Quote Originally Posted by flatbottomarky View Post
50 Bucks ? Dangit man.
The gate use to be broken and was open 24/7 for years, then early this summer they fixed it, put up an automatic pay machine and put someone in the guard booth. I kayak fish and they wouldn't even sell me a permit even though I'm from Conway because I don't have a boat. The guy at the booth told me to just park down the street and walk my kayak to the launch.

So many times I've come there and the booth is empty, thus you can either pay $5 cash to the machine or I have to haul my 60 pound kayak + equipment a good 50 yards to the water. Sometimes though the kids in the booth are nice enough to just wave me through and ask me how I like my kayak.

It's pretty bad when I'd just about rather drive an hour to Nimrod or 30 minutes to Brewer than spend an day there because of the launch hassles -- I enjoy Beaverfork, it's a beautiful lake and the fishing _can_ be quite good. I understand it's a city-owned recreational lake, but for purely selfish reasons I'd love to see that eastern homeowners ramp donated to the AGFC and more fish attractors + stocking. That'll never happen though.

I've got a buddy who owns some property along the east end who said I could launch from his house anytime. I'm just about to take him up on the offer.

As for a report, I was out there on Friday and the lake looked to be about 1 to 1.5 feet down, so I'm guessing it's dropping somewhere around a foot a week. Look for it to be completely drawndown in about a month. The drain on the otherside of Hwy 25 wasn't exactly pouring out buckets of water, so I'm guessing they don't want to send too much water into the Cadron flats at once. No fishing, I only managed to sneak out of the house by telling the wife I was going to let the kids play on the playground so I only got to tour around the swimming area + launch and peninsula.