The more we talk about Bluegrass F&W area the more people know about it and the more people love it to death.

I knew that when the IDNR relaxed the motor requirements that these water would be more crowded with larger boats. When Bluegrass First opened it was a canoe or trolling motor boat type lake. It was hard to use my small <16 ft Aluminu Bass boat with it's older Motor Guide HAWG (1978 vintage) trolling motor when the winds kicked up. At times I had to wait for a South to North blowing wind to calm down before I could get back to the South Launch ramp. I got stuck by the Beaver Lodge in the "H" section of the pit for several hours until near sunset as my electric trolling motor and battery were not powerful enough to pull my boat into the wind. . I've since rectified that problem with a newer more powerful Minnkota Trolling Motor and a new more powerful Optima Deep Cycle Battery that I keep fully charged each time I use it. IE I go home and charge the battery up right away and then trickle charge it often to keep if in good shape.

Now sometime after the lakes opened to the public around 2004/5 the IDNR started to allow gas motors on the lake. They are required to go at "Idle Speed" only but idle speed means different things to different people. See my U tube videos. Do a search for speeding on bluegrass pit in the google U Tube videos online. Not everyone obeys the speed limits out there. Now I can see if a storm had snuck up on you while you are fishing and there is lighting starting up. That's when I would kick it into high gear and risk getting a ticket instead of getting struck by lighting out on the water. But I've never had to do that. I don't go fishing when there are thunder storms near by and if I am out fishing an a thunderstorm springs up I head into the launch ramp and get off the water. I was only 8 years old and living down in Florida when a man got hit by lighting while out on the water in his boat. That made the local news papers in Clearwater Florida back in 1957 summer or maybe it was in 1958. Either way he died and that made a huge impression on me. I don't get on the water when there is a chance of lighting around. You are the tallest thing on the water usually and for some reason lighting and water are attracted to each other. And if you are on top of the water when the lighting strikes then you are toast.

But Back to the increasing number of boats, kayaks and people fishing and using the area. I posted a link in another thread about fishing etiquette. Everyone should read though some of the comments and maybe add some of your own comments in that thread. Please keep it civil though.


[QUOTE=Moveon;559984]The more we post about BG the more people that come to fish there and the more crowded it gets?

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