The Road to Anywhere near Table Rock Lake

Will be turning, twisting, turning again. The only thing you can be sure of is there will be no straightaway, so don’t be hoping for one cause it isn’t coming, baby.Ever. All the roads are named one of two ways. we have our ‘Y’. And ‘DD’ And ‘Double O’. Which is shorthand for “OO’. Each road has it’s own little offshoots. ‘Double O 10′.  ‘Y 20′. ‘DD 16′. each of these roads have smaller yet offspring. ‘Double O 10 A2′. By the way, to save on confusion each of the second generation and beyond also has a proper name. Pritchard Holler. Blues lane. Jumpin Jacks. I believe these are assigned by whoever decides they have a great name. Kind of like buying a star.

As you may have imagined by now, each little road-child becomes progressively smaller, curvier, and a much more exciting downhill ending up in at the lake adventure. The end of the road is drawing near when the curve signs stop coming but the curves keep on. The state road crew knows when enough is enough before you do.

Wondering how we come up with ‘Y 11′ , ‘Y 18′ , ‘Y 20′? It is certainly not by miles, no sir. I believe it is measured in time. All directions are given by time here about. As Driven in a F-150 Ford pick-up. Anywhere it takes 45 minutes to travel 20 miles( with but 4 other vehicles on the road ) is a go-fast-turn-left experience. Hone up your skills and come on down, the water is fine.

Shoreline Cleanup for Table Rock Lake 4-4-9

Each Year hundreds of volunteers from around Table Rock Lake and visitors to the region converge on the shoreline for the annual trash pick-up on the weekend of the first Saturday in April. This year the Table Rock Lake Marina Association is proud to be the major funding sponsor of the cleanup! On the last Saturday in September and smaller clean-up event is also held where only trash-bag sized debris is picked up. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Table Rock Lake supplies trash bags, dumpsters, tire and appliance removal and personnel. Volunteers organize teams including girl and boy scouts, Missouri and Arkansas stream teams, homeowner’s associations, civic organizations, College of the Ozarks students, retired individuals, business employees, marinas, resorts, families, and other environmentally concerned citizens. Each volunteer receives a shoreline cleanup t-shirt and a camping voucher for Table Rock Lake U.S. Army Corps campgrounds. The only way a project of this magnitude can be done is with the help of the dedicated sponsors and volunteers! Anyone interested in participating in the cleanup please call Gopala at 417-739-4100. You can print out the Sign-up Sheet and Trash Tracking Form to turn in to the Table Rock Lake Water Quality office for your T-shirts upon completion of the shoreline cleanup or you may sign-up you and your team online.

You can print out the Sign-up Sheet and Trash Tracking Form to turn in to the Table Rock Lake Water Quality office for your T-shirts upon completion of the shoreline cleanup or you may sign-up you and your team online.

Below is a list of sponsors for 2009.

	OZARK CANOE CENTER
	HILL & HILL Environmental LLC

Ahoys Hosting Bass Tournament for Amateurs only!

The 2009 Big Bass Bash Tournament for amateurs only will kick off at Table Rock Lake on May 16-17, 2009 with a $79,000 payout. Three weigh-in locations will be Ahoy’s Boat Ramp (main location at the Kimberling Inn in Kimberling City, MO), Campbell Point Marina and Cape Fair Marina.

Sponsored by Midwest Fish Tournaments, a family owned and operated company, the opening Big Bass Bash allows the weekend angler a chance to win like the professionals. Its format allows just one fisherman with one big bass to win one of three overall awards or by having one of the 12 largest bass caught during semi-hourly weigh-ins.

Several ways to win cash have been announced. Anyone who enters the tournament before midnight on May 1 will be entered in a drawing for one of ten $300 cash prizes. Anyone having in his or her possession an official t-shirt at weigh-in who comes in 13th place will win $125. And the first person to weigh-in a bass with an exact weight of three or four pounds will each day win $500.

Over 600 anglers are expected to enter the tournament.

Tournament entry fees are $110 for one day or $160 for two. New this year is a kid’s division for children 12 and younger. Entry fee is $15 per day for each child.

Official Entry Forms here.