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Backing in at Fork!!! #6361934 07/03/11 11:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,343 Tyler, Tx C CapN Ron OP TFF Team Angler
OP CapN Ron TFF Team Angler C Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,343 Tyler, Tx	Be really careful when you back in and unload at Fork. I tore my prop up this am at Oakridge and I had a buddy loose his skeg there. I'm ticked, just got a new prop a week ago!!!

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Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: CapN Ron] #6362012 07/04/11 12:04 AM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 7,091 Ok, USA horseplaydvm TFF Celebrity
horseplaydvm TFF Celebrity Joined: May 2009 Posts: 7,091 Ok, USA	Trim up before you back down! I know you didn't wanna hear that now. Gone Fishing B.A.S. 6/5/47-6/6/12 C.W.S. 9/29/72- 10/17/23

Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: horseplaydvm] #6362062 07/04/11 12:35 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,343 Tyler, Tx C CapN Ron OP TFF Team Angler
OP CapN Ron TFF Team Angler C Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,343 Tyler, Tx	Lol...this ain't my first rodeo. I had it almost out of the water

Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: CapN Ron] #6362102 07/04/11 12:56 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,624 Crandall, TX. S Shawn Mead TFF Team Angler
Shawn Mead TFF Team Angler S Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,624 Crandall, TX.	that ramp has its moments...one side is better than the other. Lake Fork Mafia

Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: Shawn Mead] #6362120 07/04/11 01:09 AM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 7 Tarrant County A Acts 2:38 Green Horn
Acts 2:38 Green Horn A Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 7 Tarrant County	I was thinking of staying at oakridge for the first time next weekend. Thanks for the warning.

Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: Acts 2:38] #6362148 07/04/11 01:32 AM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 15,135 San Angelo txwhitetail TFF Guru
txwhitetail TFF Guru Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 15,135 San Angelo	That ramp was sketchy when I was there a year ago.

Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: CapN Ron] #6362176 07/04/11 01:45 AM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 375 mexia/sam rayburn tx. C champ 198 Angler
champ 198 Angler C Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 375 mexia/sam rayburn tx.	Those concrete ramps on all lakes, are rough on props an prop shafts. ? How do I know.

Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: Acts 2:38] #6362368 07/04/11 03:27 AM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 763 flint,tx L LSUfan Pro Angler
LSUfan Pro Angler L Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 763 flint,tx	Originally Posted By: Acts 2:38 I was thinking of staying at oakridge for the first time next weekend. Thanks for the warning. I wouldn't let this detour me from staying at Oak Ridge! Last edited by LSUfan; 07/04/11 03:29 AM.

Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: LSUfan] #6362578 07/04/11 07:20 AM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 2,422 B bugsbunny Extreme Angler
bugsbunny Extreme Angler B Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 2,422	We back in at an angle now. There is some broken up concret about thirty ft out from the edge of the ramp and it played havac getting the boat out and it scraped up the bottom

Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: bugsbunny] #6362580 07/04/11 07:21 AM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 2,422 B bugsbunny Extreme Angler
bugsbunny Extreme Angler B Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 2,422	And its gonna get alot more troublesum as the lake continues to drop.

Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: bugsbunny] #6362588 07/04/11 07:58 AM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 75 S SaddleTramp Outdoorsman
SaddleTramp Outdoorsman S Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 75	Are you talking about at the top of the ramp, are in the water ? Seen a guy in a wrapped boat dragging his Merc at the top of the ramp a couple of weeks ago.

Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: SaddleTramp] #6362784 07/04/11 12:48 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 45,723 Emory, TX Big Red 12 TFF Guru
Big Red 12 TFF Guru Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 45,723 Emory, TX	I'll put in at the public ramp. www.SteveHodge.org www.diamondsportsmarine.com www.moritzchevrolet.com www.kistlerrods.com www.lock-n-haul.com www.finchnastybaitco.com www.continentalbattery.com www.purefishing.com www.bizzbaits.com

Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: CapN Ron] #6362874 07/04/11 01:54 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 16,441 Plano,Texas F forkduc TFF Guru
forkduc TFF Guru F Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 16,441 Plano,Texas	I did the same at Bassin for Babies. Seems to be a rock pile about 30-35 feet from the waterline.

Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: bugsbunny] #6362879 07/04/11 01:57 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 16,441 Plano,Texas F forkduc TFF Guru
forkduc TFF Guru F Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 16,441 Plano,Texas	Didn't they just re do that ramp? We stayed for 2 nights and the new owners a great people and they have made Oak Ridge the best it has ever been. That rock pile was off the center/left side.

Re: Backing in at Fork!!! [Re: bugsbunny] #6362900 07/04/11 02:06 PM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,338 NETX O ogles824 (aka Lakewaydr50) TFF Team Angler
ogles824 (aka Lakewaydr50) TFF Team Angler O Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,338 NETX	Originally Posted By: bugsbunny And its gonna get alot more troublesum as the lake continues to drop. +1 Thanks DFW.... 2012 ZX200 Skeeter 2012 Yamaha 200 SHO Isaiah 40:31 "but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Proud student of the Pro Staffer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzwF72B2F2w&t=14s

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