clear lake

[mathew]

Does anyone ever wakeboard at Clear Lake in Ca. Is it a good place to board?

[kid]

i heard its not that clear

[skinautique1985]

not great... open and choppy, often windy ... oddly enough, that's where boardstock is this year.

[Hockeyplayer]

Have you ever been to clear lake? It is probably one of the most disgusting lakes in America. The Lake is surrounded by towns that couldn't get more white trash. The area is about as depressed as they come. The lake is always pure chop and there are sometimes that I would be afraid to take the boat out into the chop because its soo bad. On top of all that the lake has like a film over it that is completely disgusting and often times smells terrible.

If your planning a trip to clear lake I would highly recommend you cancel and consider another location. Terrible area and a terrible lake.

[justsomeguy]

[Hockeyplayer]

justsomeguy, Been on the lake twice. Never again (except for boardstock this year)

I drive past the lake twice a week on 20. Usually Early in the morning (6-8AM) or in the evening and RARELY do i see nice water. Obviously there are times when the water will be nice (Hell I board on Tahoe twice a year) but from my experience I have found that more often than not the lake is chopped up and generally appears very dirty. If mathew is looking for a lake where he can wakeboard for the better portion of the day, enjoy nice water, good people and good food then I WOULD NOT recommend Clear Lake. I could recommend tons of lakes within the close vicinity that serve as much better wakeboarding lakes than Clear lake. (ie: Oroville, Shasta, Almanor, Mendocino, Berryessa etc...)

[justsomeguy]

[Buergday]

I have to agree with Hockeyplayer on this one. Although Clear Lake is really nice sometimes, there always seems to be at least one reason to stay away - usually the fear of wiping out and getting a mouthfull of that gnarly pea soup water. The algae is so thick at times its amazing. I'd stick to Berryessa. It's very close to Clear Lake and not nearly as sketchy.

[Hockeyplayer]

No stuff Sherlock. If I had found Clear Lake's nice calm water I would not have made the previous two post about how terrible the water on the lake is.

[justsomeguy]

[scott a]

i dunno...if i asked if clear lake was good and someone replied by telling me to ride elsewhere i would be pretty thankful. then again im not the original poster, but neither are you justsomeguy, so i wouldnt think that you are any more right than anyone else here. its funny how someone else's "innacurate" opinion can be corrected by someone else's opinion.

my opinion: never been to clear lake, but my parents and brother have. they have nothing good to say about the place. there are other lakes nearby that are pretty damn sweet so i would personally ride elsewhere. that's my opinion and ive made it based on the multitude of bad things ive heard about the place. im not gonna say that youre wrong, justsomeguy, but youre the only person ive ever talked to that has had good things to say about clear lake.

[justsomeguy]

[Hockeyplayer]

[Hockeyplayer]

[justsomeguy]

[Buergday]

fight, fight!

[Hockeyplayer]

justsomeguy, congratulations, you own a dictionary.

If someone presents something as fact does that make it fact? No, I made a claim that Clearlake is always choppy. My statement was clearly a claim (per your dictionary.com definition it meets all the criteria for a claim) as to the condition of clearlakes water but in your opinion was not accurate or factual. If you believe that my statement was not accurate as to fact then wouldn't that make it an opinion? In this scenario both words are synonymous with each other.

[>begin mandatory cheapshot>] I take it your a Ukiah High graduate?[>end mandatory cheapshot>]

[Hockeyplayer]

Buergday, yeah, this reminds me of the phrase about arguing over the internet and being retarded regardless of the outcome of the discusion.

[prior40]

I've been going to Clear Lake my entire life. If you are driving by on 20 you are seeing the worst part of the lake. Wide open, always gets choppy by 3pm. Yes, the algea is gross, but it isn't there until early-mid August. The weeds start growing towards the end of June. During the week on the Lakeport side you can always find good water. There are also some great places to eat in Lakeport, TNT's, Park Place and a few others. Early morning water and late evening eater is probably the best it gets. Yes, there are some white trash areas. Go to Buckingham though and you're in the middle of money. Just need to know the areas to frequent. But the areas on or near HWY 20 are absolutely horrible. Yes, I am partial to the lake seeing how I have been going there for the last 24 years, but there is better and there is worse for various reasons. Hope this helps you out a little bit more.

[kid]

if you go to the lake your going to be "loyal" to it your not gunna bash on your own things, you work with what you got. I ski on oroville and thats near Oroville the city and well enough said about that...but I heard it wasn't that pretty but then again if the waters good im not gunna stick my foot in and say "nah man, it looks like vomit i aint touchin it" if the waters good, the waters good. you board on it! i havent heard a lot of bad things about oroville but if someone went there twice and tried to tell someone differently about it i would stick up for it because i know the spots to go and when. Since ive never been there id talk to the people that have been going for a while....

[justsomeguy]

[kdawg]

lets get ready to ruuuuuuuummmmmmmmbbbbllllleeeeeeee