Bullards Bar - Camping

(l1spoogy) · (l1spoogy) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 05-15-2007, 8:51 AM

Those in Northern California still looking for a camping spot for Memorial Day weekend may want to give Bullards Bar a call. They just opened up shoreline camping.

(ffboarder) · (ffboarder) **Join Date: May 2007** 05-15-2007, 4:01 PM

Do you happen to know if they water level will stay where it is for a while, or will it start dropping soon. Usually the water is touching the trees in June and shoreline camping is not open until the end of June/beginning of July. We are going to Garden Point in mid July and if the water starts dropping now, that hike will be a drag!!

(l1spoogy) · (l1spoogy) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 05-15-2007, 4:24 PM

Erik, right now the water level is 1931ft which is about 25 feet from full. It is still going up a little each day but it will start going down in the coming months. Last year it went down about 5 feet from the end of May to the beggining of July. If you want to look at it here's a link.

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?BUL

(Message edited by l1spoogy on May 15, 2007)

(l1spoogy) · (l1spoogy) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 05-15-2007, 4:44 PM

Here's a picture from the 4th of July last year. Garden point is in the background. The lake is 4 feet lower now than in this picture. So i would guess by july it would be 8 to 10 feet lower than the picture.
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(ffboarder) · (ffboarder) **Join Date: May 2007** 05-15-2007, 6:33 PM

Thanks for the input. We were at Garden Point once at the end of August. Now that was a hike with all that beer!!

(brick) · (brick) **Join Date: Nov 2003** 05-15-2007, 9:13 PM

Is the shore camping boat access only? Are any of the shore sites accessible ny motorhome? I've only been to the lake once, but we did it by houseboat.

(redv215) · (redv215) **Join Date: Mar 2005** 05-15-2007, 9:45 PM

Tim - That is correct boat access only for shore camping. There are campsites that you can fit the RV in but they are not on the water.

(916rider54) · (916rider54) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 05-16-2007, 12:12 AM

Me and my friends will be camping at Emerald Cove at Bullards Bar for Memorial day weekend. I thnk we got about 4-5 boats coming with us but none of us has been there, only heard about it being a great spot. Do you guys know where everyone parties out there? A cove where eveyone ties up or something.

(hillbilly) · (hillbilly) **Join Date: Aug 2002** 05-16-2007, 12:29 AM

They party in the campgrounds until 10. I've been there the last 2 mem. weekends and I don't remember any parties on the water. But def. go up the river inlet to find good water almost all day long.

(916rider54) · (916rider54) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 05-16-2007, 2:09 PM

Nice water all day on memorial day weekend? Thats awesome. I wasn't expectin to find much glass that weekend. I'll check the inlets fo sho. Thanks Jeff.

(hillbilly) · (hillbilly) **Join Date: Aug 2002** 05-16-2007, 9:56 PM

Watch for debris.....Last year there were some floaters.

(regalado1) · (regalado1) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 05-22-2007, 11:01 AM

FYI - Water temps were around 70 this weekend. Water was pretty nice. Watch out for the bears. Use the lockers at the campsites. They were definitely out and about.

(l1spoogy) · (l1spoogy) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 05-22-2007, 11:06 AM

Ant - How was the debris?

(regalado1) · (regalado1) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 05-22-2007, 11:07 AM

Very little. Couple small logs here and there, but nothing major for the most part.

(l1spoogy) · (l1spoogy) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 05-22-2007, 11:11 AM

Ant= Thanks where were the bears at?

(regalado1) · (regalado1) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 05-22-2007, 11:15 AM

We had 2 group sites at Schoolhouse campgrounds. 19D and 26D. One came up to 26D about 20 feet away or so right at dusk on Saturday. Also heard him in the middle of the night going campsite to campsite trying to get into the dumpsters. "SLAM - SLAM - SLAM" I think he was getting pissed off cause he couldn't get into them.

(l1spoogy) · (l1spoogy) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 05-22-2007, 11:27 AM

We had a 2 bear encounters last year at lake tahoe. First one was about 6 feet away from the campfire waiting for us to go to bed. Chased him back in the woods. Later the same night another one got into the bear locker pulled an ice chest out and grabbed a sandwich and walked away.

The kids were pretty scared. It was quite a sight to see them that close. Wish I had snapped a couple of pictures.

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 05-22-2007, 11:35 AM

make sure you take a couple cans of OFF. The skeeters are hungry up there.

(l1spoogy) · (l1spoogy) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 05-22-2007, 11:36 AM

Thanks will do!

(regalado1) · (regalado1) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 05-22-2007, 11:48 AM

Yeah, the skeeters were out for sure. We used "Skintastic"?? has the 40% deet I think and doesn't smell like skeeter repellent. Worked pretty good too. I'd recommend it.

(bftskir) · (bftskir) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 05-22-2007, 12:26 PM

we camped at madrone cove boat in sites but it was a few years ago...we were the only ones camping there, all night long something was running back and forth in the brush breathing heavy...you could hear the weight of its foot steps and the panting...they were all around running up and down i swear we were surrounded by whatever the f they were...that camp is waaayyyy in the back arm of the lake, it is wild and wooly back there...kinda like deliverance...but other than that we had a blast...bring booze