Good day on Deercreek today

[PACKFAN]

How are you all launching before 6:00? I showed up at 5:15 one morning and was not pleased having to sit at the gate until 6:00 to launch.

I've had the same problem. Jordanelle leaves the gate open all night so you can launch whenever you want. The bogus answer I was given when calling the Manager at Deer Creek State Park is that people could sneak in early in the morning and then leave before 6 without paying. I think if a few more fishermen complained maybe they would change it. Furthermore they have an autogate at Jordanelle that will open when you scan the barcode on your state park pass. Why don't they move that over to Deer Creek since the middle gate is already open 24/7 at Jordanelle? Anyway, hopefully a few more fishermen will call the manager at Deer Creek and politely ask them to follow Jordanelle's example. I know they are trying to come up with ways to spread out the traffic congestion on these busy state parks but keeping the gate locked until 6:00 is not helping and is actually contributing to the problem.

I personally like the gates closing in the state parks at 10:00 PM, I spend a lot of time at them camping and fishing during the summer and don't care to listen to vehicles cruising around the camp areas all night long. Just my 2 cents.

Is that really any worse than the 100 RVs running their generators and your 1000 closest friends camping at deer Creek on any given weekend?

I shouldn't be barred from land that my tax dollars pay for.

Dont know where you are staying, it is full hookups where we are and they have more camp hosts there than any of the other state parks I stay at and it has been quiet after ten when we have been there. Being retired I don't do weekends maybe thats your problem. No different than my tax dollars. If you need to put a boat in I think you can launch up near the Charleston bridge.