Name:   Blue Creek - Subject:   Boats longer than 30'-6" banned on Lake Martin? Date:   7/20/2016 3:25:55 AM

rga82, we kept our boat at Anchor Bay 3 years ago for the summer in a wet slip.  We were between a 33' and a 31' SeaRay.   I talked with one of them every time we went up there and they said it was their weekend retreat.  They loved it up there staying on the boat but the big problem they had was severe storms.  They had no place to hide.  Slip fees up there for the long slips were $ 320/month including water and power.  They have a pretty nice setup there and we really enjoyed having the boat there.  It's not nearly as nice as having your own place but I would break even back then if we went up three times a month just in fuel savings from not having to pull my boat back forth every time.  It's also nice to be able to get on the boat and be under a shelter if it's raining when you get there.  The folks in the big boats say they don't get above idle on the engines but maybe once or twice a season.  With twin 454 cid engines they don't like feeding them gas from marinas on the lake.  Three years ago it was around $4.75 a gallon on the water and that's a bunch when you have a 200 gallon tank.  

Wix, I've been going to Lake Martin since the 60's to ski and fish.  Where we used to ski when I was growing up is all developed and there are boats everywhere now.  I used to ski (and fish) mainly in the Little Kowliga and Parker Creek areas but they are busy too now.  We hang out in the Kowliga area because it seems to be the safest area to avoid a collision with less courteous boaters.  You are correct about it being rough on the kidneys.  My boat is rough as a cobb on rough water.  Back to your statement about the Georgia crowd coming to Lake Martin, I just realized my neighbor on Blue Creek is from Atlanta.  I guess they do come there to avoid Lake Lanier.  Never thought about that.  I'll have to quiz him about that when I see him.