RE: lakes during this time

[haknslash]

How I feel

 

[Dennis P]

When they RE-OPEN

 

[Neutron]

So far ours are open, but the irresponsible nitwits i am sure will end that.

 

[Dixie Highway]

Amen...our season hasn’t started here and all I can think about is getting out on the water!

 

[Liftr]

 

[haknslash]

 

[Dennis P]

The only boat ramp open in North America, located in Alaska !

 

[haknslash]

I wished I could share this video I got on messenger today but it was some guys boat and trailer running away down a hill and just bouncing all over the place nearly hitting a truck before it finally ended up in the water. It made me think of the boat ramp closings and some poor guy just said screw it and unhitched the trailer and boat the the top of a hill in the woods and hoped for the best.

 

[anmut]

I wished I could share this video I got on messenger today but it was some guys boat and trailer running away down a hill and just bouncing all over the place nearly hitting a truck before it finally ended up in the water. It made me think of the boat ramp closings and some poor guy just said screw it and unhitched the trailer and boat the the top of a hill in the woods and hoped for the best.

LOL I saw that one last night! WTH happened?!

 

[ZippyBoater]

Glad that our HOA maintains their own boat ramp. Once the oil change gets done this weekend, the boat is hitting the water and then onto the lift.

 

[haknslash]

How we will feel when the boat ramps open up...

https://www.facebook.com/239563133586078/posts/509480593260996

 

[anmut]

LOL that made my teeth hurt thinking about the skeg on those little outboards...

 

[Dixie Highway]

Lol zero f@#ks given there..

 

[2kwik4u]

Local ramps are open here. NO idea how long that will last, and I'm not sure exactly HOW they are open.

Officially state parks are closed. No employees are coming to work at the state parks. The lakes the parks are built around are Corps of Engineers run, and the Corps maintain the ramps. SO access to ramps is allowed, but I no longer have to pay to get into the state park that maintains the roads to the Corps maintained ramps. It's a cluster fork of who's running what, and when, and how.

At this point we're 2 weeks out from getting the boat on the water anyway, but when that time comes, I'm going to drive right past the closed State Park Check In Point, and down to the ramp. Unless they have a locked gate or some really obvious signage I'm considering it a go.

 

[anmut]

Local ramps are open here. NO idea how long that will last, and I'm not sure exactly HOW they are open.

Officially state parks are closed. No employees are coming to work at the state parks. The lakes the parks are built around are Corps of Engineers run, and the Corps maintain the ramps. SO access to ramps is allowed, but I no longer have to pay to get into the state park that maintains the roads to the Corps maintained ramps. It's a cluster fork of who's running what, and when, and how.

At this point we're 2 weeks out from getting the boat on the water anyway, but when that time comes, I'm going to drive right past the closed State Park Check In Point, and down to the ramp. Unless they have a locked gate or some really obvious signage I'm considering it a go.

Are you worried about parking? WI hasn't closed ramps, but I thought that, if I had to, I could stealth launch and recover, however parking the truck/trailer in the lot might lead to a ticket or tow.

 

[2kwik4u]

Are you worried about parking? WI hasn't closed ramps, but I thought that, if I had to, I could stealth launch and recover, however parking the truck/trailer in the lot might lead to a ticket or tow.

Had not considered that even a little bit, and that's a great point. I'm not sure how they would handle that. Again, I might plead ignorance in the absence of large highly visible signage.

 

[anmut]

Had not considered that even a little bit, and that's a great point. I'm not sure how they would handle that. Again, I might plead ignorance in the absence of large highly visible signage.

I mean, the cost of a ticket could just be the cost of boating, I guess?

 

[2kwik4u]

I mean, the cost of a ticket could just be the cost of boating, I guess?

If the check in station is closed, they can't take my $75 for the yearly pass I usually buy anyway. Wonder how much a ticket is. There's an ROI number in there somewhere

 

[haknslash]

I wished I could share this video I got on messenger today but it was some guys boat and trailer running away down a hill and just bouncing all over the place nearly hitting a truck before it finally ended up in the water. It made me think of the boat ramp closings and some poor guy just said screw it and unhitched the trailer and boat the the top of a hill in the woods and hoped for the best.

Finally found it!

https://www.facebook.com/100012234857449/posts/939321463152340

 

[JetPowered]

That’s freaking hilarious!