright (not the regular Cutright ramp) and had no problem.
I was at Monroe last Saturday and launched at Moore's creek without much trouble. When the water is high the ramp at the Dam, Moore's creek, and the new ramp at Four Winds (Fairfax State Park) are good choices and also good choices if your coming from State Road 37. Also if you launch at the dam or Moore's creek you won't have to pay a park entrance fee. If you launch at Paynetown, Hardin Ridge, or Four Winds you will have to pay a park entrance fee. One other note, as of last weekend the DNR had yet to install the docks next to the boatramps for temporary boat parking. I launched by myself therefore I had to drive my boat into the muddy bank and hop out to go park my truck. Hope this helps.
if you go across the **** there is a ramp there salt creek ramp its real steep you will have to turn around at the top and back down the hill its rite by the ****
Thanks again guys. My dad is coming out from Iowa so we may go hunt some wipers or walleyes.
Let us know how you do!
Trip got pushed till next friday but i will post upon return!
good luck hope my info on the ramp helped
If you are fishing for wipers, go to Sugar Creek and throw anything shiney. I was in there last Friday trying to bass fish and couldn't get away from them. I caught around 10 and lost just as many. They were all in the 7-10 pound range. I caught most of them on a lucky craft pointer, but the way they were acting, they would have hit anything. As far as where to put in, the dam ramp, the new ramp at Fairfax, or Hardin Ridge would be your best bets for the lower end of the lake.