barren state park ramp pls read and reply

[smashdn]

last year the corp closed both barkley and ky lake to boat traffic when it was high to prevent property damage as well as the ramp having guard rails signs and other fixures under the water.

Say what now?

They closed Barkley and Ky due to all the drift. If you will remember those lakes were opened while still quite high and the bays were never really closed.

This year they were not closed at all while at a higher level. Care to expound on that?

If there are parking spots open at Barren open up the ramp. Simple as that.

You are correct on one thing. I don't really care about the boats at the marina. I observe the no wake signs and that seems plenty good enough.

Please take the time to eplain the difference between the marina at the state park and the one at Walnut creek though.

[crazyfishinnut]

guess it dont matter what we say or what the real reason is you just want to whine about the marina and have your way grow up!! The difference is about 100 tons. one is more forgiving. The state dock broke several steel anchor cables last year with high water. Most was blamed on the wakes. This may or may not have anything to do with it. But either way sounds like you have a problem the reason as long as it isnt what YOU want... selfish I say.

[brlfishing]

I may be able to shed some light on the situation we have on barren. Here it is in a nut shell. When the water level rises over the lower parking lot at the state park, they close the state ramp. They give several reasons for doing this that does not make any common sence. The actual reason is because the operator of the marina at the state park gets complaints from people who buy slips for houseboats. See, when that lower parking lot gets flooded they (the houseboat owners) want to park in the public boat parking spaces. And if a tournament is going out of that ramp on a weekend and the (houseboat owners) drive down they would not have any parking spaces execept up at the parking lot close to the lodge. It all boils down to MONEY TALKS. It does not matter that the ramp is funded by everyone who pays taxes in kentucky. Things are going to be catered to the ones who pay that monthly slip fee. Is it right? well, thats not for me to judge. But since i live on this lake, one thing in the post above is correct. There are SEVERAL other ramps that are open that have more obstructions and pose a danger greater than the state dock. One thing in the above post that i dont understand, and maybe someone can explain, is why is there not a break wall facing the main lake. In one of the above post, it says there is a break wall on the peters creek side, but not anything to break the wakes on the main lake side. That just seems odd or an extreemly bad design if i understand it correctly since the main lake would cause more wake than the peters creek side.

[crigjv]

Could not have said it better myself. The reason there is not a break wall is when it is at summer pool they have the riprap. They do not want to spend the money out of there pocket to protect what is there s durning high water. Seems the only one that agrees with it being closed is the one that has a boat at the state marina. So go figure that one out wtih the parking. But i do believe he fishes some tournaments at times. I guess it is not disrupting they lot when he fishes.