If your planning on fishing Lake Cumberland!

Here are some dates you may want to avoid :D;

[B]Info provided by State Dock[/B]
[I][B]August 13, 2011 - Lake Cumberland Raft-Up[/B][/I]
Location: Camp Earl Wallace
Activities: All day fun, no official record (No Guinness) will be set, but lets break it anyway. Caught Red Handed to play once again during the day on State Dock's floating stage. DJ to play before and after show. Listen on 89.1 from afar.


[I][B]August 26 and 27, 2011 - In Water Houseboat ExpoLocation[/B][/I]: State Dock
Activities: Many, Many, Many Houseboating vendors to be located throughout the dock showcasing the latest in boating and accessories. Food vendors as well, including specials at the State Dock Cafe. Admission prices and specific vendors to be announced.

Saturday on the Party Barge: Karaoke Contest. $$$$ Four finalist to be selected and play before the band on Saturday night. Prizes to be rewarded.

Band Friday night: Tim Talbert Project (Motown) - Awesome band
Band Saturday night: A true Buffet band, so good they had to change their name because Jimmy Buffet him self said they sounded just like him. Admission to band is free with admission to the expo and slip customers.

[B][I]September 2-5, 2011 - Labor Day Weekend[/I][/B]
Activities: Karaoke on Friday night, food specials at the Cafe
Band: Austin Hicks Band (Country)

[B][I]September 9-11, 2011 - 2011 Lake Cumberland Poker Run[/I][/B] brought to you by State Dock
Activities: Only the greatest land locked power boating display in America. The renowned Lake Cumberland Poker Runs, brings speed, beautiful extravagant power boats, and a great time to Lake Cumberland. Admission is free during the day to tour the dock and see the boats. At night time, the party begins. Friday night is Annabelle Road, State Dock's hot new band. They have played the last two years at State Dock's Customer Appreciation, and they are just amazing. On Saturday the stage is transformed for Caught Red Handed to bring down the house with their annual Poker Run performance. What a show they put on. Both nights on the party barges is Bill Kingerly's killer laser and booming sound system show.
Bands: Friday - Annabelle Road (Country)
Saturday - Caught Red Handed (Rock)

** Wrist bands are limited for Slip Customers based on type of slip rented. Extra's may be purchased.
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Lake Cumberland Docks COMPLETELY wear me out with all their entertainment. I wonder what happened to the time when a man and his buddy, a man and his wife, a man and his son or a man and his family went to the lake for the sole purpose of taking part in lake activities such as camping, laying around in the shade, listening to the grand ol opry on a tranistor radio when the station could come in, skipping rocks, playing an acoustic guitar, studying and looking for different birds, salamanders, turtles, playing checkers, and just hanging out and meeting other like minded people.

I recently saw a poll on lake cumberlands website that asked what type of music people prefer to listen to while they're at the lake. I remember one person responded as indicating his preference didn't matter because it was usually whatever some moron with a thumpin' bass wanted him to hear.

There oughta be a law I'm tellin' ya...