Looking For New Friends In Pickwick Area
 

We have moved our boat to Pickwick Lake in Counce, Tn for the 2015 boating season. Looking to meet new people to help us with the area and to suggest places to go to because we will be very new to the area. I hear there are a lot of places to go to for fun and entertainment from Alabama to Northern TN. We have been land locked in a bathtub for the last 3 years and are looking forward to stretching out a bit more.

Welcome to the area! I am about 100 miles away from you which I know could be a stretch but I have my fun on Tim's Ford Lake ! Nice big deep lake ever get this way give me a shout ....I live in the little town of were Jack Daniel's whiskey is made Lynchburg Tennessee and close to another little town called Tullahoma both within minutes of the water1

Thanks, nice to meet you. I'll keep that in mind. Do they have any poker runs or big events that you have there or travel to on the river? 100 miles not out of the way if we can make it a weekend.

No not really I wish that they did though.... there is a few power boaters out there we usually meet up in different places on the lake hang out go ride etc etc. Has 2 marinas with cabins and full restaurants gas also and a state park also its a cool lake family friendly also plenty of places to also drop the rig in the water and safe locations been on the lake for 20 years !

Hey and welcome. We've talked briefly but we'll be up there or somewhere on the TN river just about every weekend. We mostly go to PW or run down the waterway to Bay Springs. We'll be glad to show you around.

I can't wait for the weather to turn warm, I have your contact info and without a doubt will call. GOD I"M BORED. I think your the one I meet when you where putting your boat up at Sportsman. Hearing good things about Bay Springs, even people are there scuba diving.

Tennessee power boat club puts on one heck of a pr on old hickory. We are not far from pickwick, little town in north central alabama called cullman with one of the deepest, prettiest watered lakes in the SE. Only bad news if your a drinker its a dry county so no beer on the boat or the ticket is heavy. We have been nailed once for violation of prohibition and once for criminal littering. To top that we are the ones that anchor and float around minding our own and staying reasonable where as the drunk water lice just get away with everything. But our lake is powerboat friendly, noise tickets are few and far between.

Can you get there by water or do I load it on trailer? I'll take a look at their website for dates. Thanks

Don't remember meeting you but that doesn't mean it didn't happen, lol. We always put in at Sportsmans. Bay Springs has beautiful water, deep coves, lots of sand beach. About the only drawback is the increase in hydrilla but it's not bad yet.

What kind of boat?

Looking forward to running with both of ya! Kelly introduced us to Pickwick and we love it.

No worries, I am very a forgettable guy. Do you keep your boat at Sportsmans indoors where Pier 57 used to be? I meet a nice guy that's in the medical device or drug rep that, can't remember have his card at home. I have a Baja 405 indoors at L and S boat storage.

Trailer, part of the cumberland rvr. smith is land locked trailer also.

Oh Smith lake, been there many times. Learned to water ski on that lake. Beautiful water.

No, wasn't me but look forward to meeting you when it warms up. Are you still living in Madison or did you relocate up this way?

Looking forward to it. Still in Madison just moved boat there to have more things to do. Water quality was a biggy to because in the Ross Barnett it's so muddy you get a scumscach in one day.

They started dropping the water level at PW late last summer to facilitate some repairs to the dam. Hopefully those will be finished by spring time. I'm ready for it.

With my luck the dam will break before I put my boat in.

Is pickwick worth the tow? Never been there we like going new places.

Where are you coming from? As far as I'm concerned it's the best place I can think of, you can't run out of places to go or things to do. Bay Springs has very pretty water. I picked Pickwick over the Gulf Coast to play for the next couple of years. I'm sure others can offer better insight because my experience is limited.

I like it so far. You can go stretch your boats legs and fuel range if you choose. (I damn near ran out one night coming back from bay springs, died backing in the slip):food-smiley-007:. I bought a book about the great loop and has all the charts from Paducah to Knoxville. Real good read and guide. Plenty of marinas and ramps for the bigger boats. Meeting more go fast people on Pickwick than on Kentucky lake. Also helps Payupsucker lives 15 minutes from me and when I'm out lord knows he is. I think his new motors may be due a refresh from all the time they got this season. If you see a dry piped formula out making passes that's probably him:drink:

Whats the name of the book and where can I get it?

http://www.riverlorian.com/tennesseeriver.htm

Really worth the money to me.

There's a pretty big group of powerboaters in the Nashville area. As mentioned, we have a Poker Run on Old Hickory Lake around the first of August each year. Most of us also run the events at Lake Cumberland, KY and the Poker Run in Knoxville (Rooster Tails in Rocky Top) in June. Some of the crew usually goes to Tickfaw and LOTO too. You can keep up with us on the TN Powerboat Forum in the club section of OSO. Welcome to TN!

How far by water is Nashville, it's a trip I want to make.

It's roughly 180 miles from PW to KY Lake dam then catch the Cumberland to Nashvillle which is about 130 miles so about 310 total.

Might just put on trailer for that distance. I hear there's a lot going on at Cumberland, I am sure I will make that trip.

Pickwick is awesome . I'm from Memphis so me and my friends started our boating habits there. Very power boat friendly . Bay Springs is nice too , clear water and sandy beaches . The guyyou were talking about is Larry Slavick I think he keeps his fountain at the old pier 57 show room. I live in central Arkansas now surrounded by clear ozark mountain water lakes. Still plan to be out on pickwick a couple times a year.

I meet Larry about 5 months ago when I was there looking for a place to house my boat for the winter, he was very nice and I am sure we will have some fun together in 2015. If you make it to Pickwick let me know I will have 2 boats up there at the beginning of the season unless they sell my other. Looking forward to scuba diving Moulton Quarry in Alabama also, they tell me there's a lot of people that do it.

if you in to scuba you should check out norfork greers ferry or ouchita in Arkansas . extremely clear water . big time scuba scene.

looking forward to a couple trips to pickwick this summer

I'll look it up, thanks for the heads up

The thing to do would be trailer to Barkley then make the 130 mile trip to Nashville on the Cumberland then back. That's the most scenic part anyway.

Larry and Pam are friends of ours. Can't wait until warn weather.

Sounds good. Hopefully we can get several boats to do a trip.

Has anyone thought about having an event to remember Cary Downs? I have been tossing that around in my head but wanted to talk to Marsha and David once some time had passed and the wounds have healed a bit. Cary had been great to me and my wife, even helped me buy and service my 405. Any thoughts would be nice, I think I will start a new thread on the subject.

I think that would be great and I'll help in any way I can. I'm sure David would be open to it as well.

Thanks so much, I'll let you know after I talk to them.

Sounds good.

Just talked to Marsha and she said is all in favor of it. She a bunch of people have asked if there was wanting to do a run in memory of Carey and Jeremie. She is going to talk to David but she sees no reason not to start planning something. Anybody that lives at Pickwick let me know if you are able to help (need some volunteers) because I live 4 hours away and will not be going up there till middle of next month. LETS MAKE IT A BLOWOUT!!!!!