Ramp Conditions
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FISHING SEASON IS CLOSED UNTIL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2012

THE SINGLE LANE LOW WATER LEVEL RAMP WAS USABLE DECEMBER FIRST OF 2011.  SEE PHOTOS IN RAMP ALBUM IN OUR PICTURE GALLERY.  LNF PROMISES A COURTESY DOCK.  THIS RAMP IS EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS AND IN PARTICULAR NORTHERLY WINDS WHETHER THEY SWING EAST OR WEST IS IMMATERIAL...IT IS UNPROTECTED.  BUT A COURTESY DOCK WILL HELP.

2-2-12 BLM CLOSES THE VALVES ON THE BLY TUNNEL!  This will not have an immediate affect on the lake.  It took years to lose several feet of water and it will take years to get it back.  We can't get back what was taken, but we can now start healing the lake.  One project at a time.  Pine Creek is the next project for Eagle Lake Guardians.

1-21-12:  The lake is getting some needed moisture this week.  Rain and snow continue in our forecast for the next several days.  See the weather chart for amounts and see new photos in our PICTURE GALLERY!

1-16-12: LNF plans on having a courtesy dock at the new low level ramp behind the marina store. 

1-12-12:  At this time there will be no new mooring or boat slips within the area of the new low level ramp behind the marina store.  Existing facilities remain.  Hopefully we get some water in the coming weeks!  Parking may become an issue during opening weekend and holiday weekends.  But, let's wait and see what happens. We have plenty of time to panic. 

1-5-12 Ice sheet now north of the Spalding ramp but the ramp remains iced in.  Please don't throw rocks in at the ramp to try to break the ice.  Doing this will cause more hazards next season and we don't need any help with that.  Once the ice does melt out at the ramp, we will be able to get an accurate elevation.  However, ice, wind and surge all come into play.  Ice sheets still evaporate, but at a much slower pace than the water.  We are hoping a storm rolls through pretty soon and hope they are only a couple months behind as the seasons were last year.  Keep a positive outlook folks no matter how bleak it looks right now...and I agree, it's looking bleak but we still have time....and only heavy rain is going to do the job we need done....and lot's of it.  We ended with a lake elevation right close to 5096 even.  I am not regularly updating these pages, but if conversations on our social networks require explanations or even a little input from me, I will update the lake and ramp conditions pages. 

1-2-11The new ramp down south worked great in December.  It will be tough when north and west winds blow in.  I don't know how they can secure a courtesy dock to withstand 3+ foot waves.  There are gravel bars on each side and LNF is not quite finished with the area on either side of the new ramp.   Before Spalding ramp iced over we were dragging our motors in the channel.  Stones Landing was out of commission early but was doable for some early last season.  We need more water to sqeake through next season.  I am not going to go into panic mode until late February.  By April, what we are getting or not will be pretty much dialed in.  If there are changes to the conditions, I will direct you to this page through the weather page, better known I guess as my blog.  In the mean time, I am right here if you have any questions.  Feel free to text, email or give me a call.  I don't screen my calls, so if you get my voice mail leave me a message to call you back.  I won't return missed calls. 

PLEASE DO NOT THROW ROCKS IN AT THE RAMPS TO TEST THE THICKNESS OF THE ICE.  WE ARE BY NO MEANS OUT OF DANGER WHEN IT COMES TO LAUNCHING NEXT SEASON.  A FEW BIG ROCKS IN THE WRONG PLACE WILL SCREW IT UP FOR EVERYONE!!!

HANDICAP ANGLERS NOTE:  Little to no handicap fishing accessibility close to the water when the lake levels are low. Handicap fishing pier in Spalding is still out of the water and the two previous handicap accessible places which are the jetty at Eagle Lake Marina where boulders block clear access to the water for netting a fish & Pikes Pt where there is some gravel & large boulders to maneuver through) are so far away from the lake, no one in a wheelchair can access the water for shore fishing. 
 
PHONE NUMBERS TO KEEP ON HAND:  Most all the stores around the lake are closed up for the season.  
Lassen National Forest Eagle Lake Ranger District (530) 257-4188.  Responsible for quality of launch ramp conditions, diverting Pine Creek water from Eagle Lake & leaching sewage from their unrepaired sewage ponds.
Lassen College Foundation: Susanville office (530) 257-3067 Off season or Board matters.
Eagle Lake Marina Store and Information (530)825-3454 CLOSED FOR THE SEASON, you will get an answering machine);  Merrill Camp Host: 825-3450, Eagle Host 825-3443 The only open campground thru fishing season as long as weather prevails.  Generally by mid Nov winterizing of the water and sewage system is done.  Out houses are generally brought in but you may have to bring your water.  
Mariners Resort at Stones Landing (530) 825-3333
Eagle Lake General Store in Spalding:  (530) 825-2191 CLOSED FOR THE SEASON. Val at Eagle Lake:  530-249-1430 Here year round in Spalding & fishing to the very last day of the season! 
 
EAGLE LAKE MARINA:  New low level ramp finished.  It is located near the jetty behind the marina store.
 
SPALDING MARINA:  PLEASE DO NOT THROW ROCKS IN AT THE ICE COVERED RAMP TO TEST THE THICKNESS OF THE ICE OR BASH A HOLE IN IT TO FISH THROUGH.  The Spalding ramp iced over on Dec 2nd and remains that way.  
 
BEWARE OF FINES BEING IMPOSED AT SPALDING MARINA…they need to finance all that maintenance! Spalding Community Service District Website   IT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP IF PEOPLE WOULD NOT CHOOSE TO GET THE VIOLATION! Your parking violation will result in fines over $355 if SCSD has to attach your fine to your automobile registration in not only California but  Nevada  DMV as well . SCSD is out to get you now if you don’t pay that $8 fee….just don’t pay it with a $10 bill as there will not be any change available other than opening day.  WE recommend paying by check, not cash.    BE SURE YOUR PAID STUB IS VISIBLE TO OUR ATTENDANT IN YOUR WINDSHIELD.  If you do get a citation for not paying first thing in the morning, it will cost you $28 if you take care of it immediately…they need someone to finance all that maintenance now.
 
This marina charges a parking/launching fee of $8.   Be sure to fill out the information on your dash stub. Anyone using a sunshade in their front windshield, be sure your stub is between your shade and the windshield. Warnings are NOT tickets. Just reminders to let you know that some information was missing. The employee does not have a key to check payment envelopes, he’s just doing his job. Ice is beginning to form along the shoreline in some areas but so far all open water.  Generally Spalding ramp doesn't ice over until just after Thanksgiving....sometimes we get lucky and get a week of December, but don't count on it....our overnight temps have dropped into the high single digits and the water temp already in the mid 40's.  Once we see water temps around 37/39 degrees between Rocky Pt and Spalding....only one cold night will ice over the surface if the waters are calm.  This is the time of year when the wind becomes our friend in keeping the water open.  We should have a new launch down south by the time Spalding ices over.
 
LOADING ZONE PARKING SPOT: the good news is that for those of you who pay more for a cabin rental in walking distance to the marina but need to drive your gas cans down to the dock in order to fill your boat up with gas. SCSD now has a green painted curb  “loading zone” parking place near the south ramp (and commercial docks) for gassing up. IT IS  NOT FOR HANDICAP PARKING FOR AN UNDERMINED TIME ONLY LOADING OR GASSING YOUR BOAT AND THE TIME LIMIT FOR DOING SO IS 20 MINUTES. That’s all we can do for you on that matter. 
 
Here is why Spalding charges for parking in a public marina built with taxpayers money.    “For 2010, 4100 people paid for parking, we issued 200 parking cites (5% of the people) in 6 months,  and only 15 people failed to pay (.3%).” The yearly budget for maintaining the Spalding marina is $40,000 (maintenance of the pavement that has been deteriorating since being built has been falling apart in places. Spalding will also have 5 day permits available @$35 to make complying with the use fee an easy process. Those paying individual days AS WELL AS seasonal passes I advise to write checks rather than pay with cash!!!  So, for those of you who always use your debit or credit card…check out the fee to use it.…bring the checkbook instead & save yourself $8.  THE PARKING/LAUNCHING FEE REMAINS AT $8 and no change is available for a $10 bill. 
 
1.  If someone pays $10 and they come back to the office and let us know that they paid extra, we will refund the $2. (Publisher’s note: Check office hours… Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday….closed on the weekends….Check SCSD website for any changes but visitors on the weekends are at a loss (see how well that works out for SCSD to keep that extra $2).
 
2.  If the person never comes back to the office to collect the $2 refund, that money goes into the Marina fund. (Publishers note: cut the cash flow off to Lassen County, write checks rather than pay cash)
 
3.  The extra $2 is placed into the revenue account for the Marina and spent on Marina items.
 
4.  If the person fails to pay and is issued a citation for non-payment, they can come to the office on the day of the citation, or whatever day we are next open, and pay $28 for the violation.  If they pay extra and are staying for multiple days or decide that they want an annual permit, we will give them credit towards the multi day or annual permit for what they have already paid.  We did this extensively last season.  An example, if someone pays $8 for the day use fee and they wants an annual permit, the fee would be $75 - 8 = $67 to purchase the permit. 
 
Weekenders are out of luck if you don’t have the exact amount at O-darkthirty AM. For those of you from out of the area and are not here during the week or office hours and you don’t want the hassle of calling or leaving a note that the office folks may or may not get, I suggest writing your address on the envelope requesting your change to save time and phone calls during office hours. Only your vehicle license and make of vehicle is required on the fee envelope.  Don’t expect anyone to spend that much time running down your address for $2.  No matter how accommodating scsd is they are not available for the weekenders in real time.  Winter hours, see spaldingcsd.org website.
 
STONES LANDING:  SEE PHOTOS OF STONES IN THE RAMP ALBUM IN OUR GALLERY.   Iced over. 
 
ROCKY POINT:  Iced over at the ramp, but we might see some water open up along the shoreline...just no guarantee. 
 
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2012-02-02

 

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