I was on KY Lake today, dropped in at KY Dam and Village and ran down to the 68/80 Bridge. At the ramp, I had to drop my boat in the water in the parking lot. I literally turned around and backed it straight into the water, beached it, and pulled 30 feet forward and parked. Everyone had to do that today. Got the Coast Guard message, went back to the ramp. The entire lake is off limits. First offense = $1000 fine, 2nd offense = $3000 fine.. if you're dumb enough to keep going, it tops out at $32,500.

I had a tournament coming up this weekend, as did the big railroad tourney guys. One guy was pulling in as I was leaving and he had just drove 5 hours to a closed lake As far as lake conditions go; the lake is EXTREMELY muddy and EXTREMELY dangerous to travel. I only go 44 mph tops and I was dodging trees left and right on the main lake channel. Reportedly, the CG has found cow carcasses floating and 40 ft. telephone poles floating. The creeks/bays weren't dangerous from what I saw, but the CG guys said that both lakes are a restricted area for recreational boaters. I hate this as much as everyone else, but just figured I would pass on all of the info I have.