Charleston Lake Report #2 (pic added)

Post by **psufishing** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:58 am

Andre,

What did they do to the boat launch at the park?

We are traveling there near the end of July and I hope the waters don't look like your picture.

Post by **wolfe** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 7:58 am

Andre,

Now that was a pic worth waiting for. Came out fantastic! BEAUTIFUL FISH!

W.

Post by **Dartee** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:09 am

psufishing wrote:Andre,

What did they do to the boat launch at the park?

We are traveling there near the end of July and I hope the waters don't look like your picture.

They have redone the retaining walls on the ramp. Now concrete..
Previously you could put your boat/trailer fairly tight to the sides and step off the boat onto the ramp walkway .

But now there is a slope along the outer walls which cause the trailer to tip enough that you need to be farther away from the sides.
If you are launching or retrieving by your self (and don't have a pickup) your going to get your feet wet. The new set up makes it slower to put in and out then before.

The new dock on the left (from the water) is now a floating island with 2 small bridge accesses (can no longer tie to the walkway). If the right side is full and you don't drive your boat off/on the trailer make sure your bow line is long (20ft+).

hopefully they will have some of these glitches fixed soon.

PS by the end of July there won't be 1/3 the # of boats out there

Post by **psufishing** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:06 am

Thanks for the update Andre.

Last year we didn't have a problem leaving out boat docked while we were camping/fishing for three days. I hope it's the same result in July.