Sympsons Lake (Bardstown, KY)

[gocards40]

I agree that we need to keep it legal. There are four things that can happen when you go to fish it. 1. No permit and guard working means no fishing. 2. Permit but no parking means no fishing. 3. No water means no fishing. 4. Putting the sticker on your boat which is not water proof to find it missing by the time you get to the lake means no fishing...haha.

[dc chopper]

We just chose not to fish there because of the price. They really hose you if your not from that area. $115 buys alot of gas to Rough, and T-ville. We never put the sticker on, kept it in a zip lock bag with the receipt, no one wants that thing on their boat and nothing was ever said about it either. If you choose to fish there, by all means pay the cost but think twice about it , it's not worth it ( to me anyway)

[CrankBaitKilla]

This is how I see it and who agrees with me on this? I pay my annual fishing license every year to fish all of the public lakes and for the most part they are kept up very nice. Boat ramps always usually in good condition and everything is usually very accessible. So I feel that it's worth it forsure and I never go without buying a fishing license at the same time I'm getting something back for it. Sympsons Lake wants you to pay all that money to fish there which is fine, however take care of the place as far as the boat ramp and what not is all that I'm asking. You guys have to agree if the ramp was nicer and they actually had some parking instead of having to park on the road then it would be wroth paying the money for the permit. However they want you to pay this money then don't want to do anything to keep people satisfied, for that money like others have said I could go to T-Ville, Rough, Cedar Creek or Nolin.

[gocards40]

"We never put the sticker on, kept it in a zip lock bag with the receipt, no one wants that thing on their boat and nothing was ever said about it either."

I was told not to put it on my boat when I bought it this year because they are not water proof. Which I already knew from past experience. Then a friend of mine went up there in last couple weeks and the guard told him they are telling him that they want them on the boats. If I put it on mine I will have it lamenated first then then use box tape. But If I was running a nice bass boat that would not happen. Just an FYI but I would say you will get by with the zip lock bag as long as the old man does not have to tell you like every trip you make. It seems he has a pretty good memory. haha

The ramp is not perfect but I have put in on worse. The parking is the only thing that bothers me. I would prefer not to get killed on that road because people don't slow down. The water levels does some but if I know before hand I will take the 12 foot jon and slide in. The only time I get upset is when I make the trip and find that there is not enough water to drop the G3 in once I get to the ramp. So yes it does **** but for me I have figured out that I can still get my moneys worth if I know what the water level is and I think if you fished it often it could be worth it. But for out of towners it would not be.