Water Resources Development Act of 2016

[Browning Guy]

An aerial shot from FLW...... $Long and $$Blunt want more docks.  This photo is one pocket on TR..... State Park marina, but if the realtors, developers and politicians get their way. Look for many more coves to look like this one.  I'm sure aerial photos of other pockets/coves would tell a similar story. I hope and pray everyone is contacting the Representatives and voicing your concerns.

[snagged in outlet 3]

That's the State Park isn't it?

 

[abkeenan]

26 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

That's the State Park isn't it?

 

Yep.

[Terrierman]

2 hours ago, MOPanfisher said:

Sorry you are correct sir, I was think it was a different grant for marine sewage.  This one appears to be essentially a grant to build new docks.  Money from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, seems to be what is funding it, with some matching funds from the owner and other agencies.  On that point I can agree with you, not sure I like the idea of any grant/tax/etc. funding the addition of dock stalls regardless of whether or not they are for large boats.  Business and need or demand drive the enlargement process, although I honestly can't fault the Campbell Point Owners for finding a funding source that is out there.  many of the groups who have grant money to use, will recruit people to apply for the grants and funding. Again sorry I was completely on a different track for a while. 

Not a problem.  Like you, I don't fault the Marina owners for taking what they can get.  I do however fault FWS and MDC for their participation in this.

[176champion]

When i fished that tournament out of Port Kimberling City i had never seen so many boat slips and boats in one place before.That place is huge and so are some of the boats.

[Dylan Cluver]

I've worked at Indian Point Marina for 9 years now and more and more frequently we are seeing injuries related to wake, the gentleman that drowned at the beginning of summer, although he wasn't wearing a pfd or a kill switch, was thrown from his boat after hitting a large wake. Twice this summer we had ladies that had to be taken by ambulance because of injuries sustained from boating in rough water. One of them had to be sedated to be removed because her pain was so intense. More docks will bring bigger boats, bigger boats are owned by folks that have no business operating them. Dock building is a money maker for our area, however, the end result wouldn't be in anyone's favor except for those making a dime that have nothing to do with the lake. Salesman and realtors. 

[big c]

Well said Dylan.

[skeeter]

Speaking of larger and larger boats and docks and more and more of them, don't ignore the fact that our good old MDC is a culprit in encouraging them by spending our Sales Tax and Permit/License dollars on rewarding a TR Commercial Marina owner with $100,000.00 for installing larger boat dock slips and the pump-out facilities to service the unnecessary huge boats.   

[Browning Guy]

8 hours ago, Dylan Cluver said:

I've worked at Indian Point Marina for 9 years now and more and more frequently we are seeing injuries related to wake, the gentleman that drowned at the beginning of summer, although he wasn't wearing a pfd or a kill switch, was thrown from his boat after hitting a large wake. Twice this summer we had ladies that had to be taken by ambulance because of injuries sustained from boating in rough water. One of them had to be sedated to be removed because her pain was so intense. More docks will bring bigger boats, bigger boats are owned by folks that have no business operating them. Dock building is a money maker for our area, however, the end result wouldn't be in anyone's favor except for those making a dime that have nothing to do with the lake. Salesman and realtors. 

For the life of me....how can $Long, $$McCaskill and $$$Blunt think that it is appropriate to have boats intended for the Great Lakes and Ocean on Tablerock?  Filling coves with more docks when there are many empty stalls in the current docks is not the answer..  Watching Table Rock turn into another Lake of the Ozarks is painful. 

Dylan, you bring up an excellent point and are witness to what happens when the ocean going vessels and wake boats hit our inland (smaller) lakes. Working on the lake gives you a critical perspective we don't always hear about. I am not a fan of any of the representatives mentioned above as their interests lay in big money and donors. I hope and pray everyone on this board is voicing their concern to $Long and $$$Blunts idea of making Tablerock into another Lake of the Ozarks. To say nothing, says everything. Dylan, thank you for sharing.