Improved Ramp - Kings River

[SKMO]

Not sure if anyone is interested but Hickory Hollow Resort (the old Ackin Back resort) has taken advantage of the low water and improved their slab ramp. This is located way up the Kings approximately 3 miles from the 86 bridge. If you are wanting to fish in this area it will save you about 9 miles of boat driving from the Viola ramp. They charge 2 or 3 dollars to use their ramp, with the water low and gas high it is worth considering if you want to fish this part of the lake.

[DarthVMAX]

Can they do that? Charge to use their ramp? I could have sworn my buddy (used to own Trace Hollow Resort) told me he legally could not charge people for using his ramp at the resort.

[Forsythian]

The folks at Hickory Hollow are good people... I've launched there a time or two, and stayed there years ago when they first bought the place. My inlaws live right down the road. I'm guessing it's okay, the Corps has a heavy hand in that area for some reason, and I'm sure they've looked at it.

[jay bird]

SKMO, Do they have a dock there yet or do you still have to get in from the shore? Also how is the water above Hickory to the 86 bridge? With this low water and my luck it makes me a little nervous.

[SKMO]

SKMO, Do they have a dock there yet or do you still have to get in from the shore? Also how is the water above Hickory to the 86 bridge? With this low water and my luck it makes me a little nervous.

I don't think they have a courtesy dock next to the ramp, just the large covered dock downlake a couple hundred feet. I have not launched there for a couple years but I go by there all the time and have not noticed a boarding dock. Reason I know the ramp was improved is a buddy of mine bought a used pontoon recently and hauled it off the water there.

I don't think you can get to 86 bridge at all. When you cross Kings on 86 you can see a real shallow shoal a couple hundred yards downstream, looks to be only a foot deep, might get through it in a flatbottom but I would not count on it. I have been as far as Dollar hole recently which is about 1.5 miles from the bridge. I imagine you could get within sight of the bridge but not to it.

I was up to within 1/2 mile of Hickory today and it's pretty hazardous boating even the last couple miles BEFORE you get to Hickory Hollow. Most amazingly the water temp was 56 degrees where I stopped just before Hickory. It was 49 at Viola and got warmer the farther I went uptream.