Kinkaid Lake Campsites (Annual Lease)

Disgusting boats and terrible customer service!!!The staff, particularly one of the owners (I believe his name was Agan), were completely unprofessional and unhelpful. We had called ahead a few times and got different answers from each employee. They don't even know their own policies! And then we didn't get a single apology from anyone working about the mistakes THEY made!! The boat we received w... Disgusting boats and terrible customer service!!!The staff, particularly one of the owners (I believe his name was Agan), were completely unprofessional and unhelpful. We had called ahead a few times and got different answers from each employee. They don't even know their own policies! And then we didn't get a single apology from anyone working about the mistakes THEY made!! The boat we received was so so so gross-- the carpet was soaked with algae and looked like it had literally never been cleaned. The price was unreasonable for the service and the boat we received. #NEVERAGAIN

I understand the other bad reviews now. We were told we couldn't park our boat in the campsite like we have been doing for the last 6 years. We do not bring a camper, we tent camp in the electric campground to charge the boat batteries, use CPAP machines, etc. Explained that we didn't have a camper and we have lots of $$ in fishing gear in the boat, we are not ok with parking it off site. Got a wi... I understand the other bad reviews now. We were told we couldn't park our boat in the campsite like we have been doing for the last 6 years. We do not bring a camper, we tent camp in the electric campground to charge the boat batteries, use CPAP machines, etc. Explained that we didn't have a camper and we have lots of $$ in fishing gear in the boat, we are not ok with parking it off site. Got a wishy-washy story saying it was always a rule, then blamed it on new management, etc. This rule is NOT on the website. In the meantime, the campground was a madhouse. Cars parked everywhere, including in OUR site. Had to find the owners to move them. People blaring music and yelling at 2 am, amongst other things. All of which were rules being broken that ARE listed on their site. No one ever enforced these rules though. Reached out to them on their website explaining my frustrations and looking for an explanation, trying to give them a fair chance before I leave a review. Never got a response, so here I am. What a shame... We used to love this place.

I understand the other bad reviews now. We were told we couldn't park our boat in the campsite like we have been doing for the last 6 years. We do not bring a camper, we tent camp in the electric campground to charge the boat batteries, use CPAP machines, etc. Explained that we didn't have a camper and we have lots of $$ in fishing gear in the boat, we are not ok with parking it off site. Got a wi... I understand the other bad reviews now. We were told we couldn't park our boat in the campsite like we have been doing for the last 6 years. We do not bring a camper, we tent camp in the electric campground to charge the boat batteries, use CPAP machines, etc. Explained that we didn't have a camper and we have lots of $$ in fishing gear in the boat, we are not ok with parking it off site. Got a wishy-washy story saying it was always a rule, then blamed it on new management, etc. This rule is NOT on the website. In the meantime, the campground was a madhouse. Cars parked everywhere, including in OUR site. Had to find the owners to move them. People blaring music and yelling at 2 am, amongst other things. All of which were rules being broken that ARE listed on their site. No one ever enforced these rules though. Reached out to them on their website explaining my frustrations and looking for an explanation, trying to give them a fair chance before I leave a review. Never got a response, so here I am. What a shame... We used to love this place.

I recently stayed at this campground with a buddy and we were planning to have a great time fishing and camping but from the moment we arrived the owner was incredibly rude and unwelcoming. We got there and we saw there was a sign that said no boats allowed in campsites which it doesn’t say anywhere on the website. So we were just going to unload and figure out what to do with the boat but the own... I recently stayed at this campground with a buddy and we were planning to have a great time fishing and camping but from the moment we arrived the owner was incredibly rude and unwelcoming. We got there and we saw there was a sign that said no boats allowed in campsites which it doesn’t say anywhere on the website. So we were just going to unload and figure out what to do with the boat but the owner came up to us and said you can’t read the sign as we were unloading our truck. We explained that we were unloading and he said we could park the boat in the parking lot so we did. Later that night around 8:00pm he drove past our campsite and turned his bright lights on as if he was checking to make sure we didn’t move our boat back into the campsite. The bathrooms were also disgusting so we will not be returning.

I love the lake; however, I was treated very rudely by the campground host and did not feel welcome. It also seemed like the other campers at Ed Bottoms campground were a tight nit group and they did not want anyone new staying in their campground. I left a day early because of this and would recommend Lake Murphysboro State Park, which is just down the road, for camping near the lake. They are... I love the lake; however, I was treated very rudely by the campground host and did not feel welcome. It also seemed like the other campers at Ed Bottoms campground were a tight nit group and they did not want anyone new staying in their campground. I left a day early because of this and would recommend Lake Murphysboro State Park, which is just down the road, for camping near the lake. They are much more welcoming at the state park, and the campground there is terrific.