Reviews: Bay Springs Marina

Reviewed by: MARK GLOVER , Cool Change, on Oct 25, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 45'
Draft: 3.0'

Rating: 4

Nice quiet, small secluded marina. They have one shower for men one shower for women two stalls for men and sinks. They have one washer for a dollar and dryer is free. It is a bit of a walk from the dock to the bathrooms and the laundry. Decent lounge area, no loaner car that I know of, a little pricey for what you get but if you want to be at marina in that area, not a bad stop

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Reviewed by: John Highsmith , CAT O' MINE, on Oct 16, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 26'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

At the south end of Bay Springs Lake. Spotless bath house, fair prices, helpful staff. Many beautiful coves to explore on the lake.

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Reviewed by: Robert , Slow Dancing, on Nov 28, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Spent one night here May 2023, as I moved my boat home to Texas.

Restrooms, showers are up the hill in the captain's lounge building. Old, but clean. Power and water at the slip.

Quite, clean, comfortable marina.

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Reviewed by: Mike Hopkins , Tortue de Mer, on Nov 19, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 36'
Draft: 4.5'

Rating: 4

Beautiful little spot. Very friendly and helpful staff. Good water depth and approach. Good pet access, courtesy car available, bathrooms and shower are nice and a short walk from the transient slips. Very peaceful, would stay here again.

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Reviewed by: Michael Bruhn on Nov 11, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 45'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 4

Quiet marina. No one was available to help with lines. Restrooms were clean. Washing machines were free and dryers were $1.00. Pretty park like setting for walking. No restaurants or shopping nearby.

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Reviewed by: Gary & Karen Cervak on Nov 9, 2023
LOA: 41'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 4

Good stopover before lock on Tenn- Tom. Very remote and serene area. Well protected and off the river. Slips on an open dock. Megan, the dock master gave good approach directions over phone and was waiting on dock to help us in. Bathrooms were clean. Nice boaters lounge. Invited us to Halloween party the next night. Sadly, we had to move on.

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Reviewed by: Michael Smith on Oct 21, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 33'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 5

Very nice and clean with good service.The docks are in great condition. They have a courtesy car and we ventured into Belmont for some great Mexican at Costa Oaxaquena highly recommend. The marina is just above the lock.

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Reviewed by: Patricia And Steven Stanley , Calypso, on Nov 9, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 39'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Bay Springs Marina is a lovely spot that feels like it's in the middle of nowhere. The marina has floating wooden docks, bathrooms, 1 shower / gender and 1 washer/drier. We had a good internet signal but no bars on our T Mobile phones. Chris, the owner loaned us his car and we drove to the visitor center to learn about the Tenn-Tom waterway. It was great and very informative.

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Reviewed by: Bill Mcmahon on Nov 23, 2021
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 4

Beautiful (remote) spot, good facilities, restroom, showers, laundry, and lounge all in one building across from the dock. Friendly helpful staff. WiFi works well. Good jumping off spot to start the locks when southbound.

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Reviewed by: Rob Dare , Liberty Call , on Nov 6, 2021
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 46'
Draft: 4.5'

Rating: 5

A hidden gem. Nice marina with a super staff. Friendly locals. Easy entrance. Lots of great places to walk a dog.

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Reviewed by: David Mann , Now or Never, on Oct 26, 2021
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.7'

Rating: 5

Great full service marina with convenient transient docking. Good wifi, great areas to walk for a little off boat exercise. Everything is well taken care of. Easy access to Whitten Lock. Fast communications.

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Reviewed by: David Fuller , Still Waters II, on May 17, 2021
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 43'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Planned to spend the weekend here just to relax. However, after checking in I found I was missing -30 gallons of fuel from my port fuel tank. Then found the missing fuel in the engine room bilge. Went back to office and reported the issue. They immediately stopped other maintenance activities and sent a mechanic to our boat to recover the fuel.

After recovery was complete, we ran the engines to try and find the source. Troubleshooting discovered a valve to the generator return was cracked open. This allowed fuel to return to generator fuel tank and eventually back into bilge.

Big thanks to Marina and staff for quick response and successful recovery effort with no spill into the waterway. .

On another note, they have lost two docks due to winter storm damage so have limited transient dockage. Suggest you call early and make reservation if you plan to stop.

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Reviewed by: Preston Midgett , Pura Vida, on Sep 9, 2019
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 26'
Draft: 2.0'

Rating: 5

Spent the night here when the Whitten lock was closed due to an oil spill. Found out lock was going to be closed for up to 3 weeks. Owner Chris had a trailer and moved me past the 3 locks affected. Custom service at its best. Family owner and operated.

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