Quote Originally Posted by Moveon View Post
It takes me 1.5 hours to get to Patoka Lake's launch ramp. How long does it take to drive from your house to the launch ramp at Barkley or KY lake? Anyone can answer this.

It takes me only 10 minutes to get to the local fish and wildlife lake. With gas prices over $3.30 a gallon I'll be doing much less fishing at Patoka or Barkley. But I do miss fishing these lakes. If I were to go there I'd have to go for a week or two at a time to make it worth the long drive and the gas I'd use.

When I went to Barkley it was never just for a day as I always rented a cabin and spent the weekend or at least 6 days there. But I'd often drive up to Patoka and fish and then drive back home. Actually I'd let dad drive home as I was always falling asleep on the way back home. It makes for a long day when you drive up to Patoka and drive back home all in one day. Just being out on the water in the hot sun makes me tired.
It takes me about 1.5 hours to get to Mineral Mounds. I don't mind driving down and driving back. I like Patoka just need to be patient and put the work in to figure them out. That's the real problem. I have very little patients for what Potaka offers. I can get to Blue Grass in 20 minutes or so but I have fish the pits in southern In all my life so now try to spend all my time on the bigger lakes. Nothing wrong with Blue Grass just over crowded and not wanting to put my boat in it. I have actually been spending more time on the river.