Lake Conway Boat Trail Renovation

This week work began on renovating Lake Conway's boat trail system. We expect the contractor to complete roughly half of the boat trails this time around. Additional work will be completed next fiscal year. This year's work will focus on the west side of the lake from Paradise Landing up though Caney Creek. While work is in progress, use caution while in the boat trails, new and old. While some of the new trials may be marked, the stump cutting is still in progress and not completed. We expect this work to continue for the next couple of weeks. Be safe! Attachment 373885


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That’s a neat rig


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Does this machine cut or grind the stumps. If it cuts them off, are they just let lay? Second question, when will the report on wood verses plastic structure
be completed and published?

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Does this machine cut or grind the stumps. If it cuts them off, are they just let lay? Second question, when will the report on wood verses plastic structure
be completed and published?

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The machine cuts the stumps underwater up to 10 feet deep. If it sinks, we let it lay for fish habitat. If it floats, we haul to back to the bank and will load them up and bring back to the office to burn. We are in the middle of year three of the project. We have a couple of summer samples and fall samples to complete before we can look at the data. At that point, we will decide if we e need to continue to collect data or end the project and write a report.


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Thanks.

Thanks Matt for fixing on stump for the boat raceing

[QUOTE=Gindog;4001386]Thanks Matt for fixing on stump for the boat raceing[/QUOTE

I have not witnessed any boat races on Lake Conway. Sounds interesting though. Gindog are you sponsoring it? I figure with sports being suspended during this pandemic, you guys maybe looking for something new to put on TV.

I bet it look like the drone racing that they have in stadiums. Every once you have one bounce off the wall. Here you go out on old stump YouTube

Eleven straight days of 80+ hour weeks and Phase 1 of the Lake Conway boat trail/stump cutting project is complete. I would be lying if I said it was a good time. But it does feel good to get this part done. We made it from Paradise Landing up to Gold Lake. Not as far as we would have like to have made it but we ran out of money. We used LiveScope and two side scan units to make sure all of the stumps were cut from the trails. I’m sure we may have missed 1 or 2 though. But it is better than it was. We will be going back to the drawling board on this project. It did not go as planned. But I guess a project like this you don’t really know what you are getting into until you are doing it. Y’all be safe out there and catch some fish!


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Kudos D10! I bet you learned a lot!


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What problems you get into?

Mainly contractor related. That’s all I will say about that.


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Hey your guys removed my brushpile I had next to the boat lane. Just kidding, thanks for working on Conway. I fish there a lot.

After a more thorough inspection of the newly marked boat trail, we have found some stumps in the trail. This was after the contractor with LiveScope and two of our work boats with Side Scan inspected the trail last Saturday. We have contacted the contractor and he will be back next week to cut these remaining stumps. I’m the meantime, please use caution in this trail. We do not recommend seeing how fast your boat goes at this point in time. Stay tuned for updates.


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Thanks AGFC! Hopefully you all will be able to finish the entire trail system next spring. I can only think of maybe 1 or 2 more places where the trails are close to the shore line or docks and needs to be moved so maybe the next phase will be easier since you can just cut stumps from existing trails and remark them.

Hey D10. I live in Conway but am not familiar with names or numbers of the boat lanes on the lake. Where can I find a map that will show the new boat lane or can you post one on here. I venture out a little on the lake some but not to much I like my prop the way it is now.


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https://agfc-media.s3.amazonaws.com/...76HHQTGIGQXWPA

See if this link works. It should be of a map to Lake Conway.


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No link for me there D10. Thank you hard work there Matt

Link wouldn't work for me either.

Worked for me. I'm on a Mac.

Would not open on my iPad.

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thanks Matt

Go figure. I'm using Google Chrome as a search engine.

Skiing will be less challenging thank you D10

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A friend bought a 95+ mph Bass Cat ....said he wanted to take me fishing and show me around his new boat and how fast it is . ( im a 15mph guy ) I told him sure i want to go , but were going to Lake Conway !!! lol Now Matt, yall are messing up my plan ! I dont want him to know there are clear lanes ! lol

looks like link maybe expired

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The new trail is really easy to follow, I think the blind could follow it. Red and green markers every 100'. A person can always go out and use their electronics to make a trail and store it. If the trail was just a tad bit more straight I think I could manage to get upwards of the High 80's, But as it is I have to Keep it around 85mph. rotfl