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Lake Gaston, which is fed by Kerr, was nice and cool. Was impressed just how refreshing it was, compared to Jordan/Harris. My buddy was telling me how warm it has been this year. Of course he didn't have any of the triangle lakes as a base of comparison. I was like dude, no way, this feels amazing.
I boat all over NC and I'm not really worried about snakes mostly because we like to anchor in 25-35ft of water not super close to shoreline. Water right now in our lakes are anywhere from 88 to 97 depending on time of day and location.
We saw a snake once at the Marina.....was sitting on a rock on the sea wall sunning itself. Haven't seen one since...but I'm sure they are around.
Kerr is our fav... and it is large! My wife and i were talking about finally doing Gaston on Sat. I think I am gonna call the marina and ask how much to put in at their place.
I assume Gaston is more crowded on weekends. Might head up there if you’re going. why put in at the marina? I assume there are plenty of public ramps....??
I’ve never seen a snake in a lake down here. I’ve seen 97 degrees this summer... that was in about 6 feet of water.
Fro. What I gathered by Google there is one public ramp. Its gravel and no facilities. The marina, if its not expensive, has facilities there and an on water resturant we may eat at. Just seems easier. I'll call today and see what the charge is.
The pointe is a decent restaurant. There's others on the water, though. If you're doing Gaston you gotta do that, nothing better than taking your boat to eat. Watersview is right across from The Pointe via water, but it's more "fancy/expensive". Latitudes is new, and we didn't get a chance to eat there, but it's a short ride from the marina. Shady shack is a decent ride from the marina, but it's a nice ride, so I like going there. There's a couple ramps, also have to remember it's in both VA and NC, so you need to look for public ramps on the VA site too. There's 2 NC ones that I have used and neither are very big. Gaston is not really a "travel" lake per se. Most everyone there has a house there, so ramps are generally used just for putting in and getting to your house. It is a nut house on the weekend(s) right now, though. The main lake will in fact be a washing machine, guaranteed.
@Michael Rasmussen. I grew up in the Rochester area (Webster then Canadaigua for my high school years), lived in MA for 30 years, and relocated to Raleigh two years ago.
Congrats on your Yamaha! So far we love ours-only been out twice. We were out at Jordan this weekend and launched at New Hope with our AR190.
Judging by that picture we were about 10 mins ahead of you.
