05-17-2010, 12:13 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I probably launch from the south marina about twice as often as the north. First...the fishing is usually better within an easy kick of the launch ramp. I often start catching fish right in the channel, only a few yards from launch. I sometimes catch more fish inside the channel than outside in the main lake. And right now you can fish all the way up the channel...once it opens back up after the first of May. No boats go up there and there are usually lots of cats and some wipers to be had. Sometimes crappies too. I also fish a lot around the points on either side of the entrance. And then I usually kick north, along the dike, toward the hog farm. I work in and out at different depths, dragging a minnow on one rod and throwing plastics or crank baits on the other. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Second...there really ARE fewer boats that launch from the south marina...especially the "power squadron". Yes, there are plenty of skiers and wakeboarders that launch there but not nearly as many jet skis. They like the north marina because of the sandy beaches for them to pull up to and party with others.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You will usually do better by launching as early as possible and sometimes planning to be off the water by late morning...on a busy watercraft day. Not so bad in midweek, before summer. Then there are wackos running up and down the dikes from dawn to dusk.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You are wise to avoid launching over the rock dikes until you are more "seasoned". I am plenty seasoned but I have to have a really good reason for risking body and soul to launch from the big rocks. I have an annual parks pass so I can use the ramps whenever I want...and I usually want to use the ramps.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Second...there really ARE fewer boats that launch from the south marina...especially the "power squadron". Yes, there are plenty of skiers and wakeboarders that launch there but not nearly as many jet skis. They like the north marina because of the sandy beaches for them to pull up to and party with others.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You will usually do better by launching as early as possible and sometimes planning to be off the water by late morning...on a busy watercraft day. Not so bad in midweek, before summer. Then there are wackos running up and down the dikes from dawn to dusk.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You are wise to avoid launching over the rock dikes until you are more "seasoned". I am plenty seasoned but I have to have a really good reason for risking body and soul to launch from the big rocks. I have an annual parks pass so I can use the ramps whenever I want...and I usually want to use the ramps.[/#0000ff]
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