im not saying they need to build a park there or anything, but improvements upon the areas already open would be great. like removing some trees and making better areas to park. i just remember that place when it had much better access and shorelines that werent overgrown, of course that was the mid 80s...there have been times where i thought about going in there with one of those saws on a pole and cutting a few limbs off trees. i also thought about getting a jon boat or canoe, but now i took my old truck off the road and have no way to haul one lol...

The new Mt. Hope area is a BIG improvement for launching small craft.

i went on sunday. i parked about 20 feet from the water.  no problem for jon boats.

yep. those boulders were a huge PITA to lift a jon around

These boulders? I was out for a couple of hours on Saturday where I caught a couple of dinks. By the way, it was maiden voyage 2.0.

there used to be another big boulder right next to that one. You had to shimmy around/over it with boats.

these boulders

Those were the ones! I believe they may have cleared a tree or some brush also.

You guys are wimps! Those don't seem that bad!

the first picture is deceptive. You normally can't launch there on that side in the summer without getting muddy.

So....that leaves the second picture. With a heavy kayak or a jon that requires two people...it wasn't fun. It wasn't that bad but you would have to be careful where you stepped or you could trip on the rocks.