Beside the entrance of lynn creek park. I assume the lake patrol part will connect to the marina somehow. It's part of that police/fire station being built on that spot.

The lake does get bad during the weekend and the jet skiers out there dont realize that they are suppose to avoid the boats, not the other way around.

Thanks, I know where that is. I would think for accessability reasons it would better to build near the state park Marina because it's so close to the center of the damn or smack in the middle.

I imagine their is conflict their. The State owns the State Parks but the City of Grand Prairie patrols the lake I believe.

Correct. I know this because my boat stalled out at the bottom of the lower leg once. Electrical issue and I was facing the wind, so no trolling, no motor.

Embarrassing to call Lake Patrol and have em come get you and your dog.

I was there this past weekend. we fished in the rough 12-4pm hours the first day. and then some night fishing after that started at about 830 and got back to camp at 3 with nothing to show. My little brother did some how manage to foul hook a 14 inch yellow cat.... right in the tail... and got him in.... crazy!

I imagine their is conflict their. The State owns the State Parks but the City of Grand Prairie patrols the lake I believe.[/quote]

Makes sense! Thanks! Maybe I'll see you out there.

So where is the best place to launch before the crowds get there?

Britton would be a place to put in away from the crowds. But may be a long haul to fish. There is no good place to put in when the crowds hit.

I was thinking about this this past Sunday when I was out. I had the ramp to myself at 10 AM but when I arrived back at 4 there was a 20 minute wait.

What angers me are the people with 2 seadoos on the same trailer. Seems one never starts, they arent exactly drive on trailers and the people that have them arent even aware they are well hated among everyone else.

Pontoon boats come in second out there, they launch well but they dont load up quite as good. Once they get loaded then they start the process of moving everything from the boat to the vehicle so it doesnt fall off going down the road.

The bass guys are usually pretty impressive and if everyone could load and unload like them it would make things alot better.

I think the worst times are 1 to 5 on the weekends as you have people putting in and taking out at the same time.

HD, you hit the Nail on the head!

The the state park, ramp #2, not quit has bad.

Shhhhhh!

I always use Lynn Creek and I like to just sit there and watch all the idiots get yelled at by all the other people out. They think they are good and then it is there turn and then are worse then the guys they are yelling at.

Then there are the people who try to load a 24ft pleasure boat and trying to pull it up the ramp with a toyota camary. haha putting it in is not that bad taking it out is a little worse. Then of course the front wheels aren't getting traction so they are just spinning then they all sit on the front of the hood to give it some weight. haha it is hilarious I love to just go out there and watch all of them it is so funny.

Funny story.

I was out at the State Park about 4 weeks ago staying for the weekend. I parked my small 16 ft (old) bass boat on the shore by my campsite, tied and tarped it as I heard rain was coming in that night.

It rained for sure, and my tarp didn't quite make it, so my boat had taken about 30 gallons of water (it seemed) which had accrued throughout the night. I took the boat out by the damn where i could open it up, got to the back, and tried to pull the plug to let some water out. After unscrewing the plug nearly all the way, the ring broke off. I panicked knowing I had a loose plug and with my fingers tried to screw it back in as tight as I could.

Then I remembered I had a spare plug in the glove compartment but it was too late, I couldn't with my fingers get the old plug out.

I hurried to get back to shore, landed the boat and then had to get in my girlfriends car to go get my truck and trailer. Went and did that, back to the campsite to drop her car off. I told her to take my truck and meet me at the State Park Marina while I got the boat over to the ramps.

I had forgotten, she had never EVER backed a trailer into the water to load a boat.

I took the boat to the ramps and tied up. She had parked the truck. I got in the truck and backed it perfectly onto the ramp. I told her, once I got in the boat all she needed to do was ease the truck back 5 feet. I thought having her do this would save some time as my plug wasn't in the best of shape. I should have just put the trailer in the water myself.

As I got in the boat, backed up and told her to come on back I guess she lost control of the truck. She stopped about 3 foot into the water.. I started to bring the boat in and then all of a sudden my truck started to move even more backwards.. into the water..

My heart stopped.. i was screaming and yelling STOOOOOOOOP!

She finally got the truck stopped but at this point, water was above my tailgate falling into the bed of the truck. I don't know how much longer it would have been before I lost it, but it couldn't have been far.

Everyone at the ramp had one thing on their mind (all looking at me like I had a crazy woman here).. They wanted to get the hell OUTTA there before they had to deal with the assistance of a sunken truck with a unsure female and a dog in the back.

All I could think of is 'get the boat on the trailer and get the hell outta there'. I did so with such fashion that i overshot the rollers by quite a bit (i was freaked out and it happens when you can't even see the trailer).

Then pulling me out, she turns the wrong way on the one way lead road..

I just got out of the boat and had one phrase 'GET OUT OF THE TRUCK!'

funny now.. not so much then

She swears my brakes failed and that was the cause of all the issues.. but regardless.. she's not allowed to back up anything anymore