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dimarcobros
05-24-2005, 12:02 PM
Anyone have any details on this lake? Anyone ever been?
DMB
Advantage Adam
05-24-2005, 12:22 PM
no motorized booat are allowed on the lake
dimarcobros
05-24-2005, 12:37 PM
Well that cuts that place out, I can't see myself paddling all day. :D
Thanks for the heads up.
DMB
coolchange
05-24-2005, 05:22 PM
The lake is full. Motor boats are allowed. NO BODY CONTACT, it is a resevoir.
dicudmore
05-25-2005, 05:39 AM
The lake is full. Motor boats are allowed. NO BODY CONTACT, it is a resevoir.
what he said...
haven't been up there since I was in elementary school but used to camp up there often and cruise the boats around the lake
dimarcobros
05-25-2005, 12:52 PM
So you can put your boat in the water just not your body? :confused: How does that make sense?
DMB
plaster dave
05-25-2005, 12:56 PM
I know there is no speed limit.
dicudmore
05-25-2005, 01:08 PM
So you can put your boat in the water just not your body? :confused: How does that make sense?
DMB
there are several socal lakes like that
steelcomp
05-25-2005, 05:41 PM
Lake Cachuma...Santa Barbara County, Hwy 154, San Marcos pass, about 15 mi north. Drive by it every day...used to live there when I was a kid. It's a beautiful lake, great camping, fishing, and it's full to the top. It's decent sized, but gets windy regularly in the afternoon, out of the west. Sometimes can get pretty severe. Reason for no body contact is that it's a domestic water supply...piped directly through the mountain to Santa Barbara. They have a speed limit, but don't know how hard they enforce it. I've had my jet on it before, with no issues. Lots of fishing boats. They also have tours for Eagle watching, if you're into that kind of thing. :coffeycup
coolchange
05-25-2005, 08:37 PM
So you can put your boat in the water just not your body? :confused: How does that make sense?
DMB
Fish piss is OK, People piss is not.
Essex502
05-26-2005, 06:44 AM
Fish piss is OK, People piss is not.
You obviously don't have an aquarium. The biological cycle of the lake with the natural bacteria take care of the fish piss. Simply put..the ammonia in the piss convert to nitrites which convert to nitrates and the nitrates are used by the plant material. The natural bacteria provide the conversion.
Oh...and Lake Cachuma is a beautiful lake for camping and fishing.
coolchange
05-26-2005, 05:45 PM
You obviously don't have an aquarium. The biological cycle of the lake with the natural bacteria take care of the fish piss. Simply put..the ammonia in the piss convert to nitrites which convert to nitrates and the nitrates are used by the plant material. The natural bacteria provide the conversion.
Oh...and Lake Cachuma is a beautiful lake for camping and fishing.
You obviously need remedial reading/ comprehension.
UUHHH.. isn't that what I said??? :confused: :hammer2:
Bling Bling
05-26-2005, 08:26 PM
It's a great lake for camping and fishing. Good facilities, and from what i hear a ceartain section of the lake there is no speed limit. Take it from me, I got my Skater up to 127mph before I ran out of room. There was a certain woman ranger there that worked the weekends and does not like high performance boats, go on the week days. It's not a lake for are kind of boating, but it worked well to flush after a salt run. :D