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Sardis Lake (Vicksburg District, US Army Corps of Engineers)
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Day Use Fees will be waived at Sardis Lake this Saturday as part of National Public Lands Day. This includes fees for boat launching and beach use.
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Day Use Fees will be waived at Sardis Lake this Saturday as part of National Public Lands Day. This includes fees for boat launching and beach use.
Cool!
should be waived every day. they don't do anything to improve the ramp conditions. my bad, they spent millions on parking lots on two ramps at sardis that hardly ever even get used. dried up most of the time.
That 7 bridge ramp was a total waste. Wish they would dump some money at Indian mound. Just more gravel to park would be good.
That's why the cant afford to put rubber mats on the usable rampsQuote:
Originally Posted by 27458
So that applies to all COE lakes.
Not sure what ramps are free at anywhere but Enid . Never pay at Bynum / point pleasant , year round . All coe lakes have free access , somewhere .ALSO WHEN LAKE IS 247 /OVER YOU CAN PUT IN AT WILDCATS (NEW REC. AREA NOW BEING CALLED "DEAN HILL RECREATIONAL AREA "
Piney point would be the ideal place for a boat ramp...east side out of most of the wind....it would be dry some but not near as much as the others east....
Where's piney point????:dono
I just buy the pass and don't worry about whether or not they are pay ramps, choose the ramp by the wind conditions and lake level, much simpler for my little feeble brain. Mats would be nice and a couple of ramps with docks would be awesome but that aint happening in North MS.
docks or just something to break the waves and park a boat. but like you said i doubt it will happen. they preach safety but don't want to do anything to help. most boats sink at the ramps at sardis. mainly holiday lodge. depending on what direction one lives, going to another ramp is an extra 45 minutes or more drive time. piney is between holiday-east- and blackwater.
A Floating dock at Engineers Point like the one at the lower lake on Sardis would be nice to park the boat during launch and load up.
That's too much like right. And they don't even need that dock. Its easy to just pull up on the bank down there an no huge waves sinking the boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bvoloti
i love having that 7 bridge ramp personally...never used it for crappie fishing thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by hotrod1
they must do something of value. They had to close them for our safety when the gov shut down a couple of years ago.
We should all be thankfull what we do have. These lakes are not for recreational use at all!!! They are strictly for flood control. And dont get me wrong i would love to have mats, piers and hell even valet parking wouldn't be bad. Just thankful to have a place to go and take my boys and introduce them to this great sport that we all love. Just my opinion.
They were made to help flood control but the fact there are camp grounds and ramps make them for recreational use. And they bring in revenue for the state. The point is, spend a little money to make the ramps safer. I'm sure having outhouses 75 years ago was great and thankful to be had, but not to say having a modern bathroom isn't better!! They hang life jackets at the ramps to promote safety. I bet most boats sink at the ramps at least at Sardis. I don't think anyone is saying we don't enjoy the lakes and opportunities. Just enhance the ramps a bit or I'd at least like to see where the parking fees are earmarked for!Quote:
Originally Posted by featherhead
Earmarked for access and patrol, pretty much it. Willing to bet that ALL fees collected through out the year at Grenada Lake does not cover that exspense. Sardis may be a different story as they have a lot more to use that lake.
Yeah. The parking fees are to pay that guy that drives around to make sure we all paid. :)
That and the full time sheriff's deputy that rides through, COE pays for one full time deputy in the counties their lakes are in. I for one appreciate the COE and the deputies riding through, very rare we see one out with his ticket book riting tickets and if you get one 99% of the time it is a warning nit an actual ticket.Quote:
Originally Posted by 27458