I think the only time I ever actually hunted the beach area was a few years ago, in winter, when the lake level was very low, and I had the whole place to myself. I always hunt the same swimming area inside the buoy line and almost always in the water. I've never ran into the problems you encountered today. I've water hunted Thunderbird Lake several times over the past 4 or 5 years and already twice this summer. So it looks like there are limited, good, places to water hunt at this park.Īnyone else come to this conclusion or had a similar experience with this park lately That I needed to get a camp site in order to use it. So that tells me that I can't park there and use that section for a day trip. After driving around and looking for some of these area's, I found signs posted in them that said "DAY USE PROHIBITED". One of the ladies that worked in the office proceeded to tell me that people swam almost anywhere around the lake and that I still had plenty of water to hunt in. Water detecting was off limits inside the buoyed off area's. The park manager overheard and informed me that even though the beach was in a permitted area, ALL of the beaches were off limits for metal detecting. I noted on the map that there was a beach area in a "permitted" section of the park and commented that would be an ideal place to go. I was given a map of the park that had all the permitted area's to metal detect highlighted along with a copy of my permit. I did the good deed and stopped at the park office to spend my $5 to get a metal detecting use permit for the State Park. Or their cabins & motel.This morning after hitting one of the close by beaches and coming up empty handed, I decided to head to Lake Thunderbird. Stay over by camping: tent or RV style.You want to golf? OK! And rather eat out? There's Foggy Bottom for food, & sometimes entertainment.There's the nature center, & horseback riding at Seqoyah Stables. Rentals at the marina: water-trikes, kayaks & more. Golf-cart rentals can get you around the park. Some sandy beach, but lots of rocky areas too. ![]()
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