I need to go there, its been 15 years at least since I have been up there.

A few years ago at blastoff my partner headed from the Villages to the point across the lake and just north of it, headed for Old Folks. Only problem was when we went into Old Folks prefishing we didn't go from the Villages, we went from Flat Creek. We didn't have a GPS trail from that ramp and he got "confused" about which point he was going to.

As we were blasting our way over there at warp speed, I suddenly realized that I didn't remember trees sticking up out of the water all around us when I had been over there before. At least I thought they were trees...they were going by really fast.

When he finally came off plane, he said "Where are we?" I said, "We're about 75 yards from the mouth of the little cut to go into Old Folks." He told me that was impossible, but I pointed in front of us and said, "Maybe so, but there it is!"

I guess the only thing that saved us, besides God and dumb luck, was that his boat was a Bullet, we were probably going about 85 mph, and not much of the boat or motor were touching the water.

If we had that GPS trail we could probably sell it for a fortune.

The best part was we beat everyone in there, lucked into some toads, and won the tournament.

I would NEVER try it again, though.

I was headed up to Old Folks that morning also. When we made the left turn along the bankline and saw ya'll heading straight to it I told my partner "those guys must know something we don't".

What is the most common route taken from the Villags to Kickapoo?
Go north from the ramp, head north, hug the east shoreline, get parallel with the powerlines, and head NW??

You can run straight north from the Villages across the mouth of the first bay (I don't remember the name of it). When you get to the first big point swing a little wide of it, then hug the east bank pretty tight past the boat docks and then run to the next point. From there to the highline I would recommend following someone who knows where he is going...and praying. LOL.

Once you get to the highline you can run it until you get to the island. Idle around the island, then run the highline until you get a couple hundred yards from to the Kickapoo ramp, then veer at about a 45 degree angle to just left of the first bridge. There is an old roadbed about 25-30 yards out from the bridge/Highway 315 that is probably no more than a foot underwater right now. Obviously you have to shut down before you get to it.

By the way, I am not responsible for damage or injury from anyone following my advice...

That boat you see in kickapoo is the one that was stranded on a stump a year or so ago. The owner came back and stripped it so only the hull is left. It evidently dislodged itself and is now floating around kickapoo with the wind. I don't think there are any fools out and about that would run on pad in kickapoo unless you are on the powerline or pipeline. The stumps are too easy to see now.

I left Kickapoo at 3 on Saturday and there was not a b
oat around. Maybe Sunday?