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Date: 2012-02-02 Time in: 4:46PM
Current Temperature: 35F; high hit 49.5F Sunrise: 7:11AM 2-3
Low Temperature: 13.5F Sunset: 5:23PM 2-3
Predicted High Temperature: 43/F; 43/Sa; 46/Su; 48/M; 45/Tu Moon Phase: New 2-21-2012
Current Wind: SE 5 to 10 biggest gust 28mph on 2-1 AM Full Moon on: 2-7-12
Expecting gusts to: SE5/F; SE5/Sa

NOAA Weather Forecast for Eagle Lake
Updated often & things can change
Precipitation since 1-1-08 10/1/2011 2.44"
Barometer: 30.01 up from 29.91
Total snowfall: Since 10-1-11; 15 1/2 inches

Eagle Lake Fishing Regulations
FISHING SEASON OPENS MAY 28, 2011
California Fishing Regulations for Eagle Lake's fishing season is the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend to December 31. Period.

ALL TRIBUTARIES TO THE LAKE OPEN FOR FISHING ON THE SATURDAY OF MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.  NO FISHING IS ALLOWED IN PINE CREEK BELOW HIGHWAY 44 TO THE MOUTH OF PINE CREEK ON EAGLE LAKE.  NO FISHING INSIDE THE BREAKWATER JETTY AT THE EAGLE LAKE MARINA.  NO FISHING IN PINE CREEK SLOUGH BETWEEN THE EGG COLLECTION FACILITY AND THE LAKE.
 
FISHING LICENSES: The new style of fishing licenses will be available up north at Mariners Resort and Eagle Lake RV Park in Spalding (checking on EL Marina this week,  but I would imagine they too will sell licenses). If you plan on coming up, be sure to have your license. It is easy to do online and your receipt from purchasing your license from CDFG website is also a temporary license with 14 days before expiration. I did purchase my license online this year and I had received the real license in the mail within 3 days. If youdon’t have a license and come up late or too early, you could be screwed unless you know someone with an internet connection and a printer who is willing to let you use their computer and printer at 4 AM before you head out on the water. If you are stuck after having arrived late the evening before your fishing trip, ask your guide (or friend) if he/she can do it for you. The stores don’t open until the fish stop biting in the morning. So best to be prepared before you get here. Mariners Resort & EL RV Park can print your official license…a friend can only print your receipt…which is a legal copy until you receive your actual license from CDFG in the mail.   
 
2 ROD STAMP USE: It is legal for a child under the age of 16 to fish with two rods however, the child has to be there manning his rods not out playing leaving the rods in mom and dad’s care or observation….mom and dad will get cited for fishing with too many rods and could lose their fishing licenses while the kid is off playing. Children and adults with a two rod stamp can fish with two rods until they keep their limit. The second rod must be removed from the water immediately once a limit is retained (I have learned how  and attempt it as best I can to reel in that second rod while fighting my last fish on the first…something to think about) Captain Lisa Stone (back in our neck of the woods and top dog of our local wardens)  also wants me to add that if by chance you do catch a fish on that second rod after  or while you are reeling in the last fish of your limit on the first rod & release the fish in a condition that it is not alive or will not survive it could be counted toward your limit and you could be cited for having an over-limit of fish. 
 
1) legal fishing time is “one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset”. Sunrise and sunset times are posted on  the Weather page.
 
2) Daily limit of two trout and one person can only have four in possession (for two days of fishing). If you have retained your possession you cannot go out and keep two more trout on the third fishing day as that would be over-possession unless you have consumed your first limit.  Canned and/or smoked trout DO count towards your possession.  Also, transporting more fish than you have people in your vehicle isn't going to cut it.  Transporting fish for other people is not an option even if their names and license numbers are on the fish.
 
3) No minnows can be used as bait, including minnows caught in the lake itself.
 
4) No trout can be kept in a live condition in a live well.
 
5) As stated above: No fishing in Pine Creek below highway 44 and Pine Creek Slough to Eagle Lake. No fishing inside the jetty rocks at Eagle Lake Marina.  Signs may not be adequate but actually don’t even have to be there. It is posted in the CDFG Sport fishing Regulations so not seeing the signs is no excuse! Fred’s Road is closed to vehicular traffic on the north side of the slough.  However, Lassen National Forest has improved the access to the mouth of Pine Creek on the Spalding side just west of the marina.  The dirt road was improved, graveled and many turn outs installed.  The road leads to a parking area where the Y used to be.  The road going upstream from the Y is closed to vehicular traffic including the road to the egg collection facility via the Slough.  Not seeing the signs is not an excuse as you can not miss them. 
 
6) NO CHUMMING IS ALLOWED. That means no cans of corn or shrimp being dumped overboard, or anything else that would attract the fish.  Attractants are only allowed to be put on bait. 
 
7) Children under age 16 are allowed to fish with two poles.  Children must be able to do most of the job of fishing before their limit can be obtained.  This is not intended to discourage teaching your kid how to fish, but for example we all know that a toddler is not capable of reeling in a fish and doing most of the work by him or herself, the toddlers limit cannot be taken.  CDFG wardens know that parents have to teach their kids how to do it but the kid has to be old enough to be making some effort too.  IE learning to cast. I have seen kids as young as 4 do a very good job of following verbal instructions.  Generally only needing help holding the rod up after several minutes of fighting the fish.  Baiting up usually around 9, casting around 7 years old.  But, it all depends on how much the kids get to fish over how old they are.  Also, check the regulations for the second rod stamp.
 
Also, when shore fishing with the kids, be sure they are not off playing rather than paying attention to their rods.  Parents can get cited for fishing with too many rods if the kids are not within close proximity to their rods. 

We still have full staffing of CDFG Wardens this season, we did not take a bad hit with the state budget. They know we have problems with some folks fishing illegally and thinking no one is watching. We have news for you, you are being watched, uniformed and undercover folks, don't be stupid!!! 
 
Fines can be in the hundreds of dollars. Over possession fines can cost you thousands of dollars.  The local fishing community supports ALL the efforts of CDFG Wardens, and many of us can reach them instantly. The best thing to do is simply not violate the regulations!!
 
The lake is closed to fishing from January to opening day on Memorial Day Weekend.  But the lake is not closed to walks, snowshoeing, cross county skiing or snow mobiling.  Just don't have any fishing equipment with you as others may be out watching.  Poaching has been a problem in the past and CDFG isn't too far away.

 
Watch for deer on the mountain highways. 
****SPEED LIMIT ON LOCAL HIGHWAYS IS 55 MPH****
IF YOU HAVE TO BE USING 4-WHEEL DRIVE YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS DRIVING 55
Roads drying out and in good shape.  Expect any moist areas to be icy overnight and into the morning as low temps have dropped to 10F 
 
LASSEN COUNTY CLOSED A1 SOUTH TO 36 TO PREVENT PASSAGE.  COSTING SPALDING RESIDENTS 24 MILES ROUND TRIP TO SUSANVILLE NEEDLESSLY.
 
 
USFS Road 21 (A-21 is the county road leading from highway 44 to Westwood) is passable from the lake to 44 but expect conditions to be sloppy and wet. I would not advise travel until it dries out again.  Temps warming up and unless another storm comes thru, this will probably be usable by vehicles again before too long.  Recommend 4x4 but 2x4 made it fine just don't be stupid.  Remember to stay to the right at both Y's; one in Pine Creek Valley coming to the lake.  If not, you end up getting here but you'll be taking the long way. A GPS may not tell you that! There has been quite a bit of traffic on it.
  
A-1 Eagle Lake Road south:   Lassen County Rd department closed this stretch of road for no real reason this year.  I wonder if they (Lassen County) plan on paying Spalding residents the extra gas consumption in light of the fact that there isn't any snow on the road and less than a mile stretch that even has ice on it. Round trip savings is 24 miles per trip.
 
A-1 Eagle Lake Road north: Eagle Lake Road to highway 139 from Spalding the best route at this time.  This route from Spalding to Susanville is 12 miles longer … one way; 24 miles longer for round trip.  45 minutes from Spalding while A-1 takes about 35 minutes unless you are behind a slow vehicle.  This is generally the best route during storms.  It is also the straightest route in ice events.  Sometimes it is worth the extra miles to save time AND it is also the first direction plowed out to highway 139 due to the school bus stopping at Stones.  Spalding residents have to drive their kids to Stones Landing because the school district does not allow the bus to come into Spalding (and 1 kid in Buck's Bay) where most all the kids live. But, note that Lassen County has to issue the order to our driver in Spalding before he can plow the road out to Stones.
 
Highway 139:  Dry and in good shape to Susanville. Any shaded areas can be icy and/or frosty early in the morning.  NOTE: Deer and antelope are prevelent and active at night and early in the morning. Is in good shape.  This is also open range country and the eyes of cattle do not reflect in your headlights like other animals.  They are generally big enough to total your vehicle.  THE SPEED LIMIT IS 55 MPH (this notice provided by request of those who have been cited for speeding…and a heads up for others so it doesn’t happen to you). Cal-Trans maintained and generally in better shape than other roads during winter.

Highway 32: Check CA DOT Road conditions   Watch for pot holes and falling rocks on the roadway.  
 
Highway 36:  Plowed.  Icy on Fredonyer.  Cold temps will keep this stretch of road icy, especially in the mornings.   Check DOT for road conditions.  Speed limit is 55 mph but in winter driving conditions slowing down is best.  
 
Highway 44: Good shape.  Some icy areas where the road never see's the sun...mostly in the morning.  By afternoon it has been in very good shape.  See Road Cameras and check conditions.  Intermittent 55 mph and 65 mph speed zones on this highway. Be sure to keep an eye on the signs. NOTE: 55 mph speed limit controlled by radar for vehicles towing in 65 mph zones. 
 
Highway 395:  Good shape and dry to Reno.  Use caution during times of heavy winds.  HEAVY WINDS CAN CAUSE DELAYS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CHECK WIND FORECASTS ON THE NOAA LINK ABOVE WHEN COMING FROM RENO   Remember that deer are prevalent in the Honey Lake Valley not only in summer but it is also their wintering grounds.  The “Locals” name for 395 to Reno is “BLOOD ALLEY”. Drive it often enough and you’ll understand what we mean. This is a prime time as the deer and antelope are moving back to the high country but some generally stay in the area between Susanville and Reno. Be very careful as the deer can run into you, rather than the other way around!
 
Check the road cameras at the links above.
Or check Cal Trans website for updated conditions for any temporary closures due to rock slides or storm events.
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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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2-2-12
A slightly different format for the off-season.  I will begin a new page each month with each update decending from the top.  This is format will change back again in May. 
Home for Sale by Owner price reduced
 
 
2-2-12 BLM CLOSES THE VALVES ON THE BLY TUNNEL!
The lake will take years to recover water lost thru the Bly Tunnel but it is now a step in the right direction.  As of Feb 1 both the north and middle basins were iced out.  The south basin had some skim ice this morning but a west wind busted it to smitherines and blew it to shore in a matter of about 30 minutes.  The good news is that we didn't see any dead fish pop up yet in Halfmoon Bay or Buck's Bay yet and no reports of dead fish from up north.  If there was a fish kill, it will show up soon.  But I am hoping that the intermittent nature of the ice this year allowed for oxygenation of the water. 
 
1-31-12 Middle basin was open water.  Buck's Bay and Halfmoon Bay had patches of open water but there are still large sections of ice.  Some of which piled up on shore from heavy winds that was 2 inches thick.  Pic's coming ASAP.
 
1-28-12 Warm temps, rain on the snow and moderate winds opened up quite a bit more water in the north and middle basins.  Having been out of town I haven't had the chance to get out for pics but I certainly am trying to get out today to upload some new photos.  The more open water we see in the north and middle basins, even if it ices over and thaws out several more times, the better it will be for the fish that are still residing here.  Hopefully it will prevent a fish kill by replenishing the dissolved oxygen.  So far, walks along the shoreline have not produced any dead fish that we have seen.  That's a good sign.   
 
1-24-12:  Total snowfall ended with 9 inches over two days!  Even better is that it is melting fast and only has one place to go since most of the ground is still frozen.  PAPOOSE CREEK BEGAN FLOWING BETWEEN 1-22 AND 1-24.  Most likely only draining the local melt off and rain that fell but at least it is making it's way to the lake and despite being only a dribble, Papoose Creek generally flows first and longest of all the creeks on the lake.  This will probably be intermittent unless more storms come thru.  Well, be checking it, sometimes we can see trout enter this stream early.  CDFG will be notified if there is impending trouble.
 
1-21-12:  Finally!! Snow and rain graced the basin!  Our last measurable precipitation was Thanksgiving Day so it has been a long dry spell for the lake....and everyone else in northern CA.  We received 1.02 inches of rain in the last 24 hours....more is counting as the morning snow melts off in the cup.  That brings our total up to a little over 2 inches of water including around 6 inches of snow since Oct 1, 2011.  Now, let this continue for the next 4 months and we might see a couple feet of water in the lake....but at this point, that is a long shot bet I am not willing to take on.  I'll make my call around mid to late March but I am certain you will hear  from those who don't live here about how great Eagle Lake is doing and that the lake is full...but you won't be hearing that bs here.  In the mean time see our GALLERY for the truth in photos.  Pictures always show the truth.  We'll be out later today and check on the ice sheets in the middle basin.  Heavy winds could have fractured up large sections, but we won't know till we get out and take a look for real!! I left room for one more picture when I uploaded today. 
 
1-19-12:  Two days of negative temps in the early morning hours iced up an open water in the northern basins that had been open.  First a minus 0.2, then minus 7.1 Tuesday morning...yep, below zero.  Heavy winds began pushing some of the ice sheet on the north basin to shore in heaps scattered about the shoreline along highway 139.  High temps in the 40's and 50's helped knock the small piles of ice down a bit.  The light dusting of snow we had whitened up the ice sheet on the northern basins which was clear ice before...but warmer air mass is coming in.  So far we're not impressed with this predicted storm but it is just actually getting here.  A couple of inches of snow is ok, but i would rather see a couple inches of rain at this point.  The ground in our yard is so dry we considered irrigating last week.  Massive cracks thru the frozen ground up to 10 inches deep and it isn't just the ground at my house, it's everywhere.  Be sure to check www.eaglelakeguardians.org for the latest on the Bly Tunnel Discussion.  ...and to answer the question I keep getting.  Closing the valve on the Bly Tunnel will not create the water we need overnight...nor in one year, two years....ect.  It took decades to flow out and will most likely take decades to get back.  The main point about closing the valve is to prevent Eagle Lake water from being used for irrigation which is contrary to the law.  BLM missed the entire point the state water board was getting to about public trust.  Maybe a refresher course in the English language is due?
 
1-16-12: Single digit temps extended the ice sheets this week.  On Sunday we saw the wind pick up with gusts to 30.2 mph which I can only assume, broke up quite a bit of it from the Youth Camp area north.  We hope to get out today to check it out.  Most of the ice that resisted melting off during a warm spell remained 4 to 6 inches thick from what I could tell....it didn't budge much, but the recent ice over of prematurely open water was relatively thin and some couldn't withstand the warm day time temps that soared into the mid to high 50's.  Things are going to change this week.  A big storm system is on its way.  Also, the jet stream is dropping and looking to be in our favor.  This week is going to be a week of extremes.... from high temps in the high 50's to low temps below zero....from light winds to gusts 25 to 30 mph....from rain to snow to rain back to snow...and that's only in the next four days!! Rain baby rain!! We will be counting every inch of moisture to the hundredths of an inch and every inch of freshly fallen snow!!! Bring it on!!
 
1-12-12  Ice reclaimed large sections of the middle basin and Bucks Bay  this week as single digit temps took their toll.  The lake was flat calm when it froze over leaving behind a clear (but relatively thin) and flat surface.  There are open pockets of water scattered about but they open and close by the direction of the wind and floe of the ice.  One thing that single digit temperatures do is freeze that layer of ice to a very hard state. Once gases coming up from the lake bottom form a layer between the ice and the water it forms a sound chamber of sorts and the colder it is at sunrise, the louder it sings.  The firm ice transmit harmonics as plates shift, fissures break and when the water "rolls" beneath the ice from either of those, we hear a wave of music which can go on for several minutes. This generally goes on for a couple hours unless the high temperature of the day remains below freezing.   It's difficult to explain, but an interesting audio you have to be near to appreciate.  It sounds like it should be part of a soundtrack in an Alfred Hitchcock movie at times.  Eery no doubt.  The north basin had some pockets of open water form up last week, but the ice has had a very tight grip on the north basin and it barely budged during a warming period.  The south basin remains mostly open water.  The ice moved back into the Circus Grounds and at most extends a couple hundred feet out from shore and further towards Merrill Camp.  Also now just below Christie Day Use Area. 
 
1-5-12 More open water off Rocky Pt and Spalding.  The ice sheet is north of the Spalding ramp but the ramp itself remains iced in.  We're hoping that at some point our high ambient temps (which have reached the mid to high 50's) will open the ramp for a boat ride.  Note: that fishing season is closed however, anyone can go for a boat ride or picnic.  Just don't have any fishing gear or nets in your boat.  The locals are great for turning in what they may consider poachers this time of year and the weather has been great for getting out.  Normally we're all snow bound or at least experiencing our coldest temperatures of the year in January.  Our low temps have managed to remain higher too and running between 12 and 18 degrees F overnight.  Humidity not good around 17% to 18% during the day.  This along with more open water will keep evaporation a significant part of the lake level equation over winter.
 
1-2-12 We ended the season with significantly more open water not only in the south basin, but in the northern basins as well.  We didn't see a total ice out just yet up north and doubtful if we will by spring.  But anything can happen.  If it does, we'll be on it.  The south basin water temp ended December between 39F and 42F.  The further north you went, the colder the water temps.  Heavy winds on Dec 29 and 30 broke up a lot of the ice sheets that were inundating some areas of the south basin.  The very last day of the fishing season ended up being perfect.  Winds had opened up nearly all the water along the shoreline of the south basin and winds were just light enough to give the lake a little ripple. 
 
We will update this page periodically.  Lake elevations are critical and we need to see some water over the off season....whether it comes in winter or spring.  Either way, we will know by April what we will be looking at for the fishing season.  Every so often, check out this page.
 
LASSEN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT LIGHTED BUOY LOCATIONS AND LIGHT SEQUENCE MAP HERE  BUOYS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, INCLUDING PELICAN PT AND MINERS PT ROCK PILE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SOUTH BASIN.  
 
OUR FREE MAP HERE   OUR SPECIAL EDITION MAP WITH 10 GPS LOCATIONS IS EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE AT EAGLE LAKE GENERAL STORE. OFF SEASON, EMAIL VAL FOR HOW TO GET ONE.
 
 
LAKE ELEVATION FOR 2010: BEGINNING LAKE ELEVATION 2010: May 16, 2010 – 5097.36 feet; LAST 2010 RECORDED ELEVATION: October 30, 2010 -was 5095.60 feet. Elevation is read at Spalding’s south ramp. We compare and share readings with Dr. Bateson who’s info is now the official readings.
 
LAKE ELEVATION FOR 2011
MARCH 10, 2011 - 5096.28 UP 0.68ft up around 8" from local winter moisture, measurement taken hours before Pine Creek flow reached the Slough.
MARCH 17, 2011 - 5096.50, UP 2 1/2 INCHES IN ONE WEEK OF FLOW
MARCH 26, 2011 - 5096.63 FT; UP 2 5/8 INCHES SINCE 3-17
MARCH 29, 2011 - 5096.66 FT
MARCH 31, 2011 - 5096.70 FT
APRIL 4, 2011 - 5096.76  or 5096 ft 9 inches.
April 9, 2011 – 5096.86 FT or 5096ft 101/4  inches.
April 14, 2011 – 5096.90 ft (south wind blowing at the time but the lake is still below last year’s high water and below 5097 ft See photos in “Ramp Conditions” album in our gallery.
April 19, 2011 – 5096.98 ft. Up 0.08 ft in 5 days…or around 1 inch.
APRIL 24, 2011 LAKE ABOVE 5097 FT! @ 5097.168 (almost but not quite a seven) UP A LITTLE OVER 2 INCHES IN 5 DAYS! INCLUDING A LITTLE OVER ½ INCH OF LOCAL MOISTURE SINCE FRIDAY MORNING! UP 10 ¾ INCHES SINCE PINE CREEK BEGAN FLOWING!
APRIL 27, 2011 – 5097.28FT! or 5097 ft 3 3/8 inches.
MAY 1, 2011 5097.34 FT or 5097 ft 4 1/16 inches; up 5/8 inches
MAY 4, 2011 – 5097.39 FT or approximately 5097 ft 4 13/16 inches…a little over ¾ inch.
MAY 7, 2011 – 5097.44 FT Or 5097 ft 5 ¼ inches. SEE THE DETAILS ON THE LAKE ELEVATION COMPARED TO 2010 BELOW. 
May 16, 2011 – 5097.44 FT. NO CHANGE IN LAKE ELEVATION FROM 5-7-11. PINE CREEK HAS ONLY KEPT UP WITH EVAPORATION THIS WEEK. EVERYTHING REMAINS THE SAME. AT THIS POINT, IT APPEARS THAT THE LAKE HAS COME UP ALL IT IS GOING TO UNLESS WE HAVE A SEVERE STORM PATTERN PASS THRU. Keep your fingers crossed. One and a quarter inches more water than last year means it is still going to be a bad year for the lake level.
MAY 21, 2011 – 5097.49 FT up 5/8 inches since May 16. Coincides very closely to the amount of local moisture in the last 5 days. Due to heavy winds that haven’t stopped long enough to get an accurate elevation we have not taken one. However, we can tell you that we are still pretty much the same and still well below the 5098 ft elevation.
MAY 30. 2011 – 5097.59, up around 5/8 inch in 9 days. Again, coinciding with the amount of local precipitation. We aren’t gaining and we aren’t losing at the current flow rate of Pine Creek. We have now just officially reached the 2 ft mark since the lowest lake elevation in Nov 2010.
JUNE 12, 2011 – 5097.68 ft from 5097.59 ft on May 30. Increase of around 1 inch (for elevation in inches it is 5097 ft 6 7/8 inches). We also had over an inch of precipitation fall in the basin in the last 10 days.
JUNE 24, 2011 - 5097.57 ft from 5097.68 ft June 12. That translates into inches as down nearly 1 3/8 inches in 12 days.
JULY 5, 2011 – 5097.46 from 5097.57 on June 24. That translates to 5097 ft 5 ½ inches. Down 1 ¼ inches in 10 days. Average daily humidity as been 13%.
JULY 18, 2011 – 5097.23 Ft from 5097.46 ft on July 5th. Down around 1 3/8 inches in 13 days which levels out at 5097 ft 2 ¾ inches.
JULY 24, 2011 – 5097.15 FT from 5097.23 ft on July 18. Down 3.96 inches since July 4 as per Doc Bateson.
AUGUST 4, 2011 – 5097 ft from 5097.15 ft on July 24. About 1 ¾ inch drop in elevation.
AUGUST 8, 2011 – 5096.97 FT from 5097.0 4 days ago
AUGUST 12, 2011 – 5096.86 ft shot from doc B. Average weekly evaporation of 1.23 inches per week which doc says is better (lower) than last year at the same time.
AUGUST 24, 2011 – 5096.68 FT. Down from 5096.86 ft 12 days ago.
AUGUST 30, 2011 – 5096.56 FT. Down around 1 ½ inches in last 6 days. We’ll be out on Tuesday the 6th & will check the elevation in the morning.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 – 5096.45FT, Down around 1 3/8 inches in the last 7 days.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 – 5096.34 FT. Or 5096ft 4 1/8 inches. down around 1 ¼ inches in 15 days, factor in .16 inch of rain during that time.   We are now about ¾ of an inch away from where the lake started before Pine Creek began to flow and about 11 inches higher than Nov 2010 lake elevation.
OCTOBER 14, 2011 - 5096.18 FT.  Or around 5096 ft 2 1/8 inches.  Add in .63 inches of moisture since 10-1-11
OCTOBER 30, 2011 - 5096.08 FT.  Around 5096 ft 1 inch. No moisture fell from the sky since the last measurement.
NOVEMBER 7, 2011 - 5096.00 FT.  Down around 1 inch.  Factor in a plus of 0.12 inch moisture that fell since 10-30 (snowfall on 11-5 & 11-6) & wind on 11-3 averaging 23 mph with gusts to 40mph sucked up the rest.
DEC 2, 2011 THE LAKE IS NOW ICED UP AT THE ELEVATION MARKERS.
 
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*****NOTICE*****
BLM CLOSED THE VALVES ON THE BLY TUNNEL ON FEB 2, 2012 AT 11:15AM.
SEE WWW.EAGLELAKEGUARDIANS.ORG BLY TUNNEL DISCUSSION
 
SEND TO: SCSD 502-907 MAHOGANY WAY, SUSANVILLE CA 96130
Spalding Community Services District is in need of a new ambulance for the volunteer fire department. You know, most all the calls that the volunteer fire department responds to are medical emergencies. The only way you are getting to a hospital from Spalding is by air. The south end recreation area is served by ground and has USFS and CDF units during the fire and fishing season. But getting out of Spalding is going to be by air….and there is a small insurance policy available (on scsd website). SCSD purchased an old used ambulance to serve as transport for patients to the airstrip for evacuation. Since, it is claimed this 2 wheel drive ambulance is on its last legs SCSD has put in for a small grant to help cover the cost but still figure they need $50,000. The fund began in 2011 and only $6000 has been raised. Larry Doss, SCSD board director has donated $500 and issued a challenge for property owners to match his donation! You never know when accidents or emergencies happen or they wouldn’t be accidents or emergencies….summer or winter. Most of you spend enough time up here to think about the “what if’s”. Spalding’s volunteer fire department has been making improvements and meeting the needs of the people in general is an inevitable burden in our small community. I only ask that if you can donate a little money to the cause, please do so. SEE ADDRESS AND LINK ABOVE SO THE DISTRICT KNOWS WHERE YOU HEARD ABOUT IT. Okay, that’s it, I just wanted to share some of this info for you before discussing the weather.

2-2-12  The closure of the valves in the Bly Tunnel is a small step in the right direction to preserve Eagle Lake. We will never get back the water that was lost from decades of drainage. It will take years before we see any results. We still need water in a bad way. We can go ahead and panic but it won’t do any good….just keep praying for water now. Unless we see more, we may not see Pine Creek flow this year. The north and middle basins are now pretty much all iced out. The south basin still had some skim ice which the wind too care of this afternoon. We didn’t see any dead fish along Rocky Pt yet and no reports yet from up north. I am hoping that the intermittent nature of the ice sheets this winter helped the lake retain more dissolved oxygen.
 
1-31-12 No weather, no changes. Note: we are updating the Lake Conditions page weekly if not bi-weekly as the ice sheets come and go. I didn’t think we would have so many changes from cold and icy to spring days around 50F. But, they have all had an effect on the water’s surface. The good news is that live fish were rolling in the open water in Buck’s Bay on 1-30 so it is likely, we averted a major fish kill to this point, but there is still plenty of ice covering the shallows of the north and middle basins so we are not out of danger just yet.    

1-25-12 Merrill Creek wasn't flowing on Wednesday but the pools were filling up with snow melt.  Down along Merrill Beach, the snow was melting fast and the water from it was flowing down just about every low spot that allowed it to make a channel.  We will get out later today and check things out down south.  After two overnight temps between 10 and 12 degrees F, I expect to find things slowed down...IE Papoose Creek.  But it has proven to be stubborn when it comes to stopping completely.
 
1-24-12  PAPOOSE CREEK CUTS LOOSE WITH A DRIBBLE TO THE LAKE!  Warm temps after the storm started melting the snow that fell since Friday.  The ambient temps are supposed to reach the mid 50’s the next two days which will probably cause a rapid melt and a rapid transit to the lake. We want as much as we can get! No fish were sighted and I am not worried about them getting in the creek just yet. This may be a flow of short duration and it is not the tannin rich water that is typical of Papoose Creek when it flows from the springs down. The ground is still relatively frozen so little will sink in. The south end of the lake had more rain that we did up north and probably closer to two inches compared to Spalding’s 1.27 inch total. Merrill Creek and Pine Creek were not flowing. Doubtful if any on highway 139 but they could drain off any local melt in the blink of an eye. This is not anything such as a spring thaw….this storm was the first since Thanksgiving 2011 and it’s been a long dry spell. Our total moisture since Oct 1, 2011 is 2.32 inches in addition to a total of 15 inches of snow freshly measured.
 
EAGLE LAKE ACCESSES, QUAD MAPS AND TOPO MAPS: USFS QUAD MAPS OF OPEN ROADS AROUND THE EAGLE LAKE AREA: The links below go to maps saved from Lassen National Forest website. Any questions you have should be directed to Eagle Lake Ranger Station staff. I am only providing them for quick access for our viewers. More information on road closures in the Forest is available on their website. All these maps have the access roads pretty well lined out for you to access say, Wildcat Point (Pikes Pt Quad and Topo) or the Youth Camp from Gallatin (Gallatin Quad and Topo). On the larger maps, one can enlarge a specific area and crop and print the selected area on regular paper.
 
CHAMPS FLAT QUAD MAP LINK (popular drive to see wildlife; County Road 105 & ends at USFS 21)
 
USFS ROAD CLOSURES ZOOM IN You can also zoom up and crop specific areas of these maps to print. I personally did this myself to use to compare to other maps I had when bumpin’ along the dirt roads & believe it or not, there was some very good information on all these maps. USGS has just about everything you could ever need or want for maps…. Hunters might just benefit very well from downloading some of these maps and satellite images.
 
LNF HAS NEW ROAD MAPS OUT NOW ON THEIR WEBSITE. WE WILL HAVE THE NEW MAPS AVAILABLE FOR YOU ALL NEXT SEASON!
 
USGS TOPO MAPS SURROUNDING EAGLE LAKE: The following maps are from the usgs.gov site and are free for printing.  I simply put them in one location for you.  The following topo maps up to 8mb so dialup users may have difficulty downloading these files to print.  There is a pop up from the map site’s Adobe Reader regarding viewing these maps AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO INSTALL ANYTHING TO VIEW THESE IN ADOBE 8.1 OR HIGHER. CLICK NO AND THE MAPS WILL OPEN JUST FINE. Large file size around 8 MB or so for each map.
     
 
ACCESSES:  The jetty and Pikes Point at Eagle Lake Marina. The parking area on Gallatin Road past Camp Ronald McDonald to access the gravel bar south of The Springs. Eagles Nest, The Youth Camp/Biology Station. Between Merrill Camp ground and Christie Day Use Area is the Circus Grounds and between the Day Use and Little Merrill Creek are several rocky points with good structure…all the way to Wildcat Pt are awesome steep ledges. Tubers can easily launch and access some remarkable water if willing to work for it. Wildcat Point is the ONLY access where vehicles can drive closer to the lake. Lake of the Woods (north of Wildcat) is closed to vehicles, but open for walking or horseback after Sept 15.  Further north there are two accesses for Rocky Point which will improve again once fall rolls around. There is one on each side, Bucks Bay and Spalding. There are several accesses in the north basin but generally the area along highway 139 fishes better in times of higher water levels. “Fred’s Road” near Spalding is closed to vehicles but The Strand basically continues but turns to a recently improved graveled road  to the mouth of Pine Creek just west of Spalding’s marina with several turn outs for parking before getting to the end parking area where the Y use to be. All roads along Pine Creek Slough (which is entirely closed to fishing) are closed to vehicular traffic although people have moved rocks to drive quads upstream…LNF is aware of people doing this but they are going to have help getting bigger, heavier rocks dug into the ground to prevent movement this summer.
 
LASSEN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT BUOY LOCATIONS MAP MOST ALL THE BUOYS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.  PLUG IN THE LISTED GPS LOCATIONS  
 
OUR FREE MAP  Eagle Lake General Store has our Special Edition laminated map for sale for $6.95. Garmin Manufacturing also has our map on their GPS products since 2010. Recently folks have told us our map saved their boat, others claiming it saved their rental boat! I am honored to have received such comments. We’re all about safety and having 50 years on this pond has taught me a few things. I hope my map can give you a speed course in where to watch out for the worst hazards.  During the off season, you can email me personally if you want a special edition map.
 
See Lake Conditions for water temps & Lake elevation by date
See Ramp Conditions for launch ramp info.
See Tips and Tricks for ideas & set ups dialed in for fishing Eagle Lake. Most methods are covered. We make no claims of knowing everything about Eagle Lake, but we do know a lot about catching Eagle Lake trout in their native waters.
 
See our Eagle Lake Fishing Report on “Best Fishing Locations and Depths”
 
PUBLISHERS NOTE: We are not a tourism website. We are independent folks and simply write (blog) about what we do, how we’re all catching fish, and what we see & feel. We are glad our site is popular, but please understand, we don’t update the fishing report if we have not actually been out on the water. We are glad that some of you miss us when other things come up….but we do have life get in the way of fun just like everyone else. If four days go by between updates of the fishing report, we apologize. But, we believe it helps to actually go fishing to update a report. We have no employees, we don’t actively sell advertisements, if you want it, ask about it. If you don’t, we’re not offended if you don’t want your business name in front of our thousands of viewers. We don’t offer guide services or compete in any way with the local fishing guides (we retain a guide license for other purposes which is the oldest guide license of any guide on Eagle Lake). WE make nothing on tackle sales or any other commodity for any financial gain. When referring to Val’s flies & color combinations, it is what to look for and for those who tie their own flies. But, here is what we do do: Besides our detailed fishing and lake reports, we fight for Eagle Lake’s rights which historically has always costly to do in one way or another. Not depending on your money, allows us to say it like it is and not follow the age old game of fabricating our information.   It also allows us to take on the issues that others only complain about but don’t have the wherewithal to follow through to help save Eagle Lake from those sworn to protect her. Eagle Lake is worth more to us than anything or anyone. That said, we chose to save the lake. Plain and simple, one can either be part of the problem, or part of the solution. We chose to be part of the solution, no matter what it takes. One cannot do it any other way…in Lassen County, one has to be direct and to the point. No pussy footing around the issues, just get right down to it and follow through. One problem has always been that no one follows through….but we do and have a proven track record of doing so since 2003.  Now, we have formed a new nonprofit to get everyone involved which will give Eagle Lake her voice and that is through Eagle Lake Guardians. We didn’t want a fancy, friendly title we wanted one that would let the agencies know we mean business. Our members now span 5 states and growing!   So, all in all, Eagle Lake and everything that affects her IS our passion. Teaching others and giving them something to respect her is our profession. Just about everything Eagle Lake is located on our websites (which will be undergoing some changes over winter). All one has to do is look. 
 
Look for some changes, improvements and some new stuff coming for next season! At this time, our dot info site has changed servers. All articles are down at this time, but new revised versions with new information is coming back this winter…bigger, badder and better! Stay tuned.
 
NEWS AND ISSUES OF EAGLE LAKE
 
2-2-12 BLM CLOSES THE VALVES IN THE BLY TUNNEL!!

12-27-11 EAGLE LAKE PREVAILS.  STATE WATER RIGHTS SAYS TO BLM "CLOSE THE VALVE ON THE BLY TUNNEL"  SEE GUARDIAN WEBSITE AT www.eaglelakeguardians.org
 
Co-founders of The NEW NON PROFIT for EAGLE LAKE: Eagle Lake Guardians.  EAGLE LAKE GUARDIANS PREVAIL OVER THE BLY TUNNEL VALVE BUT STILL NO ACTION TAKEN.  SEE EAGLE LAKE GUARDIANS WEBSITE HERE! Our members ARE the future of Eagle Lake.  Our objective is the enhance and protect Eagle Lake water level, water quality, heritage trout fishery and avian habitat. We may seek legal advice and legal action to get our lake back in the hands of those who own her….the people. We will not be buying gravel, dredging ramps or using funds for human comforts or buoys…if it affects the tributaries, fish & getting them upstream, birds and the lake….we will be there.  MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION HERE.  $15 per person. January is our date for yearly renewals.
 
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In the past, in the present and in the future we proudly expose pollution and abuse of Eagle Lake by government agencies:  THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF POLLUTION PROBLEMS WE HAVE DISCOVERED IN THE PAST AND IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER HAVE GOTTEN CLEANED OR CEASED THE ACTION THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. WE DID NOT GO LOOKING FOR THESE THINGS, THEY SHOWED UP IN OUR BACK YARD SO TO SPEAK. OUR PERSONAL ETHICS AND MORALS FORCED OUR ACTIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES AT HIGH LEVELS OF AUTHORITY. POLLUTION lll IS STILL IN PROGRESS.
 
Pollution or not 1   Revisiting the Past. Creosote and toxic dumping practices of USFS. We proudly took care of some other pollution issues at Eagle Lake…personally, without the assistance of any other local residents who for one reason or another didn’t care about the potential for sewage to enter the lake. From creosote barriers being left by LNF in a watershed so they could leach out the old creosote near the lake only to be burned in place three years later by LNF are no longer here. Now, at least, they are sitting out in Honey Lake Valley, at least they no longer will pollute Eagle Lake. The top dog responsible for it as well as the other pollution problems is no longer working for the USFS!
 
Pollution or not 2 Just what were they putting in the water of Merrill Creek? A change in campground rules were necessary. Despite denial, the changing of the rules where campers dump their dishwater and wash water were needed to prevent soaps and toothpaste residues from entering Merrill Creeks “intermittent springs” from the gravel cisterns at the drinking water faucets. The “intermittent springs” are now at the lowest flows we have seen in years during the summer months and the muddy red water appears to no longer be a problem. Denial was not the best option in this case either. Top dog responsible no longer works for USFS.
 
Pollution or not 3 POLLUTION NOW AND THEN  Personally, I believe that these constitute to some degree, criminal actions by government employees. But, it now appears that Lahontan’s unenforceable “rules” will no longer be challenged by LNF, but the sewage ponds continue to leach into the Merrill Creek watershed until they are damn good and ready to use a newly lined pond. Someone once asked me “just what will get you off the back of LNF?”  My answer is quite transparent; all they have to do is comply and stop polluting…YET, both LNF and Lahontan has allowed the sewage to continue leaking through the holey pond-liners since 2005.  Denial had to be reckoned with and to this day has not been resolved by LNF supervisors or staff, foot dragging is still a problem and work? What is that? LNF hasn’t shown much desire to even partially take care the problem, let alone all of the problems. For having had several years to take care of the problem or at least minimize the sewage leaking capabilities, the stewards of our land have not done a good job at all in protecting Eagle Lake. The photos show the real situation so inaccurate statements were never an option even though it was tried. Our government agencies only took 6 years just to get to this point.  Six years of sewage leakage was allowed to happen to get this systems paperwork (not finished yet) repaired (not started yet) and another year or more (depending on the weather) before sewage might flow into a newly lined sewage pond. I hope those who allowed the system to degrade to what it is now are very happy with their decisions not to do anything about it or chose not to have higher standards not only for the last 5+ years, but considering the damage, several years before that.  Perhaps Eagle Lake Guardians need to present some plaques of our own when “refirement” comes to those who linger on the system sucking the taxpayers dry for little to no physical or mental labor what so ever.   However, I no longer believe that personnel changes are any better than anyone in the job previously, exception of the gross polluter who retired several years ago. (one of our best achievements).  Unfortunately, there are a lot of good people who work in other departments at LNF who do want to take care of the environment and fishery.  Unfortunately, the person(s) in charge sewage system reflect poorly on everyone else who actually work hard for the public. NOTE: some work has begun.
 
It is what it is. All I do is photograph the evidence. The more time that the leaking ponds leak, the greater risk potential for contaminating the lake and ground water…at the largest most improved RV compliant campground at Eagle Lake. NOTE: 122 to 132 holes detected in each sewage pond including primary sides have already done their damage to the ground water and if we see heavy rains wash that down from the headwaters (springs) that are adjacent to the sewage site), we could see some more nasty stuff in Merrill Creek
 
6-3-11 Recent communications from Lahontan indicate that the plan submitted by LNF is inadequate and doesn’t comply with several conditions.   Lahontan has everything laid out that LNF has to do to comply, I am not quite sure now if some of these educated people are ignorant or just illiterate? Don’t you find it interesting that these 5 & 6 figure salaries can’t devise a sewage plan to treat the waste of the visitors, let alone comply with the law?  Finally after a plethora of failure upon failure, LNF staff came up with an “acceptable” scheduling plan….but don’t count on construction starting anytime soon…LNF doesn’t have to follow the same rules as everyone else around the lake.  However, the contractors are now here and starting to do some preliminary work before the campgrounds close up for the season.
 
11-10-11 LNF still having problems clarifying how they plan on testing and drilling their monitoring wells. I have a feeling that they don’t want to know just how affected the ground water in that location is. Lahontan has lined it out in great detail, as LNF doesn’t seem to get it right or understand the gravity of their situation. 
 
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2011 Water Quality Tests from CDFG
 
 
THE “REEL” WEATHER
2-2-12
 
We actually saw a brief but wet snow flurry yesterday afternoon which left behind nearly ¼ inch of water! I would like to see several feet of snow with that kind of water in it!! Our high temp hit 45F and our low temp hit 15 on Tuesday and the heavy winds came up overnight with gusts to 28 mph.

Unfortunately, we don’t have much of a stormy week predicted but I can’t say that it hasn’t been pleasant. 
 
Friday is predicted to be sunny with a high temp around 43F, low at 15F but I expect to see single digits if it remains clear overnight. Winds expected from the southeast around 5 mph.
 
Saturday: Mostly sunny with a high of 43, low at 19. East wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, high 46F.
Monday Mostly sunny, high at 44
Tuesday we may have a slight chance of seeing a little more moisture….then again, maybe not. 
 
We need moisture in a bad way.  We are hoping that the moisture is simply a couple months behind, like every season this last year.  We won't be going into panic mode until late Feb to early March.  By April, we will have to face the facts…and we’ll have quite a few of those by then…everything else will be a bonus.  So keep your rain dancin' shoes by the door...we're gonna need 'em.  Just stay positive a while longer. We have also been known to have a  "Miracle March" roll through so it isn’t over just yet.  Even if we can recover what we lost last season to evaporation we will barely squeak thru the season in Spalding for launching.  
 
Mother Nature is only half our problem, the other half of the problems are political by nature and we can fix that.  Eagle Lake Guardians is not a political nonprofit, however some of the problems we have to fix are.   If we were to be classified as a generic group, I would say we would be considered an environmental group .... after all, our goal is Eagle Lake's environment now isn't it? 
 
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FISHING SEASON IS CLOSED UNTIL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2012.
 
 2-2-12 BLM CLOSES THE VALVES IN THE BLY TUNNEL!!
Please send photos to my email with name & date caught. I don’t have the time to retrieve photos from links to Eagle Lake albums posted in albums online. 
 
Our fishing report will be back in all its glory beginning April/May to be sure to include any changes in the lake conditions that could change the location of the trout for Opening Weekend (Memorial Day Weekend).  In the mean time, our next big happening will be getting some water.  For our new viewers:  We update all winter long with photos and weather.  Lake conditions and ramp conditions pages will begin to be updated regularly by May 1st but will be periodically updated as questions or conversations arise on our social network, we'll share our thoughts on those pages.  The spawn will hopefully begin if and when the creeks flow.  I will be bringing all that information that was on our sister site dot info to this one over the winter.  Just because fishing season ends, the lake doesn't stop doing her thing.  Winter determines the water level as well as the spawn.  You will see it all here and in our picture gallery which is updated several days a week.  As long as we can get out and let our dogs runamuck along the shoreline of the lake, we do.  Our 2012 album will be loaded with photos of our meager adventures around the lake.  If warm temps prevail, we will even get out on the pond for a boat ride!  We hope to bring Eagle Lake to you any time you need a break in as nearly real time as possible. 
 
Questions? Just email me...I am around, one way or another. I will be working on guardian stuff as well so be sure to keep an eye on it.  If something grand happens, I will certainly direct you all to the site from my weather page or photos. 
 
Next season I hope to have a little surprise for the mobile crowd.  Stay tuned....I hate to say that it may have to be by subscription only. I'll be letting you know what it is and where to contact to sign up once I get more ducks in a row.  I am always open for suggestions and actually find most all of them positive and make the necessary changes that I possibly can to make it easy for my viewers.
 
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OUR UPGRADED SPECIAL EDITION MAP IS AVAILABLE AT THE GENERAL STORE IN SPALDING.   Can’t make it to Spalding or your season ended, enquire within.
 
 
Our free map for viewers to print Our special edition laminated map is available at the Eagle Lake General Store in Spalding. It has more rock piles and contours than any other hand written map on the market or online. Proudly requested to be a part of Garmin GPS & Manufacturing maps/updates.
 
Links to Information regarding Eagle Lake trout in Eagle Lake from CDFG  
 
 
BLY TUNNEL INFO ON  EAGLE LAKE GUARDIANS WEBSITE. Please go to the website for EAGLE LAKE 911 CALL TO ARMS!!. There is information to contact the water rights division of the state water board to insist on closing the valve on the Bly tunnel!!   

USFS QUAD MAPS OF OPEN ROADS AROUND THE EAGLE LAKE AREA: The links below go to maps saved from Lassen National Forest website.  Any questions you have should be directed to Eagle Lake Ranger Station staff. I am only providing them for quick access for our viewers. More information on road closures in the Forest is available on their website. There are new maps coming out for road closure, multi-vehicle use roads etc. We will replace those for you next season. Until then, you can find them on Lassen National Forest website.

GALLATIN QUAD MAP LINK
PIKES POINT & THE WEST SIDE SOUTH BASIN QUAD MAP LINK
EAGLE LAKE SPALDING QUAD MAP LINK
TROXEL QUAD MAP LINK  
CHAMPS FLAT QUAD MAP LINK

 
 
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SeeLake Conditions for water temps
SeeRamp Conditions for launch ramp info.
SeeTips and Tricks for ideas & set ups dialed in for fishing Eagle Lake. Most methods are covered. We make no claims of knowing everything about Eagle Lake, but we do know a lot about catching Eagle Lake trout in their native waters.
    
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