I drove out to Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area and checked out all the different ramps last week after going up to Suger Ridge first. I noticed that the Loon Pit was closed again at the North End where they build the concrete launch ramp. The South end doesn't have a real launch ramp just a bit of gravel next to the parking lot that you can launch a small boat on.

The North End of Bluegrass Pit was also closed. The South end of Bluegrass Pit has not been closed from what I've seen. But back in or around 2006 my boat trailer got a broken axle after pulling my boat out of the water at the South End of Bluegrass Pit. And that year the water was low like it is now. When the water gets low the end of the ramp is closer to the shoreline and it's easier to have your trailer wheels drop off the end of the concrete. They poured concrete slabs on the shoreline and or used some precast concrete slabs and pushed them into the water one by one with a dozer when they made the concrete launch ramp at the South End of Bluegrass Pit. I guess they did the same thing with the other concrete launch ramps out there. The culvert that runs under Boonville New Harmony Road and that connected Bluegrass Pit's South end to the North end of Loon Pit has been clogged up. I'm not sure what clogged it up over the years. My guess was the beavers hearing running water instinctively hauled sticks and mud to the culver and plugged it up to raise the water level in Bluegrass Pit. I noticed a lot more of the young trees along the shoreline at the South end of Bluegrass Pit were cut down by the beavers. This made for some good shoreline fishing and new cover for the fish and food for the beavers. The beavers have been in this pit ever since I first stated fishing Bluegrass Pit back in 2003 after the IDNR put in the new concrete boat launch ramps. I would not risk launching my old boat with a 2 wheel drive truck when the ramps were made out of gravel only. So I only started fishing Bluegrass after they built the concrete launch ramps at Bluegrass, Loon and Otter Pits. I've actually seen the beavers swimming in the H section of the South End of Bluegrass Pit one evening back when it was trolling motors only. The trolling motor didn't scare them like a gas motor and they were swimming in the water about 40 yards from my boat. I was done fishing for the day and it was getting dark and I was heading back to the launch ramp from the H part of the Pit. Two beavers were observed and they did the dive and tail slap on the waters surface when I got closer to them. They can swim pretty fast compared to my boat with the trolling motor only. .

Well I'm going to go back and watch TV and see what happened in Charlotte, NC tonight. Hopefully the National Guard will setting these protestors down tonight and stop the carnage. Last night I was upset with what I was seeing. People attacking the news people and the police and one civilian getting shot and killed. Not good. Why don't they just go fishing instead?




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Used the ramp of Saturday morning and it was fine. I think it was because of the significant water drop that led to people falling off the back of the ramp. The lake fishes a lot differently now that is about 6 feet lower. I miss not being able to flip a lot of the shallow brush and trees.

We had a good day Saturday, catching over 10 bass and 3 keepers (3.7 lbs, 4.10 lbs, 4.13 lbs) which we always put back. The fish were pretty scattered and we got bit deep, shallow, and in between. The water is down to 78 degrees and definitely starting to move the bass to a fall pattern. It was a lot of fun and I see almost everyone catching catch and release out there that is bass fishing, which is pretty awesome.