2016 Annual Tie Up August 20, 2016 Eagle Mountain Lake Party Cove

Paul Ruhl captaining his pontoon boat into action.

The annual tie up @ Party Cove did happen in spite of rain threats. I know most of lake peeps were scared off by the threats of rain especially experiencing the down pours on Friday afternoon and going into Saturday morning. I myself, crew, and other dock mates had made up our minds well in advance that we were going

I know the clouds in the background don't look good and it looks like it's fixing to rain cats & dogs but that was not the case. As I was looking on the Party Cove Facebook sites I had a few people request a postponement due to the weather conditions and also wondering if this annual event was going to happen. I answered back that it was happening and that their has never been a postponement. In keeping up with tradition this event has always happened on the 3rd Saturday of August come hell or high water. Which we've had some of those times. I wish I had that power to control the lake but I don't, LOL. Then people started texting me vigorously on what's happening out at Party Cove and how many people are out there. I couldn't keep up with it as phone nearly blew up from 100 lake peeps texting me at the same time. I'd have to say that this tie up was a pretty good one. Attendance wise I'd say their were about 75 boats well under the usual 300 that show up. The 75 boats that showed were the most cooperative and drama free I've ever seen at a annual tie up. Their were no incidents of any kind unless it was after 7:00 that's when I left. Even lake patrol didn't start visiting till about 4:30 PM. I guess their wasn't much activity for them to stay for awhile.