Rattlesnake is one of my favorites too. I was not too happy with the
"improvements" made in the last couple of years, and came minutes close to
getting locked in one night. My very best luck there had always come in the
last bit of daylight, which, at least last year, was after the gates had
closed. I guess you could park outside, but with all of the prowls they have
at other trailheads, this looked like another made to order problem.
My question is that I drove by Monday night just to check the water level,
well past the time posted for locking and the gate was open and there were
still a few cars in the boat launch and parking areas. Are they still
locking this up according to their schedule?
Thanks,
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 11:41 PM
Subject: Rattlesnake Lake tonight
> It was raining more sideways than up and down by the time I got to
> Rattlesnake Lake this evening. I stood in the wind and rain and almost
> changed my mind about launching in that crappy weather, but you don't
catch
> any fish driving home on the freeway. Half-heartedly I dug the oars in at
> about 6:45 PM.
>
> The wind began to die down and the rain turned down a few notches near 7
PM
> and the line began to twitch occasionally. By 7:30 I had landed 3 and
lost
> that many more. By 9 PM I was laughing my head off in the drizzle as fish
> after fish hit that bug-eyed dragon. The only slack time in the evening
was
> spent watching the osprey dive-bomb the lake and carry off dinner. Even
saw
> an eagle soar. In the end I had at least 8 to the boat, and lost more
than
> that. Can't count all the strikes.
>
> Best time at Rattlesnake in 3 years for me.
>
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