I watched a guide (tan alum center console) Sat unload his boat of stripers behind the Botel late afternoon. They had an impressive stringer to say the least. I had been up on the lakeside because I thought the gates were still open since TVA showed them as open Fri evening. Holy crap I have never seen so many boats on Pickwick Lake in my life and I have been boating there since 1976. Looked more crowded than a typical July 4 weekend and my little 16 ft Alumacraft was not happy in all those huge wakes.
