Castaic Level

[LazyLavey]

defiantly progressing but I was surprised it wasn't higher..

Looks like no more maintenance happening

Still Very muddy

 

[4Waters]

defiantly progressing but I was surprised it wasn't higher..

Looks like no more maintenance happening

Still Very muddy


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It's dropped 3ft in 2 days

 

[LazyLavey]

It's dropped 3ft in 2 days

interesting

????? due to pumping back to Pyramid or just letting it out

 

[4Waters]

interesting

????? due to pumping back to Pyramid or just letting it out

I don't know. I look at this every morning

Castaic Lake Water Level

Castaic Lake Water Level including historical chart

castaic.lakesonline.com

 

[Kbach]

3’ is nothing when they’re pumping between Elderberry and Pyramid.

We used to do watercraft testing at Elderberry and it would raise/drop 5’ while we were there. Had to move the stupid truck/trailer up and down the ramp constantly

A lot of it depends on how much they’re balancing it out between Castaic and Elderberry.

 

[LazyLavey]

No boating today, just a drive-by....

incredible weather.... no wind, mid 70s... lake was flat

 

[Mr. C]

I’ll have to drive up on my home tomorrow and get a new perspective on things. Seems from reports we should be at a good level. We will see
But why they would letting water out before full pool is definitely interesting

 

[Big B Hova]

The Quaaga muscles are drinking all the water

 

[retaocleg]

open the gates! they will need to in order to continue "the message"

 

[pixrthis]

I’d expect it to be full.

 

[4Waters]

I’d expect it to be full.

Once the snow starts to melt it will fill up

 

[hallett21]

Once the snow starts to melt it will fill up

What fills pyramid and castaic? Fraiser park etc?

 

[4Waters]

What fills pyramid and castaic? Fraiser park etc?

The Sierra's

 

[hallett21]

The Sierra's

Then they’re gonna be just fine lol. We left on Sunday to an extra 3ft in mammoth.

 

[Mr. C]

What fills pyramid and castaic? Fraiser park etc?

Pyramid is looked full last weekend when i drove by. so i had to look..

Lake Name	Current Level	Full Pool
Pyramid (CA)	2,566.27	2,574.80

 

[hallett21]

Pyramid is looked full last weekend when i drove by. so i had to look..

Lake Name	Current Level	Full Pool
Pyramid (CA)	2,566.27	2,574.80

I wonder how often it gets to fill pool. Brought the boat home from the river and took it to pyramid and it looked the same as it always does. This was last summer.

 

[4Waters]

Pyramid is looked full last weekend when i drove by. so i had to look..

Lake Name	Current Level	Full Pool
Pyramid (CA)	2,566.27	2,574.80

I wonder how often it gets to fill pool. Brought the boat home from the river and took it to pyramid and it looked the same as it always does. This was last summer.

Pyramid is always full

 

[LazyLavey]

Pyramid is always full

Thanks to Castaic......lol

 

[kurtis500]

One of my favorite places to race... wish they'd bring it back

 

[Mr. C]

So it is fear we live by They are dumping water in fear we might get to much snow run off. SMH. . Just fucking stupid. Because it wasn’t even full pool last I looked.

 

[Mr. C]

One of my favorite places to race... wish they'd bring it back

I loved the waking up the sound of those boats when they were racing here. Definitely miss it and a short bike ride down to the lower lake.

 

[4Waters]

So it is fear we live by They are dumping water in fear we might get to much snow run off. SMH. . Just fucking stupid. Because it wasn’t even full pool last I looked.

Nowhere near full pool, it's dropped 6 maybe 7 feet in the last week

 

[retaocleg]

So it is fear we live by They are dumping water in fear we might get to much snow run off. SMH. . Just fucking stupid. Because it wasn’t even full pool last I looked.

"the message"......

 

[4Waters]

This was yesterday, this morning it's going up

 

[4Waters]

I've been watching it today an it finally appears inflow is catching up. They have been letting more water out than what's coming in

 

[4Waters]

Finally going up

 

[4Waters]

 

[LazyLavey]

Fluctuates like the stock market.....


Let it live damit

 

[4Waters]

Already going down

 

[Big B Hova]

Already going down

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Gotta flush all those quagga muscles out

 

[LazyLavey]

 

[dirtriderjrf]

Last weekend 3/18/23. Highest it’s been since the Dam restoration. Still very murky with debris everywhere.

 

[coolchange]

Tell me you’re catching something in that stain?

 

[4Waters]

 

[HALLETT BOY]

Castaic is the only lake with more patrol boats on it than regular boats .

 

[Mr. C]

Castaic is the only lake with more patrol boats on it than regular boats .

Well that’s almost funny. Cause with cut backs I bet there wasn’t a sheriff boat on that lake during the week. And one at most on weekends.
Two lifeguard filled boats at most times.
Imho if you get a ticket on that lake you probably deserved it.

 

[4Waters]

Well that’s almost funny. Cause with cut backs I bet there wasn’t a sheriff boat on that lake during the week. And one at most on weekends.
Two lifeguard filled boats at most times.
Imho if you get a ticket on that lake you probably deserved it.

Not a single sheriffs boat last summer

 

[Mr. C]

Not a single sheriffs boat last summer

One on the ramp ready to if needed. But not much more than that most times. My statement stands. If you got ticketed. You probably deserved it.

Examples. Standing on your bow dancing around throwing beer bottles in the water. Your bound to be noticed.

Pulling tubers the wrong way like a Fn moron. Bound to be noticed.

A few speed laps in the back or floating sipping a drink in a cove. Probably not an issue at all.

 

[4Waters]

One on the ramp ready to if needed. But not much more than that most times. My statement stands. If you got ticketed. You probably deserved it.

Examples. Standing on your bow dancing around throwing beer bottles in the water. Your bound to be noticed.

Pulling tubers the wrong way like a Fn moron. Bound to be noticed.

A few speed laps in the back or floating sipping a drink in a cove. Probably not an issue at all.

Their boat was gone

 

[Mr. C]

Their boat was gone

It has been trailered often but ready to go.
We got a little side tracked. Surprise. Lol.
I’ll try and even see if they’ll let me up the west ramp entrance to get a pic or two to show how high ( or not) it really is.

 

[HALLETT BOY]

Well that’s almost funny. Cause with cut backs I bet there wasn’t a sheriff boat on that lake during the week. And one at most on weekends.
Two lifeguard filled boats at most times.
Imho if you get a ticket on that lake you probably deserved it.

Well , it’s been close to 15 years that I’ve been on that lake , it was dead winter with me and maybe 1 other fishermen out there , and yes I got a speeding ticket way back in the north part of lake . But since then I’ve read / heard Teague and Howard boats talk of their speed when testing boats and not 1 ticket . And maybe because of the hyper- enforcement of everything, they don’t need all those patrol boats anymore .

 

[4Waters]

It has been trailered often but ready to go.
We got a little side tracked. Surprise. Lol.
I’ll try and even see if they’ll let me up the west ramp entrance to get a pic or two to show how high ( or not) it really is.

Some sort of contract deal, they were gone

 

[Mr. C]

Well , it’s been close to 15 years that I’ve been on that lake , it was dead winter with me and maybe 1 other fishermen out there , and yes I got a speeding ticket way back in the north part of lake . But since then I’ve read / heard Teague and Howard boats talk of their speed when testing boats and not 1 ticket . And maybe because of the hyper- enforcement of everything, they don’t need all those patrol boats anymore .

Sorry to hear that.
As for the Teague / Howard comment.
Teague donates a huge amount of funds to programs and I would bet pays a yearly fee to test their. Mostly later weekday evenings in the back cove. Not justifying a double standard but I can surely understand why he is allowed to test their.

 

[brgrcru]

Castaic is the only lake with more patrol boats on it than regular boats .

yep, i could run 60 all day long in my outboard. never was looked at. brought my cp one day to Castaic. just to test and tune. was on launch ramp. was told it is to loud. we don't want you on this lake. left and never turned back.
ill never support la county lakes. fuck their lakes.
rather drive to Ellsinore or Buena vista

 

[Mr. C]

yep, i could run 60 all day long in my outboard. never was looked at. brought my cp one day to Castaic. just to test and tune. was on launch ramp. was told it is to loud. we don't want you on this lake. left and never turned back.
ill never support la county lakes. fuck their lakes.
rather drive to Ellsinore or Buena vista

Not to make it a pissing match because I really like going BV and camping in the 5th wheels right on the water. But you have more Leo there than you’ll see in 2 hours let alone all weekend at Castaic coming through the campgrounds / sitting by the store with binoculars and just plain driving around that lake looking to site you.
Again. If you’re not a stand out and do hey LAM stuff. You probably won’t have an issue at all.

 

[Flat freak]

I remember racing IHBA at the lower cesspool in the early 90s. My mentor told me “what ever you do, don’t crash here, “ he told me it was the nastiest shit water on the circuit. Then just by chance I moved to Santa Clarita in the late 90s & lived there for five years. Every fall I would read in the paper about the cleanup/ dredging operation at the day beach because of the massive amount of dirty diapers. Because it was hazardous waste they kept track of the weight of diapers and the total amount would make it into the news. It was astounding what they pulled out of there.

 

[Meaney77]

The day I picked up my new to me boat from the previous owner, I stopped at Castaic mid week to meet some friends and take my new boat for a spin. I pick my friends up at the dock along with their cooler of beer. We were the only boat on the water late morning. We made a few passes across the lake and got pulled over by the sheriff. I showed him all of my safety equipment on the boat. He gave me a ticket and he kicked us off the lake because we had a cooler full of beer. At that time I didn't realize it was a dry lake with no alcohol.

I got a ticket and got off easy I guess however, I hadn't been drinking. A few months later I had to attend court in Valencia and the court ordered me to boating safety course. I haven't been back to that lake in 18 years.

 

[dirtriderjrf]

Tell me you’re catching something in that stain?

Fishing has been slow this year with the lakes fluctuating so much and water clarity.

Did catch a nice 4lb largemouth at Pyramid back in January.

1/28/23

 

[boatnam2]

What about the true California Gem, elsinore?

 

[brgrcru]

What about the true California Gem, elsinore?

I live 1/2 hour from Castaic. I'll go to the green ugly monster before Castaic. lol