01-15-2020, 04:15 PM
Jeff, I was up there recently.
There are actually several places I saw people parked, and all but one I know are OK.
The normal parking lots in the southeast and northeast corners are still open. Sometimes the road to the northeast lot is nasty and impassible. The ones with the restrooms (which are locked). [mad]
In the south-WEST corner, they pushed some dirt around, and made a small parking area pretty near the beach. That provides decent access.
I saw several cars parked in the south parking area below the dike, but I don't know personally if that was OK. I assume so, as it's a regular parking lot.
In spring/summer/fall, you already can't park along the south dike. But, in winter, for several years, they had been allowing it, because it gives good access for the most people. People have parked along that dike for years, and nobody got tickets last year, or the year before, or the year before.....
Then this year, BANG, without notice, without new signs, without addendum to the old signs, and without friendly reminders or warning "tickets", without the officer showing up and verbally communication, out of the blue EVERYBODY got a ticket for something that was OK for years.....
All you gotta do is not park on the dike, and not drive 26 mph in a 25 mph zone, and you can still fish Mantua just fine.
Let me know if you want to, and I'll join you.
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There are actually several places I saw people parked, and all but one I know are OK.
The normal parking lots in the southeast and northeast corners are still open. Sometimes the road to the northeast lot is nasty and impassible. The ones with the restrooms (which are locked). [mad]
In the south-WEST corner, they pushed some dirt around, and made a small parking area pretty near the beach. That provides decent access.
I saw several cars parked in the south parking area below the dike, but I don't know personally if that was OK. I assume so, as it's a regular parking lot.
In spring/summer/fall, you already can't park along the south dike. But, in winter, for several years, they had been allowing it, because it gives good access for the most people. People have parked along that dike for years, and nobody got tickets last year, or the year before, or the year before.....
Then this year, BANG, without notice, without new signs, without addendum to the old signs, and without friendly reminders or warning "tickets", without the officer showing up and verbally communication, out of the blue EVERYBODY got a ticket for something that was OK for years.....
All you gotta do is not park on the dike, and not drive 26 mph in a 25 mph zone, and you can still fish Mantua just fine.
Let me know if you want to, and I'll join you.
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