I will never understand they always site budget shortage but look at Collin Park they don't have to shut down for high water and continue to use their ramps you can also look at Lake of the Pines it is a COE lake all parks very clean and maintained bathrooms very clean and maintained so is there a budget difference or management difference?

I have called the office a couple times in the last couple of weeks. I asked when the restrictions would be over or if they had a timeline to open things back up, Ranger Perrin told me they were just "waiting on the word form above, and had no timleline".

Second call, Ranger Perrin answered the phone again. I told him I was calling to make sure the website was updated accurately as to which ramps were open and closed. He scoffed at me and said they had a much better system now and everything was accurate. 1hr later I drove over the west side bridge and saw the lot at Brockdale full, with a boat on the ramp. Pulled over, opened op the webpage, says Brockdale is "CLOSED until further notice due to COVID-19".

It's like you don't want to piss the people off that are in charge of this stuff and only make it worse, but on the other hand want to call up there everyday and ask wtf is going on. Like others have said, if it's going to be closed, get a guy out there with some gravel or concrete and fill in the craters.

It is super frustrating to see Lavon in the shape its in and other COE lakes that have prideful management and still manage to "serve" the public.

False. Try again

I think McKinney, Wylie lavon etc should try and get the parks from the corps. Look at Lewisville.. corps lake. Parks run by city. Well maintained. Yes cost a bit to launch but who cares?

I think some well funded group should take East Fork private, move the main ramp gate and fee collection for launches to the entrance by the marina. Then make the camp ground entry a key pad for already register campers. Do road and facility improvements. That camp ground with nice amenities like shower houses and pool along with what the boat ramp would make would do very well. You could have tournament facilities , the horse trails could make you money if made into both horse as well as biking, nature trails.

Home Run.

How about Collin Park?

Collin Park is open. We were there Sunday before last and it was crowded beyond belief when we left

Conditions are looking up:

https://www.swf.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/Article/2177896/us-army-corps-of-e

I don't even fish Lavon (been 3 times) but I'm part of the Lavon Lake fishing FB page and all I gotta say is FUUUUGGGG that lake. Ramps are trash, sewage spills, not worth it compared to the surrounding lakes. IMO.

Thank you for posting that. It’s great new except sentence 1 where it says the phased reopening will be up to each lake. So Lavon will be closed at least the next month due to abnormally sunny conditions.

I'd rather deal with them, than deal with the idiots on the water. Never seen such tom-foolery as has been the case lately.

You mean like the guy in the speedboat tonight flying back and forth in from of the ramp and down the no wake buoy line of the Marina? Of course all of this while his truck and trailer were parked on the ramp, trailer in water. Just hangin out blocking half the ramp.

as oftue5/12 most ramps open I know Mallard is closed & 1 other.. BELIEVE or not pebble beach was OPEN!!!!

Yep, yep, yep, yep and yep.