Advice on Weekend cabin Near KY Lake

[kistler67]

I found a nice small cabin that I can actually afford. I have some concerns.

1) I live 7 hours away. Too far for a weekend place??? Upkeep?

2) The cabin is located near Paris/Big Sandy area. I fish about 6-8 tournaments a year out of either the dam, Moors or Kuttawa. I am sure that is probably a 1.25 hour drive. Not real convenient.


Good things

1) I fish the Blood River South a lot as well as Little River South.

2) Its priced right and I think a good investment as well as a place to getaway!!


Any thoughts are appreciated. Dave? Danny?

[Dave Stewart]

Some thoughts on it:

7 hours is a long trip for a two day weekend and you would probably find yourself not doing that a lot once the newness wore off. For a 3 day weekend not all that bad in my book..so if you get a lot of 3 day weekends maybe it is feasable.

Not sure if you are fishing trail tourneys out of the dam, Moor's and Kuttawa or opens. If you are fishing open's, you will find plenty of them going out of Paris...some trail tourneys too so you might consider fishing some of them rather than some of the tourneys farther away.

If you are doing a lot of fun fishing down south (below blood and little river) and launching on the north end to get there then you would save a lot of gas but I would expect you are probably already launching from down in that area.

Have no idea about the upkeep. Would depend a lot I would think on the condition of the cabin and also if the lot has a lot of built in upkeep like grass to be mowed, leaves to be raked etc...

Investment wise if it is a good deal I don't think you can loose any money on it....if the prices around here keep going up like they have the past 5 or 6 years you can't help but make money on it.

If it is a cabin you would not be using real often you might consider renting it out to folks coming down here for a few days or week at a time. That is getting to be a very popular thing down here with a lot of cabins and houses for folks that want to own one here but can't get here real often to use it...that way it pays for itself

Not sure if this helps or not...just some thoughts.

Dave

[roadrunner]

You will have upkeep--- mowing weedeating, picking up yard,roofing etc.etc. You might opt for a small used house boat and you can slip your bass boat in the same slip. You do have the slip rent and you will have to wash the boat or have it washed. about once a month. If it isn't what you want move it to a lake closer to where you live.

[Danny]

I've really been thinking a lot about this. You have some excellent points already given by the two posters, but I would add peace of mind if the cabin is not in some type of development where you really trust the people. What I mean by that, is you need to have someone you trust to watch over your things.

As far as the area of the lake, I think it sounds pretty good. As a rule, one can usually count on heading south to get away from the crowds, at least to a point.

I have to admit, my ideal cabin on the lake would be on a paved lot so there would be no grass cutting, and would have security patrols. However, if you are at least in a neighborhood, you might make friends with your neighbors and they may be able to watch over the place.

As for investment, it would really depend upon the the property itself. Location, location, location, is the rule of real estate.

Good luck, let us know your decision, and let's throw one heck of a cabin warming party when you get it.... fishing is of course mandatory. LOL

Tight lines and God Bless

Danny

[kistler67]

Thanks Guys. I really have Dave Stewart to blame for all this. My Fishers of Men Partner and I hired Dave out a few years ago and every since then I have fell in love with the place. Dave, I even thought of relocating and buying the Baits and Bullets Property!! Hard to convince my wife and daughter..

The cabin is in a little neighborhood with minimal upkeep. If I bought the place I would put some gravel on it for more parking (For the party of course!!) and maybe even put a garage to store my boat.

Location could be better in my mind. Its just north of Big Sandy. Kind of off the beaten path but I do like the idea of getting away from crowds.

I may run down next weekend to check things out again and make a final decision. Thanks again guys!!

[Dave Stewart]

Eric it is definitely not hard to fall in love with this area and the fishing here..lol. That is why I am living and working here and not back in the city where I could be making more money and working less hours...lol.

If you ever did buy Baits and Bulltes you would get a lot of my gas money...I sure buy a lot of gas there over the season...not to mention some lures...lol.

[Moose1am]

Stop fishing for bass and become a crappie fishermen. Big Sandy area is good crappie fishing territory all year round. Beside you can eat Crappie and they are very good tasting fish. And if you find the right spot you can catch a mess of big slabs. No bass fishing can do that. When was the last time anyone caught and took home 30 bass to EAT for supper for the next three months?

And you won't be sore at the end of the day when you relax and catch crappie

Hey what am I saying here. We have too many other crappie fisherman now. The size limit keeps getting larger and the number of crappie that we can take home to eat keeps getting smaller.

So forget what I said above. You won't need to fish for crappie, just stick with fishing for bass. yea that's it.

Seriously the Big Sandy area is a good area to catch fish both crappie, bass and other fish.

I fished out of Cypress Bay and it's a nice little deep water bay that can be fished even when the big lake gets too rough. East West running bays are not so wind sweep as the main lake. And Cypress Bay is just down river from Big Sandy.

Regards,

Moose1am