Bamber lake and Lake George

[ikeslayer]

Are these two lakes private lakes and if they are how private. Does this mean if i know someone that lives around them and they ask me to fish i can't just curious as to what you all know. I hear there is some excellent angling in those. let me know what you all know.

[g'eye pilot]

Ike -

There are actually 3, and they are all private. The closest one to 52 is Lake George. The next one (surrounded by monstrous homes) has 2 basins and is called Salem Sound. The residents generally patrol them quite heavily, and they will not hesitate to question you. If you are lucky enough to get permission, you will have found the promised land! I have fished all three, (usually during the hard water season), and there are some impressive specimens present. There is actually a 3rd pit a little further west, near the insection of Bamber Valley Rd. It is not developed, but it is also privately owned.

[FishinFool]

Bamber Lake has very good fishing in it, but it is very private. There is one guy who lives on the lake that is the main "patrol" person. He makes anyone with a pontoon/canoe put a sticker on it so everyone can easily distinguish someone who is not supposed to be there. He has also called the police on people so I would be careful making sure you have permission from someone that lives on the lake.

I have fished it a few times with a friend who lives on that lake. There are lots of fish (sunnies, crappies, largemouth, carp, suckers, walleye, catfish, and a few northerns) with great fishing to be had.

[mark p]

It's also not enough to just have permission to fish Bamber Lake (Salem sound). The person who gives you permission must also be with you or the person who patrols it will have you kicked off. They started this because some of the people who live on it don't fish. They would tell all their friends that they could come and fish it because they didn't care. That led to too many people fishing on that lake.

[pepperman]

Not one to start any contraversy, ( maybe a little ) BUT what is a private lake? Who owns it? Is there a title for said water?? and just because you live on the lake, (presumeably with other residents) Just what gives anyone the right to patrol, or control said waters? Please keep in mind i am only speaking of the lake itself, not the property around it. Any way, Great fishin to all

( just my little 2 cents to it all )

[mark p]

In the case of these lakes, there is no public access to the water, so the only way to get onto the water is to trespass. The person patrolling it has the right to be there since he owns property on the lake. That also gives him the right to call the Rochester police to report trespassers. Not sure what would actually happen once the police came. I supsect a fine for the 1st or 2nd violation.

[Bogsucker]

Who actually owns the property around Lake George?

[g'eye pilot]

It is owned by the neighborhood association - a legal entity of homeowners that live around the lake.

[carlcmc]

that a walleye you caught out of that lake?

[CrappieJohn]

Carl.....The g pilot took that fish from Salem Sound if memory serves me well. And it went back too.

He and I have fished Lake George and it is a phenominal water for super-sized sunfish and crappies. There are lots of line snappers in there. The fish there tend to be full of the black spots and parasitic worms though.

When I was a kid ( you know how old I am so you can imagine how far back I am referring) of about 12, I'd peddle my bike out to what is now Salem Sound and fish all day. I'd cast HulaPoppers and catch everything from bass and crappies to , yes!, sunfish. The two guys that operated the dredge they had in there then would allow me in as long as I left a pail with some fish each trip so they could take them home. I wasn't old enough to understand the what size meant then, but I can remember those sunfish as being absolute pigs compared to those found at Silver Lake. Time has not erased the memories kindled there and I'd be willing to bet that those sunnies were in the 12 inch range quite consistantly

[carlcmc]

impressive. would be fun to have a private lake like that.

We just bought 18 acres (a week ago we closed) at zumbro falls. it has a pond freshly made on it but doesn't hold water. So i'm thinking that if i put a bit of money into it and make it water tight i might have my own little catch and release pond. Dreams huh? Since we will be closer to wabasha there versus zumbro lake, once we get built and get out there probably will go to backwaters more. we'll see.

[Bogsucker]

Actually William Quick and relatives (Lake George Park LLC) own the vast majority of Lake George and surrounding property, the nearby associations merely have proprietary easements to use the property as they have used the property for many years however proprietary use does not convey ownership. There is one other adjacent landowner aside from the neighborhood associations and L.G.P. LLC and after a field trip to locate the property corner(it's really close to the waters edge) I'll post the other owners title.

[Bogsucker]

Pardon me for using the wrong adjective to describe "use" and "easements" as I've also been researching canoes(as in proprietary lay-up) instead of "proprietary" I should have used "prescriptive" as in "Townhomes of Lakeview" or "Green Meadows Homeowners Corp." may have "prescriptive" use easements to use the property around the lake though they do not actually own the property.