Not Going Today

[Sam]

9 a.m. Saturday morning here in Ozark, and while I was getting gas there were three speedboats/party boats gassing up, three more passed on the road, plus one trailer-load of jet skis - all headed for Tablerock. We're 35 miles from the water, and if it's like that in every town around here I can't even imagine what the lake's going to be like today.

It's a great day for me to stay off Tablerock. You'd think with school having started things would calm down, but I guess that just concentrates 'em on the weekends.

[Martin]

Ten-Four on that Sam.....At least, the Cow Creek area was not only crowded, but downright dangerous, unless of course you have a boat between 35 and 75 feet long. I adjusted all the dock cables early this morning, anticapating a big weekend of big waves and heavy traffic. Went down about noon and everything was fine (dock wise).

At about 1:00, one of our dock families called me and said the walkway "had something wrong" with it. Well, it really did. One side of the big "hinge" where the walkway meets the dock was broken. Ripped the big hinge pin (pipe) right out of the steel plates it goes through. So, I spent the next hour or more getting a chain and come-along around a fairly substantial piece of the steel frame above and then to the sagging side of the dock, just enough to hold it up until I can get somebody out next week to do some welding/upgrading. All the while, waves big enough to crash over the dock deck were coming in fast and furious...

Sorry, didn't mean to write a book. It's their lake to I guess. The big wake VS dock damage will have to be addressed someday.

By the way: Dry Docker Boat Docks were first to call back and promised they'd be out Monday MORNING. Bob & Ruth Burns are friends, but their service seems to be consistantly faster then most.

Sam, I didn't go either....lol

Since I do seem to be writing a book, their were 2 guys that came into the cove while I worked on getting the come-along installed. These guys could hace won the Dion and Guido Hibdon look-alike contest. Really....And they were fishing docks. I was too darn tired to talk to them. Anybody know if those guys are down here for something?

[denjac]

Ten-Four on that Sam.....At least, the Cow Creek area was not only crowded, but downright dangerous, unless of course you have a boat between 35 and 75 feet long.

I fish cow alot. Was in there Friday and several big cruisers running around. Which dock is yours Martin? I did see the water patrol run into the back and then right back out. Last year in the back I was fishing and a big ole cruiser pulled up and shut down 50 yards from me. Low and behold, 4 topless women were parading around on deck. Took me a long time to fish that area.

[Sam]

Low and behold, 4 topless women were parading around on deck. Took me a long time to fish that area.

How did you know there were 4 of 'em - count to 8 and divide by 2?

In the summertime, my partner and I usually come into coves from the main lake pretty fast. Once in awhile there'll be a party boat and some females scrambling to find their swimsuit tops and put 'em on while giving us old men dirty looks. We don't mind.

[Martin]

Denjac, I'm in the second cove that has docks, on the right (going in). Farthest back in the little cove. One day Sam came by and twisted my arm, so I went fishing with him. lol.

One day Don House came by and we had a nice visit. Linda Redford is almost a neighbor, and she's in CC alot during cooler weather. Powerdive has been by a time or two......or three. lol...Lots of nice people come by. Be sure and hollar if you're nearby and somebody is on the dock!

[Champ188]

Guido and Dion might have been here looking for some fish for the big Professional Anglers Association derby coming up first week of October. I think the lake goes off limits to them around Sept. 15.

[Martin]

Thanks Champ... It sure did look like them. I was pouring sweat and was pretty busy trying to keep the dock walkway from falling clear off. lol..... Or I'd have checked them out better and spoken to them. If it was them, they are two tough rascals. It was H O T !

[crazy4fishin]

I am coming down in a couple of weeks......for sure it sounds like the best fishing is in the coves...

C4F