Vail Lake is closed - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

salty pirate · 11-26-2013, 10:08 AM

Yep Vail is closed to day use shore and kayak fishing!!!!!!!!!

I loaded up the kayak today and went to Vail for some lmb action. Went to pay the man like I did last week and he said it's members only now. Well that sucks! at least it was only a 10 minute drive for me. I'm posting this to save someone the trouble of getting turned away, since I am the one who posted that it was open to the public.

I hope some of you got out there while you could.

Here is my last fish I caught last week.
P.S. I'm now taking donations. hahahahaha

rhyak · 11-26-2013, 10:58 AM

WELL, THAT SUCKS BIG TIME, Looked forward to some spring action at Vail.

Loosing money there, 25 bucks a pop, hard to say I am gonna spend 750 to fish a lake a year.

HMMM

CKallday71 · 11-26-2013, 01:05 PM

S#!T! I had planned on going there for Thanksgiving!

fisher_4_life · 11-26-2013, 01:35 PM

Well that is a big bummer! Glad I was able to at least get out there once.

newportdogs · 11-26-2013, 04:26 PM

Too bad. Thanks for turning us on to the $25 deal. We fished the lake a couple of times this summer and found it better than Barrett was in May.

buddha · 11-26-2013, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhyak

WELL, THAT SUCKS BIG TIME, Looked forward to some spring action at Vail.

Loosing money there, 25 bucks a pop, hard to say I am gonna spend 750 to fish a lake a year.

HMMM

It is 2100 a year to fish at Vail Lake.

StinkyMatt · 11-26-2013, 08:46 PM

The membership fee is completely negotiable. You can sweet talk your way down to about a grand or even lower. My understanding from the dude in the gate trailer was tht they were in serious financial problems and that significant changes (possible sale) were possible. This was early summer this year.

Sdspeed · 11-26-2013, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StinkyMatt

The membership fee is completely negotiable. You can sweet talk your way down to about a grand or even lower. My understanding from the dude in the gate trailer was tht they were in serious financial problems and that significant changes (possible sale) were possible. This was early summer this year.

This article from Jan. 2013 may shed some light on the issues at Vail Lake.

http://www.pe.com/local-news/riversi...over-debts.ece

rhyak · 11-27-2013, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buddha

It is 2100 a year to fish at Vail Lake.

For a full membership with a boat, a kayak membership is 750 for a single or 1000 for two people...

JarrodMc · 12-01-2013, 08:00 PM

That SUCKS! Thanks for spreading the word though Eli

11-26-2013, 10:58 AM	#2
rhyak Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Central Coast Posts: 398	WELL, THAT SUCKS BIG TIME, Looked forward to some spring action at Vail. Loosing money there, 25 bucks a pop, hard to say I am gonna spend 750 to fish a lake a year. HMMM __________________ Team Central Coast Kayak Fishing

11-26-2013, 01:05 PM	#3
CKallday71 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: The 951 Posts: 430	S#!T! I had planned on going there for Thanksgiving! __________________ I fish therefore I am. Selling cars since 2006. If you love what you do you never WORK a day in your life.

12-01-2013, 08:00 PM	#10
JarrodMc Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Vista Posts: 411	That SUCKS! Thanks for spreading the word though Eli __________________

11-26-2013, 01:35 PM	#4
fisher_4_life Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 129	Well that is a big bummer! Glad I was able to at least get out there once.

11-26-2013, 04:26 PM	#5
newportdogs Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Newport Posts: 40	Too bad. Thanks for turning us on to the $25 deal. We fished the lake a couple of times this summer and found it better than Barrett was in May.

11-26-2013, 08:46 PM	#7
StinkyMatt Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Under a bridge Posts: 2,169	The membership fee is completely negotiable. You can sweet talk your way down to about a grand or even lower. My understanding from the dude in the gate trailer was tht they were in serious financial problems and that significant changes (possible sale) were possible. This was early summer this year.