I made a quick visit to Jerry’s Landing at Eloika Lake, Spokane County, Washington today. I wanted to take a couple photos of what was working. My photo for the crappie, sunfish and perch bait came out so fuzzy as to be worthless. I will try to replicate it later. To the left is a photo of the sign at the entrance to Jerry’s Landing. Check them out.
Here is the view from the driveway looking in at the resort. The dock in the center is one of two docks they have where you can fish. Based on the boats there, I think you can also make long term docking arrangements. Give them a call and ask if that is what you need.
Here is the store to buy bait and candy and soda and supplies at Jerry's Landing, Eloika Lake, Spokane County, WAJerry's Landing, Eloika Lake, One of the two docks
I asked Lauri what was biting and here is her report. The crappie and perch are a bit slow. The bass are biting pretty well. Seems like the middle of the lake was one of the better spots for them. Stop by and pick up supplies and get your boat in the water. $3.00 is pretty cheap when you factor the fishing tips you’ll get into the mixture. Why waste time when you can go directly to where the fish are biting?
Fuzzy foto of the crappie, perch, sunfish and bluegill lure.
Sorry for the poor quality of this photo. This has a very light weight of about 1/80th of an ounce on it and can be used to jig, reel in slowly, on a bobber or with a worm attached as well. For the crappie, play it about two feet down. For the perch, try about 4 to 6 feet down. This next photo is a great lure for the bass.
First photo of this bass lure for Eloika Lake
You can throw it out and drag it back slowly. You do not want it too deep in the water. A couple of inches should be adequate.Second photo of this bass lure for Eloika Lake…………………Here is another photo of this bass lure for Eloika Lake which gives another angle.Great Bass Lure for Eloika Lake……………..Here is yet another option for Bass. This plastic worm seems to work well both in the water and then on top of the lily pads. In the later option, you cast the lure onto the lily pad and jiggle it. The Bass will come up out of the water to get the worm. I guess they might see some of the shape of the lure from under the water and combined w/ movement, it becomes irresitable.
Great Bass Lure for Eloika Lake
There you have it. Another day fishing Eloika lake, Spokane County, Washington state. I leave you with a couple more photos:Eloika Lake, Spokane County, Washington, looking south from Jerry’s Landing
Great plastic worm for bass fishing
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Eloika Lake, Spokane County, Washington, looking south from Jerry’s Landing
Here is a page from the Department of Ecology. I will be contacting the Jump Of Joe Lake Resort for a fishing report. I like this little lake and found it a great place for kids to catch a lot of blue gill and sunfish.
Enjoy the information. Dave
JUMPOFF JOE LAKE — STEVENS COUNTY: 1996
Jump Off Joe Lake is located 10 miles from Chewelah and six miles northeast from Springdale. It is fed by an unnamed inlet, and drains via Jump Off Creek to the Colville River.
Size (acres) 110
Maximum Depth (feet) 25
Mean Depth (feet) 13
Lake Volume (acre-feet) 1430
Drainage Area (square miles) 15.30
Altitude (feet) 2031
Shoreline Length (miles) 2.0
Source of morphometric data: Water Supply Bulletins 42, 43, and 57.
VOLUNTEER-COLLECTED SECCHI DATA
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Date Temperature Water %Cloud Recent Secchi Lake
(Y/M/D) (C) (F) pH Color Cover Rain Wind (ft) Ht(in) Abbrev. Comments
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STATION 1
96/05/18 16.7 62.1 Lt Brown 0 20.0 0.0
96/05/30 0 16.2 0.0 FIELD VISIT--NO VOLUNTEER
96/08/29 0 18.5 0.0 FIELD VISIT
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LABORATORY RESULTS
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Total Total Fecal Col. Bacteria Turb- Suspended Solids
Phosphorus Nitrogen Chlorophyll (colonies/100 mL) idity Total Non-Volatile Color
Date Strata (ug/L) (mg/L) (ug/L) Site 1 Site 2 (NTU) (mg/L) (mg/L) (Pt-Co)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
STATION 1
96/05/30 E 12 0.21 4.6
96/08/29 E 8 0.22 1.5
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E=epilimnion composite, H=hypolimnion composite. Remarks codes: U = Below detection limits; J = Estimate.
SUMMARY OF VOLUNTEER SURVEY
There was no survey response for 1996.
FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF ECOLOGY STAFF
Lots of surface scum observed during the summer field visit.
TROPHIC STATUS
Estimated Trophic State: Oligo-mesotrophic
Mean Trophic State Index (Secchi): 36N* (Oligotrophic)
Mean Trophic State Index (Total Phosphorus): 35 (Oligotrophic)
Mean Trophic State Index (Chlorophyll a): 42 (Mesotrophic)
*The calculated TSI is an estimate. The Secchi disk hit bottom (B), entered the weeds
(W), or there were too few valid readings (N), or the calculation was based on
qualified data (J), or TSIP was based on spring data (S).
SUMMARY AND EXPLANATION OF TROPHIC STATE ASSESSMENT
Jumoff Joe Lake is classified as oligo-mesotrophic. TSI and profile data support this
classification. There were high concentrations of oxygen throughout the water column.
COMMENTS FROM 97/07/29 AQUATIC PLANT SURVEY
Partly cloudy, calm, plants growing at 5 meters. Great plant habitat, diverse
community - Chara meadows throughout much of littoral. Many huge goldfish, many
turtles, ducks. Maximum depth of plant growth: 5.0M.
AQUATIC PLANT LIST (This list may be from multiple years and sources.)
Ceratophyllum demersum (Coontail; hornwort) Chara sp. (muskwort)
Elodea canadensis (common elodea) Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag)
Myriophyllum sibiricum (northern watermilfoil) Myriophyllum sp.
(water-milfoil) Najas flexilis (common naiad) Potamogeton foliosus
(leafy pondweed) Potamogeton friesii (flat-stalked pondweed) Potamogeton
pectinatus (sago pondweed) Potamogeton sp. (pondweed) Potamogeton
zosteriformis (eel-grass pondweed) Ranunculus aquatilis (water-buttercup)
Scirpus sp. (bulrush) Solanum sp. (nightshade) Typha latifolia
(common cat-tail)
Data collected and provided by Washington Department of Ecology’s Lake Monitoring Program (Maggie Bell-McKinnon, phone 360-407-6124).
There is a great resort at Jump Off Joe Lake: 3290 East Jump Off Joe Road Valley, WA 99181 (509) 937-2133 I had a great time fishing there a few years ago with my son. We caught little sunfish and crappie and blue gills as fast as we could throw a line out. It was more fun than a barrel full of monkeys. Give them a call. Tell them Dave Atherton and Emmrod said to call.
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My Good friend Jim M and I have been threatening to go fishing for quite a while. We had three problems. We both thought we were too busy. That should never be an excuse to keep you from fishing! I did not have a boat. Finally, his boat was not working. As neither of us can walk on water and there is not that much open shoreline at Loon Lake, we were dead in the water.
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Finally, Jim got his boat licensed, the motor running, the life preservers in place and everything except the running lights squared away. So, we made our date with destiny and headed off to fish. I provided the night crawlers, the canned corn and we stopped at the Loon Lake Grocery and I picked up marshmallows and maggots.
The public launch is around the back side of the lake at the NW corner of the Lake. It is very up-to-date and convenient. Plenty of parking, a nice ramp and a great dock donated by Knight’s Ez Dock in Deer Park Washington. (Touch bases w/ them if you need to install a dock: Daved@knightconst.com Knight Ez Dock, 28308 N Cedar Road, Deer Park, WA 99006 (800) 654-8168.)
So, off we went to catch a few whales. Theory vs. Practice!
Heading out for the Big Ones
Well, the motor was working OK but not great. In fact, it moved us along at about 25 percent efficiency. It was late, we did not have lights, so, we decided to limit our distance. While Andrew was excited about the chance of rowing back, the idea failed to excite either Jim or myself. We went around the first corner of the lake and threw in our anchor. We got our gear ready, baited and threw the lines in. We were using about two feet leaders on a swivel with an egg type weight just above the swivel. We were in about 30 feet of water and fishing just above the bottom. Jim drew first blood with a small bass. Unfortunately it swallowed the hook so we had to keep it. I caught the next fish which came easily off the hook and we released it. Pretty quickly, the wind picked up so we retreated around the corner of lake back towards the dock. Our fishing there was fruitless. After about 20 minutes, we returned to where we had been previously and just dealt with the wind. The fish were biting as fast as we could throw in the bait. All were small blue gill and sunfish, but a great deal of fun.
Our First Catch, a little bass.
This was a fine day for me as I had a chance to do some boat fishing with my Emmrod Packer. I was using the seven coil rod tip. Frankly, I should have used the 8 coil or the top water rod for the additional sensitivity I would have had with those rods. Never-the-less, the 7 coil was gentle enough to provide a lot of fun. It clearly transmitted the bites and nibbles of these little fish.
A little blue gill like many we caught this evening
The four fish we ended up keeping.
I would have liked to release all these fish, but, sometimes, you just can not help but injure them too much to release them. Andrew had a good time cleaning them up for later consumption when we got back to shore.
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While you are thinking about fishing at Loon Lake, Stevens County, WA, why not think about buying a home up there so you can do it more conveniently? I have two listings, one single family home at 40490 Gwenelen Road,in Morgan Acres. This home comes with access to a beautiful beach park. It is now reduced to only $114,900!
The other home is a great place to live, a business opportunity and a Man Cave all wrapped up in one property. The zoning is commercial and the building would lend itself to many uses. This turn of the century home has so much character and has beautiful stained glass accents throughout. Best of all, it is only about 6 minutes from the Loon Lake Public Launch. Perhaps you could open a great fishing tackle or fly tying school here? Check out the tour!
Keep Loon Lake in your mind for both fishing and living. It is only about 30 minutes north of Spokane about 15 minutes north of Deer Park. There are many other lakes in close proximity. Eloika Lake, Deer Lake, Jump off Joe Lake, Diamond Lake, Sasheen Lake are all within about 30 minutes of Loon Lake. Come visit!
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Why is this the best “instant grommet” on the market? Because it is so versatile. The bolt can be removed and reinstalled through the grommet then tightened down so the clamp holds the tarp. This doubling of the grip on the tarp protects the life of the tarp and helps keep it in place in weather.
Reinstall the bolt through the eye and tighten down doubling strength
If there is a missing grommet or the distance between grommets is too far for your application, you can install a clip at whatever interval gets the job done for you.
Once installed, you have two options for connection to the bungee cords or line holding the tarp in place. You can do a quick catch with the hook or if you want more permanency, run the line through the eye.
Now, besides the obvious tarp application, how can you USE the Rhino Clip? Kind of like the lover of yore–How do I love Thee? Let me count the wheys. (Maybe that was the cheese maker?)
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–Clip chip bags closed
Close bags tightly, and hang them out of the kids’ reach.
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My Taskmaster at the Exchange, Helen, badgers me every week to get my ads in on time. She hounds me with every new “opportunity” for great advertising. Of course, when she took over my account, her predecessor informed her, “Remember, just treat him like you are running a day care center.” Everyone needs a Helen keeping them on schedule. Thanks Helen for taking such good care of me! If you need help with your ads, call Helen at the Exchange. (509) 922-3456.
Recently, she called me and suggested a great chance to advertise my Emmrod Compact Fishing system. It was through a special issue celebrating summertime fishing. I thought it was such a great map that I both bought an ad–see it in the top left margin of the map–and wanted to make it available to my reading public. If this does not work on your system, here is the link to visit: http://issuu.com/the_exchange/docs/061810_exchange/20?viewMode=magazine&mode=embed
Those who know me, know I am a licensed real estate agent in the Spokane WA area. Being a Realtor, I have access to all the information on what is listed for sale at any of the lakes in this area. I just printed a list of properties on the lots just at Deer Lake, Sacheen Lake, Diamond Lake, Reflection Lake, and Eloika Lake. There were well over 100 properties on just that list. If you search the Spokane Multiple Listing Service (MLS), you will find over 800 waterfront lots.
Waterfront lots come in two varieties. Primary and Secondary. Primary waterfront means you walk out of your house or RV and go straight to the beach. Secondary waterfront means you are in the development and theoretically have access to the water through a community or shared waterfront access. The waters get a bit murkier when we have land near the lake and there is a convenient public access. Personally, I would not consider that as a Secondary waterfront lot. But, practically, it works the same way except there is a much larger population base using the ramp, the dock or whatever facilities are there.
Take my two listings in Loon Lake. One is in Morgan Acres and has access to a lovely park, ramp and dock. That is quintessential secondary waterfront. My other listing there is in the middle of town, about 7 minutes from the public access and while it has a home, a store front and a shop on a second electrical meter–all with commercial zoning, it is not a “waterfront” lot.
Getting to Eloika Lake, there are currently ten lake properties for sale. The prices run from 80,ooo to 1,150,000 dollars. Four are vacant lots. One is a Mobile Home. The balance are stick built homes. Eight are primary lots and 2 are secondary lots. Two are less than an acre and the balance are between 1 and 10 acres EXCEPT a 60 acre estate with frontage and located close to the public access point. Not unexpectedly, this is the one which is priced at 1,150,000.
A couple of the homes priced in the 750,000 price range are beautiful newer homes. Other lots are running in the 2-300k price range.
So, if you love bass, crappie, trout and bullhead fishing, this may be the place for you. If you would like to keep track of what is going on at any lake in the pacific northwest area covered by the Spokane Association of Realtors, shoot me an email and I will set you up in a free program which delivers you immediate information as a property becomes available or changes prices. Track one property, one lake or the whole area. My real estate email is DavidWAtherton@gmail.com
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What a fine evening! A few days ago, I took off a couple hours from running my three businesses, real estate, daylilies and Emmrod Fishing Poles (www.WhyBuyEmmrod.com). I said, it is time for a brief sanity break! I am heading over to Jerry’s Landing to rent a canoe for an hour or two. Off I went.
I met Laurie who is half of Jerry’s Landing Resort along with Jerry. She was pleasant and helpful and got me set up right away with a canoe, life preserver and floating seat. She gave me some helpful hints on where to go for the few minutes left in the day.
Off I went! Boy, canoe paddling is really different than a regular row boat at which I am not the good either. I will say, it sure is easier to paddle a canoe than it is to row a boat. I paddled out about a half a mile and gradually drifted with the current and fished along the shore. Long story short, did not get anything but sure had a good time.
One of the reasons I went was to get some more actual fishing experience with my Emmrod Packer. This is a fine compact fishing system which is only about 22 inches long. It uses either a bait caster or closed face spinning reel. I use the later. I was very pleased to be able to cast it 30 to 40 feet using only the weight of my small spinner. While that was the wrong bait for the area, playing with it was a lot of fun. Fishing in the confines of the canoe where I did not dare stand up–actually found myself thinking about laying down in the bottom when the wakes rolled in–I found it incredibly convenient to have all my tackle, bait and fishing pole including a spare Emmrod Packer all set up in two five gallon buckets. It would have fit in one, but I had been working on my daylilies all day and just kept throwing worms in a five gallon bucket of dirt so I just drug the whole thing along instead of putting the worms in a small cup.
Some lessons learned:
Try to stay perpendicular to the shore when you hear an ocean liner flying down the center of the lake at 200 knots per hour. When that wash arrives four minutes later, you just do not want to be parallel to the wash. Thank goodness, I do not get seasick.
Do not scream at your kids even when they won’t stop crying. Your cursing carries over the water even more than the kids screaming. You come off on the bad end of the impression scale.
Treble hooks are not very useful in the weeds. There is nothing they won’t catch except maybe fish. Eloika Lake is a weedy lake.
Listen to what Jerry and Laurie tell you about what to fish with. I should have bought a couple of the white jigs Laurie recommended to me as what the Crappie were biting on now. Even the worms were not attractive to the fish that evening.
Even though I did not catch anything, I had a great time. I saw several loons and one seemed to like my presence as it stayed about a hundred feet away from me most of the time I was out. A big fat beaver swam by with a stare as if to say “And who do you think you are?” A cat was hunting down by the river but did not seem to catch anything either.
I finally pulled the plug and coasted into Jerry’s Landing as the sun set. A great time relaxing and watching nature. Wish I had caught a fish, but, in the end, it is not about the catching but about the trying.
When the fishing bug bites, keep Jerry’s Landing Resort in mind. They are a great young couple providing a fine service to those of us escaping reality for a few hours. According to them, right now the Crappie are biting and are being caught up to 12 inches long. A 5.5 pound Bass, Large Mouth Bass I believe, was landed. Just a thought on the Bass, keep the little guys and release the big ones. They take forever to get that large. Catch and release is a great plan on big bass. Finally the perch seem to be biting as well.
Here are some of the services offerred at Jerry’s Landing Resort:
Full RV hookups, Cabins, a store, Fire pits and Picnic Tables, Boat and Canoe Rentals, FULL BATHROOM FACILITIES (Very important for us old guys.). Prices are realistic, service is polite and friendly, the location is super convenient and Eloika Lake is a great lake to fish. It is one of the top four Bass Lakes in the NW from what I understand.
So, to visit Jerry’s Landing Resort, North on Hwy 2 (Newport Highway) past Riverside High School and Miller’s One Stop to Oregon Road. West (left from Spokane) to Regal Road. Left to Jerry’s Landing.
Their phone number is 509 292 2337, their email is jerryslanding@earthlink.net and their address is N 41114 Lake Shore Rd, El WA 99009.
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It is hard to keep up with product developments! Emmrod is constantly updating their great compact fishing system. The Packrod series for both casting and spinning is the scene of several new innovations. It is still available as pictured on the web, but, we have upgraded both the cork and the reel seat on new models as well as added in the salt water version. The cork is now natural cork vice the manufactured cork typically seen. The reel seat has been upgraded to the Fuji Reel seats which are top of the line in quality. Finally, we have changed the construction of the end so that you can rinse the inside of the pole. Water in one end, out the other! No salt build up or negative effects. You can maintain your equipment in style! These upgrades raise the price on these items to $86 with the reels.
Stay tuned as we will get these on site ASAP. In the meantime, you can email me to order these.
I may make a note here and there, but, mostly, I purloined this article upon which I stumbled. I have left all of the attributions in so you know who the guilty parties are.
I am not sure if I approve of this genetic modification. Generally, I support reasonable genetic playing around, after all, all advances in agriculture and animal husbandry resulted from controlling the reproductive process of whatever was being manipulated. Jacob did this to his father-in-law to insure the goats and sheep he got to keep were the ones likely to be borne. I believe that was based on color. I forget who I studied about as a kid, but, I still recall the controlling of which peas got to fertilize the other peas led to the development of better peas. I have over 250 named varieties of day-lilies many of which are triploids, you got it, genetically modified plants and beautiful! Slaves, sadly, were bred for strength. Commenting on this fact caused Jimmy the Greek his job when he discussed the link between the prevalence of blacks in football and the foul habits of slave owners to breed their slaves for desired characteristics. You and I picked our brides and grooms based on certain genetic traits we found attractive. So, fiddling with genetics is not new. But, when you start using technology, we start to get nervous. Maybe with good reason. Somehow, Arnie the trout bothers me. I look at this body and do not see muscles, I see tumors. Finely developed bodies are pleasant to look at. This goes for human and animal. This fish does not turn me on! What do you think?
Meet Arnie, the Terminator Trout with the physique of a body-builder
By Sara Nelson
Last updated at 1:11 AM on 13th March 2010
Scientists have created a genetically-modified trout with the rippling muscles of a body-builder.
The mutant fish is the result of a decade-long effort by Terry Bradley, a professor of fisheries and aquaculture at the University of Rhode Island.
The rainbow trout’s enhanced muscle mass is between 15 to 20 per cent higher than that of a standard fish, thanks to Professor Bradley’s research into the inhibition of myostatin, a protein that slows growth.
The increased muscle mass will have commercial benefits in that larger fish can be grown without increasing the amount of food they need.
While the physical differences in the fish include a prominent dorsal hump, making it look as if it has muscular shoulders, and the appearance of ‘six pack abs’, no differences in behavior have been noted.
Describing the results as ‘stunning’, Professor Bradley told Science Daily: ‘Belgian blue cattle have a natural mutation in myostatin causing a 20 to 25 percent increase in muscle mass, and mice overexpressing myostatin exhibit a two-fold increase in skeletal muscle mass.
‘But fish have a very different mechanism of muscle growth than mammals, so we weren’t certain it was going to work.’
Luckily for Professor Bradley, it did work.
The team injected thousands of rainbow trout eggs with various DNA types designed to inhibit myostatin.
Of the eggs that hatched, those which carried the gene began to develop ‘body-builder’ physiques.
Professor Bradley added: ‘The results have significant implications for commercial aquaculture and provide completely novel information on the mechanisms of fish growth.
‘The results also allow for comparisons between the mechanisms of growth of muscle in mammals versus fish, and it could shed light on muscle wasting diseases in humans.’
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I am blessed to live in an area of Spokane County which is surrounded by lakes. I have finally started fishing them! I just listed a couple properties in Loon Lake. One of them has lake access through Morgan Park, a subdivision on the north side of the lake. You can check out a tour of that listing at www.MyCountryHomes.com. The point is, I am going to take advantage of that listing to do some shore fishing here in a month when the season opens!
In the meantime, here is some internet research on the lake.
Here is some information from the Washington State Department of Ecology:
LOON LAKE — STEVENS COUNTY: 1997
Size (acres) 1100
Maximum Depth (feet) 100
Mean Depth (feet) 46
Lake Volume (acre-feet) 50600
Drainage Area (square miles) 14.10
Altitude (feet) 2381
Shoreline Length (miles) 7.9
There is a lot of other generic information through which most folks will not enjoy plowing. For the severely masochistic, here is the link: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lkloost1.html
Shore Acres Resort has a great description of the fishing opportunities. Here it is in toto. Their link is at the end:
Fishing at Shore Acres Resort
Fishing season begins in April and ends in October. Loon Lake is considered one of the best fishery’s in the entire area.
Loon Lake is one of Eastern Washington’s largest lakes covering over 1100 acres. The water is crystal clear, coming from a natural spring, and reaches a depth of 140 feet. Elevation at Loon Lake is 2400 feet.
Fish species include Kokanee, Mackinaw, Small & Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout & Eastern Brook Trout. In addition there are Perch, Crappie, Brown Bullhead Catfish and Pumpkinseed Sunfish.
Check the Fishing in Washington Regulation Pamphlet for rules on freshwater fishing and eastside lakes. Youth under 15 years of age do not need a license to fish. License requirements and fees are available from the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. Recreational fishing licenses can be purchased at All Seasons Grocery and Hardware in the town of Loon Lake.
Pontoon boat and aluminum fishing boats are available to rent. Reservations are recommended. Ask about hourly and weekly rates.
Boat launch and moorage are available if you’ll be bringing your own boat. Ask about weekly, monthly and seasonal boat slip rates. We also have boat fuel available.
We carry a variety of fishing tackle and live bait.
When you arrive, ask for a map of Loon Lake’s favorite fishing spots.
Here is their link: http://www.shoreacresresort.com/fishing.html
(Incidentally, I believe this resort and a huge piece of land is available for sale. If you are interested, please contact me as I am a licensed Realtor. (CompactFishing@gmail.com))
This lake has another resort at Granite Point. There is also a public dock near the NW corner of the lake. As with all other state access points, you need to buy a public parks parking sticker to park there.
The silvers are a great fish to catch here. Any of our rods using the Top Water Tip would be great for these soft biting fish.
Enjoy this great fishing experience! Only about 5 weeks to go. (Usually opens 31 April but check with the State.)
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