Quote Originally Posted by Moose1am View Post
The extreme drought conditions in Southern Indiana have caused the water levels in the Blue Grass Area's lakes to drop to very low levels.

The concrete ramps at the South End of Blue Grass Pit and at the North end of Loon Pit are being exposed more and more. The ends of these two concrete ramps are getting closer and closer to the shoreline.

Vehicles launching trailers have been seen with the back trailer wheels dropping off the end of the ramp by a few inches.

Large boats with bigger motors are using the larger motor to power the boat onto the trailer. With more and more boats using this procedure there could be more and more erosion of the dirt/mud at the end of these ramps during low water periods.

There is still some algae on the concrete at the Blue Grass launch ramp. I waded out into the water at the top edge of the ramp and found it getting slippery. It's not nearly as bad as the concrete ramp at Lynville though.

Now I was wearing those flip flop type beach shoes and that may be why it was slippery. The North side of the ramp has more algae on it as I saw it. I normally use the South side of the ramp and launch closer to the Handicap pier thing so that I can tie my boat off to the rails when I am parking my vehicle. Most people will park their boat on the North Side along the bank where there is some dirt and no big rocks.

Moose ,
You are right about the ramps , my trailer dropped off the end of Otter pits ramp and I had to power break my truck in low to get it out . I had to get the boat off the trailer by hand and stepped into the hole , sank up to my chest . The hole is 2-4 ft deep and your tire will drop off into it so be careful ! As for the fishing , the crappie were small { 6" } but caught 7-8 in a couple of hours at the beaver lodge in the cove acroos from the ramp . Some small bluegill and a 12" bass from the area in front of the drain under the road . The wind was very bad in the afternoon so I called it a day . Have been on vacation this week and fished as much as possible , seems the smaller bass { 12" - 16" } are feeding more and had a 2lb plus crappie break my line on a private lake Wed. Caught 2 more - one was 13" , the other was 14" . Several nice pound gill also on minnows . Crappie were in some wood rangeing from 6" - 4' with most 2 foot range . Water temp was 81 dg , wind out of the north { oh well } , sunny skys . The wood in the water was also in the shade until 11:00 AM . Water temp at Otter Pit was 77 dg at most spots , water clarity is what I would cal " stained " . The pit is down but so is most every lake I have fished this month .