The Old Eastside of KY Lake

Anyone here remember the days before Barkley and Land Between The Lakes?

I was about 4 when we stayed at Pearl Forrest resort about 1958, it was soon after that we had to move.
We moved to Sharon Lee Resort for a few years. Anybody remember these places or are they memories lost in my mind.


We had some grand times. The family has dwindled but my wife and I continue our trips to KY Lake a couple of times a year.

Staying at King Creek Sept 22 thru Sept 27. We have a pontoon rented for 4 days.

Jonathan Creek is an easy reach. Would this be a good area to fish?

We just want to catch and release (maybe keep a few Crappie if lucky).

Thanks All,
Alan

I was in 3rd grade when a bunch of families were finally forced out of LBL and resettled in our community. I don’t remember anything on the Ky Lake side but have memories I treasure from the area under Barkley.

Jonathan can be a real stretch if there are north or south winds above 10mph.


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So, where should we fish? Main channels or other coves?
Thank you MR DUX

Alan

Jonathan will be good if the winds are calm. Little Bear, LBL bays like Smith and Pisgah, secondary channel either side of Big Bear.


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I'd be curious to hear your review of King Creek. I believe it's recently under new ownership, when I stayed there in '09 and '10 it was "rough" to say the least. I have been noticing some nice newer pontoons on the lake with their logo, curious if they've put more money into the cabins too, because they needed it.

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I'd be curious to hear your review of King Creek. I believe it's recently under new ownership, when I stayed there in '09 and '10 it was "rough" to say the least. I have been noticing some nice newer pontoons on the lake with their logo, curious if they've put more money into the cabins too, because they needed it.

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I know they have some new boat slips and the place looks clean. No idea on accommodations.

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Originally Posted by artcarney_agr

I'd be curious to hear your review of King Creek. I believe it's recently under new ownership, when I stayed there in '09 and '10 it was "rough" to say the least. I have been noticing some nice newer pontoons on the lake with their logo, curious if they've put more money into the cabins too, because they needed it.

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They have only a few cabins, it's mainly an RV park. They treat us very nice, the wife and I have gone back once or twice a year for 7 years and we always book well in advance to get our favorite cabin #8.
Jim Bloomert (SP) 0wns the place. He's a hard working no bull guy but if you stay there he treats you right. We like it a lot.

Alan

They were hit by a tornado about 3 years ago, docks and slips have been rebuilt. MR DUX likely remembers the storm I'm talking about.
If you want luxury this isn't your place but if you are happy with clean cabins and good people King Creek is the place.

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They were hit by a tornado about 3 years ago, docks and slips have been rebuilt. MR DUX likely remembers the storm I'm talking about.
If you want luxury this isn't your place but if you are happy with clean cabins and good people King Creek is the place.

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I stayed with them twice, once was I think in #8 which was a simple concrete block cabin, and the other time was an actual house trailer that they rented. You're right, not fancy, but at least clean. The thing I didn't like was that the linens seemed to be about the same age as the cabin, and the marina is basically on dry ground this time of year. Very nice people both times I stayed there, but that's been 8 or 9 years ago. Their off-season rate is hard to beat, they used to give discounts for repeat customers too, back when we stayed there the secret discount phrase was "captain hook returns."

They go out of their way to treat us well.

Alan

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They go out of their way to treat us well.

Alan

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Do you know if they got their new lodge built? Seems like I remember seeing something about them adding a 30 room lodge or something like that. I couldn't quite picture where they were going to put that unless they tore down some older cabins or got rid of a few camper spots.

I've heard nothing about a new lodge and like you said there is just no room.
I'll be there soon and I'll ask Jim and report back.

November F3 tornado was around 8 yrs ago ? King Creek wasn't hit by the tornado at all. They are just fixin things up under new management. Now, Moors was hit very hard after it got me. Next time i go out i'll have to down scan for camping trailers...lol

I beg your pardon but Kings Creek was ripped apart 2-4 years ago. The Marina was totally damaged and has been replaced.
They are not under new management, the Blommaert family has operated it for years.

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November F3 tornado was around 8 yrs ago ? King Creek wasn't hit by the tornado at all. They are just fixin things up under new management. Now, Moors was hit very hard after it got me. Next time i go out i'll have to down scan for camping trailers...lol

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Get your facts straight, please don't be bashing these fine people.

I've been going there enough years to know.
Want to argue more?

I'm not understanding what i did wrong here? How was i bashing or arguing with anyone? I didn't say anything bad about them or their business. I wasn't arguing with you or trying to create a problem. Just relaying information. I heard they were bought out and under new management. There isn't anything wrong with that in my book. I saw they were upgrading quite a few things the last several years. Always happy to see improvements around my neighborhood. I have no reason to bash them or argue with you.
I didn't hear of a tornado hitting King Creek 2-4 yrs ago of course my mind isn't what it used to be...lol. Maybe you can show me the article. The f3 tornado i was talking about was Nov 15 2005, i lose track of time...lol

My apologies to you crabcat, I let myself misunderstand the intent of your message.
I have no evidence of the event but we follow King Creek on Facebook and they posted pictures there.
We saw the evidence on our first visit after the storm.
Again I apologize.

Alan

Thanks. Heck i live right here and didn't know about it, was misinformed or just forgot it....lol . We've been having a bunch of straight line winds/tornadoes the last few years around here that are wrecking a lot of marinas for sure.