04-27-2021, 08:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-27-2021, 08:46 PM by parryconner.)
I just spoke to the state park manager, we had a long conversation. The new ruling is correct and it went into affect in 2020. He said the rule was that in place to prohibit boat camping and people using the lake to access camping in areas outside the state park. He said he was going to check in with the other state park managers and see if this is something they were going to continue to enforce. As of right now he said it would be enforced with a trespassing ticket if any boat is on the water past 10 PM. I encouraged him to rethink this because of the restrictions on night fishing. Some of the best times I’ve ever had on deer Creek were fishing at night, seems like the fish calm down once all the power boats leave and they move in shallow to feed. He said he had no idea that they were people that actually fish deer Creek at night. Hopefully Changes will be made in the future to allow this again. It’s another lost fishing opportunity, seems like this is becoming a common theme.