RE-OPEN OF RAMPS

fishin1 · Posted: Thu, Jul 19 2007 11:50 am Post subject: RE-OPEN OF RAMPS

if anybody has been gettin curious like me ,

. i talked to one of them at the corp office earlier and she said as soon as it gets to just 7 foot high , they will start surveyin the ramps to see if there was any damage done to em while they was underwater . its got .21 inches left to go .

so ef , avalon , and cl might be open this w/e so there wont be any parkin lots waitin at the ramps anymore

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Jerry · Posted: Thu, Jul 19 2007 07:03 pm Post subject:

I like it like it is

Few people on the lake right now. I can run from Highland to Tickey in 20 minutes and not find people all over the stuff I want to fish

The best part is watching the idiots skiing through the timber around Highland

I know those big ski boats have never even been up there before now. They just run through that timber like nothing will happen

fishin1 · Posted: Thu, Jul 19 2007 08:54 pm Post subject:

i understand what you're sayin jh .... i love goin out at 2 in the afternoon
and findin a good spot but come 4 or so it gets

especially if you're down south of cl ..... time to go north

there's plenty of good spots up there to get away from some of the traffic
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anthonyhicks101 · Posted: Sat, Jul 21 2007 01:37 am Post subject:

Jerry wrote:

I like it like it is

The best part is watching the idiots skiing through the timber around Highland

I know those big ski boats have never even been up there before now. They just run through that timber like nothing will happen

I saw one on the NORTH side of the big bridge the other day on my way to work. HOLY MOLY...if they only knew what they were skiing over.

shawn · Posted: Sat, Jul 21 2007 02:52 am Post subject:

I saw some people tubing north of 380 as well....... I told my wife the same thing. Some one is gonna get a tree limb where a tree limb is supposed to go.

rangerbobby · Posted: Sun, Jul 22 2007 11:52 am Post subject:

I saw a boat pulling a skier in the little cove BEHIND Collin Park...Someone is going to get really hurt.

fishin1 · Posted: Sun, Jul 22 2007 05:23 pm Post subject:

update ...... for some reason one of the corp. personel said they was not goin to start opening ramps until they had a real good chance to check em out . and its 5 1/2 feet above normal pool now . lavonia south is just a joke now , especially if you're not off of the water by 11:00 on week ends , of course they turned off this mornin at 10:30 but what we had was good

slab crappies

. the gate keeper at cl told me today , 2 weeks

they gotta dry out a little

ranger1751 can you talk about this a little bit and fill us in

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Big Brad · Posted: Sun, Jul 22 2007 08:15 pm Post subject:

Fishin1, without asking where abouts yer fishin ,don't want you to give up your hot spots, just launch at highland and take the ride over. Thats what we did this weekend, so we wouldn't have to fight that mess. I did that at avalon 3wks ago and it was a joke. If ya know which routes to go you can hold the hammer down on the throttle and make it across the lake farely quick.
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Ranger1751 · Posted: Sun, Jul 22 2007 08:58 pm Post subject:

Simple physics: The concrete slopes of the ramps are fine. The transition zone between the road surface and the ramp is the problem.

If you drive on wet roadbase, the asphalt on top of the roadbase will crack and ultimately fail. The water should be off of the asphalt for at least 14 days to allow the base material sufficient time to dry out. Lavon has some of the best boat ramp access in North Texas. It will stay that way in the future if we take the proper steps to protect the infrastructure.

If you want to look at an example what happens when base material fails look at the public ramps at Hubbard or Richland Chambers.

DallasTX · Minnow Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 12 Status: **Offline!**

To all you guys seeing people tubing and skiing over timber in areas they aren't familiar with, do you make any effort to alert them? I was skiing by the powerplant one day when a North wind was blowing and a fisherman told me timber was underneath the water about a foot and that was that and we were done. We certainly appreciated the info. I would hate to think that people just sit and watch to see what happens next.

Dallas

Fishinchris · Posted: Mon, Jul 23 2007 09:48 am Post subject:

I sure hope it dries out soon, seems alot of people found the elm creek ramp, it was a full house yesterday, and a mad house when the rain pushed in.Great after that though everybody went home and we headed back out.It amazes me how many people cant back a rig up.

brent · Posted: Mon, Jul 23 2007 09:52 am Post subject:

dont have time to go and talk sense to every skier.. have a sonar installed on the boat you payed so much $$ for and look at the area. get a lake map it will have areas marked. be responsible for yourself as a skier as we are as fisherman. highland is easy though when there is timber everywhere above water line

i have offered some advise before like others and usually ends in a heated battle becuase there are some that are stuck on stupid. not all but it just takes one to ruin it 4 all. so when i fish a new area i look it over and look at my maps before i get on plane. skiers better do the same
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brent · Posted: Mon, Jul 23 2007 09:56 am Post subject:

Fishinchris wrote:

It amazes me how many people cant back a rig up.

at lavonia there is 4 lanes i had waited last time out for 10 minutes to get to the ramp and it was open the whole time. a$$holes getting everything ready at the ramp and holding it up. saw a car parked in a spot w/ no trailer then another a$$hole parked behind them instead finding another spot. speed bump in front of first car so he's blocked in. he tried to hope the bump but being in a car it dragged and he was pissed. he left a nice F YOU in giant letters across the car in what looked like lotion or sunscreen

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fishin1 · Posted: Mon, Jul 23 2007 10:03 am Post subject:

Big Brad wrote:

Fishin1, without asking where abouts yer fishin ,don't want you to give up your hot spots, just launch at highland and take the ride over. Thats what we did this weekend, so we wouldn't have to fight that mess. I did that at avalon 3wks ago and it was a joke. If ya know which routes to go you can hold the hammer down on the throttle and make it across the lake farely quick.

we was fishin the east arm yesterday plus it wasnt my boat i was in and my buddy doesnt have the nice gps systems most of you guys have..thanks bb

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Bruce · Posted: Mon, Jul 23 2007 10:03 am Post subject:

Guess that car was lucky with 4 letters..... I'm surprise it didn't get busted window or push down the ramp.

fishin1 · Posted: Mon, Jul 23 2007 10:06 am Post subject:

Ranger1751 wrote:

Simple physics: The concrete slopes of the ramps are fine. The transition zone between the road surface and the ramp is the problem.

If you drive on wet roadbase, the asphalt on top of the roadbase will crack and ultimately fail. The water should be off of the asphalt for at least 14 days to allow the base material sufficient time to dry out. Lavon has some of the best boat ramp access in North Texas. It will stay that way in the future if we take the proper steps to protect the infrastructure.

If you want to look at an example what happens when base material fails look at the public ramps at Hubbard or Richland Chambers.

gotcha ranger..... never took physics

but understand

. guess i was just thinkin bout the concrete ramps
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fishin1 · Posted: Mon, Jul 23 2007 10:27 am Post subject:

brent wrote:

Fishinchris wrote:

It amazes me how many people cant back a rig up.

saw a car parked in a spot w/ no trailer then another a$$hole parked behind them instead finding another spot. speed bump in front of first car so he's blocked in.

yep saw it too

, the very 1st parkin spot .thought they might've been together , but i guess not . heck i thought i'd be smart and park all the way on the other end just for plannin ahead when we got off of the lake ......NOT ....... there was a line all the way around the curve coming into the parkin lot . we had already trailered by buddies boat and i parked him on the west side of the parkin lot . next time if there has to be a next time , i'll park my truck on the west side of the parkin lot also , but unlike the guy in the car , i sat there and finished a beverage and saw that drainage ditch

dry ditch , truck

or waitin to back out for an hour

oh yeh f.c.--- i owe ya one too , remember . those aren't speed bumps , those a curb stops

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