The Barkers test Boyd Lake for the rest of us

 We always thought that no one pampers their boat more than Kathleen and Danny Barker. You be the judge as the fishing couple made one final visit to Boyd Lake Saturday before it closes for the season,

Kathleen reports the water below the ramp was about 2 1/2 foot deep, which looks about right in this photo she supplied. The couple caught three small walleye and a small white bass, not enough for a sandwich. 

"Hey, the motor did good," Kathleen says. "We raised it up quite a bit and quickly made it to deeper waters! Should have seen the big ski boats!

"It took eight guys to get their boogie board boat out of the lake. One guy tried to put a three-axle trailer into the lake, then out of the lake ... with troubles."

Like a growing number of reservoirs around this drought-stricken state, Boyd will close to boating this evening. Hand-launched craft are still welcome.