I made it up to Coyote today to take a look around, and man does this lake look small, beautiful surroundings though. I saw a Buck, 2 Doe's, and Turkeys. I have a couple questions.

1. Do you have to wear waders?

2. Only boats have to follow the counter clockwise thing right?

3. Can you run to the dam and fish your way back?

I can't wait

David Brown

Speaking of wildlife spottings, I think I saw, for the first time in my life, a *mountain lion* @ Calero on Sunday. It looked like maybe a young one, but somewhere between 40-60lbs. He walked down through the inlet right across the lake from the launch ramp, meandered up the hill to a grassy spot between some bushes, then layed down in the grass -- looked like he was enjoying the sunset, looking off to the west! I had him in sight for several minutes before he dropped into the grass, where I had a hard time spotting him afterward. I was pretty psyched, watching him meandering along.

Oh, and prior to that I saw a turtle -- with a shell probably 20 inches front to rear. That's just the *shell*, mind you! He was sunning at the edge of the bank as I came to the end of the creek channel, slid into the water when I drove near, then was back on the bank as I headed back out to the main lake. I've seen turtles at many of our south bay res'ies, but never one this big! This sucker looked almost ready to step up to saltwater-size!

Hi Dave, here's some answers for you.

1. Do you have to wear waders? Actually I'm not sure but I do not think so since water skiing is allowed there.

2. Only boats have to follow the counter clockwise thing
right? Right

3. Can you run to the dam and fish your way back? Yes

As it stands right now it looks like we will likely be moving the launch/weigh in location to the boat ramp due to the low lake level.

MT