Calendar
| Sept 9 - Oct 31 | Fall office hours, open Wednesday & Saturday mornings |
| Oct 31 | Fishing season closes and boats must be removed from all the lakes |
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- Buy your guest passes by mail and save yourself any last minute stress!
- Please fill out the survey cards at Shagwa and Nokomis
Water Status - As has been widely reported, the snowpack is nearly the lowest on record for the Colorado River Basin, and it's the same for us in the North Lone Pine watershed. We captured a little local runoff from the early May snowstorm, but most of it soaked into the ground. We were "called out" on the North Lone Pine system at the beginning of May. We were not able to exchange water from Elkhorn Creek since no water was available from our Mountain & Plains water right. This has resulted in low water levels for the lakes which unfortunately allows the water temperatures to to be higher in the shallower lakes.
Fishing - The first couple months of the season have seen very good fishing. Despite low water levels, anglers and families have enjoyed success at all the lakes. In April and again in June we stocked all the lakes with a mix of stockers and trophies from Crystal Springs Trout Farm. And we've stocked Donaldson's in Shagwa, Browns in Apache and Erie, and Tigers in Nokomis. These Browns and Tigers are very expensive, over $10 per fish, so please handle them with care when you catch and release them! Also, please fill out the fish survey cards so that we can get data on the sizes and growth of the Tigers at Nokomis and the Donaldsons at Shagwa. We hope you have a fun and successful fishing season!
2026 Spring Projects - we did some road work along the east side of Letitia and south and east sides of Erie. We also pulled dead trees and brush from several of the dams, using the low water levels to get access to areas that normally are inaccessible.
Boat Removal - We'll once again remove boats after October 31 from all five boating lakes - Apache, Erie, Hiawatha, Letitia, and Nokomis. We'll send a letter by early October, to any registered boat owner advising them to take action by Oct 31. If you don't register your boat, we don't have a way to warn you to take it home. Boat owners can do one of the following:
- The boat owner takes their boat home by Oct 31
- If an owner needs help removing their boat, we may have a couple sources you can pay to have your boat moved to your RF property
- A boat owner can pay $150 to store their boat at the lake for the winter
We appreciate your help in keeping our lake shores clean.