Crawling Valley Quick Question

[vancouvercanuck]

I seen on Facebook Crawling Valley page a post stating the campground is closed until ice up.

Does this mean the gate is closed? I usually fish the lake up until November and was hoping to put the boat in on Monday. Can anyone confirm if indeed the gate is locked up or if the boat launch is open?

Thanks in advance,

[pikergolf]

http://crawlingvalleycampground.ca/

Read the notice on the bottom, sorry for your luck, it sucks that they close it.

[Wes_G]

Why do they do this? Unfortunately for us that actually fish late into the season, places to put a boat in are limited. In fact I think the only walleye lake down south I can put a boat into right now is Newell and maybe Travers.

[Habfan]

You can launch at Mcgregor.

[pikergolf]

Originally Posted by Wes_G

Why do they do this? Unfortunately for us that actually fish late into the season, places to put a boat in are limited. In fact I think the only walleye lake down south I can put a boat into right now is Newell and maybe Travers.

It does suck as there potentially 6 wks left in the season. Why close it to boats and then open it to ice fisherman, I don't get it either.

[Couleestalker]

Because there is no one there to ask the boaters about invasive mussels. A risk the Irrigation District does not want to take.

[graybeard]

Originally Posted by Couleestalker

Because there is no one there to ask the boaters about invasive mussels. A risk the Irrigation District does not want to take.

Idea;
Charge a minimal fee of let's say $5 per launch, all summer long and hire a person to ask the questions or do the visual inspection for this time of year.

If I am at CV half a dozen times in a summer that is pretty cheap entertainment @ $30 (launching wise).

I was at CV several times this past summer and the person behind the desk never got out of the chair to look or compare the CV paper work to my vehicle or asked me any questions.

I guess closing things down was the easiest way. Oh well, still a great place and I'll wait for the ice and next summer...

[barbless]

Originally Posted by Couleestalker

Because there is no one there to ask the boaters about invasive mussels. A risk the Irrigation District does not want to take.

Hit the nail on the head right there. Just got off the phone from talking to someone with EID about the closure. No one there to inspect boats for invasive species after campground closes for season. Hence closing till freeze up for ice fishing. Will happen from what he said every year from now on.
Just gonna say of all the times I have gone to CVR (and go lots) have never once had my boat checked. Just filled out paperwork for boat and towing vehicle said boat has not been in any other water body, good to go. Put sticker on windshield. The gentleman I talked to said they were out all summer checking boats . They might need to train more people to inspect boats. Ya was going to go on Wednesday, oh well