The water has risen to just below the bottom of the launch ramp. Although the water is still inching up, with the heavy runoff in May and June over, and July runoff slowing down, it’s looking less and less likely that private boaters will be able to launch. As of now only smasll private boats can be safely launched at the lake. We had multiple boaters with larger boats show up only to be very disappointed at the conditions this week after sources in Bishop told them they could launch – this is not true, so don’t waste your gas trying to launch at South Lake! Kayakers on the other hand have an easy task getting their rigs to the water.

South Lake boat landing currently has 10 motorboats and 2 pontoons available for rent.

Fishing has been pretty much lights out, especially in the back of the lake near the inlets, at the rockslide and at the dam. The fish weren’t picky at all and were taking lures, jigs and bait.