Warning to all fishermen who enter Choke Canyon Lake State Park.
The park ranger at the South Shore Unit is a wanna be Robocop.
He gave a good friend of mine a ticket for going 8 miles over the speed limit (28mph) while he was leaving the lake. There was no traffic and he was not really speeding that bad.
I know he was breaking the law but my friend said the guy was a real JERK and wouldn't even consider just a warning ticket.
I know when I go to the south shore I rarely see anyone obeying the posted speed 20mph. Every fisherman is usually in a hurry to get to the ramp and I am guilty of it too. So watch your speed cause there is a New Sheriff in town and he patrols the south shore unit. So be aware all my fellow fisherman.

Thanks for the advice!

They have gotten really serious about the speed limits. They should instead spend more time ticketing the bank anglers taking undersize fish and more than their daily limit.

Yep, laws were made to be broken!

Just goes to show don't let your guard down, as just when you think nobody is looking....Well!

They hired the guy to do a job, so they are getting their monies worth it seems.

Chances are since you posted the warning he seems to have accomplished what he wanted to do, and that's slow people down.

I have a problem when I'm going the speed limit and the guy behind me thinks is fun to ride right up on my motor or bumper, and when I move over they chicken out and finally get the message and back off.

I say good job officer!

Guess you guys are going to have to drive the speed limit down there!!!

I know I am.
We seem to have forgotten about the speed limit ever since there has not been an attendant at the entrance.

+1,000 speeding is why I now have to cough up about 25,000 on top of my uninsured motorist coverage, hit by a moron with no ins. that was "only going 5 over" the 35 mph speed limit. I was stopped waiting for someone to turn and BAM, now can't work, have to file bankruptcy, and am broke. yeah just 8 over so tell me what makes ur friend so special that speeding is O K? SLOW DOWN AND OBEY THE LAW. Oh yeah the 25 grand is for the surgery to replace my disc at c6 to c7 and a titanium plate for the rest of my life.

Your buddy breaks the law and your upset with the park ranger?? What am I missing here???

Your buddy was wrong and the park Ranger was right. What more can be said.

He rear ended you because he was going 5 MPH over the speed limit??

There are more important laws to worry about, if the place was empty it should not be a big deal. Go ticket the people keeping every fish they catch.

I saw someone pulled over at the callihan unit about 2 weeks ago for pretty much the same thing. Mixed call on that one as the weather gets nicer more familes out there and that means kids so if they are siding on the side caution I am fine. 20mph is REALLY SLOW though

not a big deal? what if you're flying down the road and a deer comes out and you hit it? you think that ticket is going to cost ya? wait till you find out they charge you for that deer. even worse there is one other family in the park and a kid runs out in front of you. is it really that important to get to the ramp that fast?

on your way to choke... if you travel through three rivers... do the speed limit there as well. there is always a sheriff(s) in, before and after the town limits pointing the r gun at you.

the point was that he was in too much of a hurry to pay attn. most "speeders" are too busy with themselves or the phone makeup etc. to pay attn. and 5 mph may have made a difference in the amount of damage to my neck. either way speeding is wrong, dangerous, and stupid, why do you think insurance costs so much. as a truck driver for many yrs. (over 2 million accident free miles) I recieved only one ticket and that was for avoiding an accident, had to get in a restricted lane, and I have seen all too often what the result of thinking the speed limit doesnt apply to me ends up costing people. it is just not worth it ever, try this do the speed limit in hvy traffic and see how many speeders u beat to where ur going, u can pay more attn to what is going on in front of you and avoid problems, you will beat them most of the time.