Lac Seul-Secret Boat Landing (North of Bindo)

[LawyerJoe]

I have not been to LS since 1995. Yet, I used to go the East Side between 3 and 5 times a year. Thus, I know the area very well. However, since I have been away for so long I need to know if things have changed.

My question pertains to the logging road that crosses Bindo Lake (on LS).

Many of you may know there is a wonderful shortcut to Sen Bay. This hidden launch saves between 7 and 14 miles depending on what public landing you use for an access point.

However, there is a catch. The landing is basically a dry run-off bed for water flowing off the logging road and (most importantly) the locals are EXTREMELY PROTECTIVE of its access. In fact, at any point in time during the summer one may see in excess of 30 local's boats pulled up on the shoreline.

HERE IS THE QUESTION: Has anyone had occasion to use this launch in the past couple of years?

If so, were there any restrictions with its access: Environmental or Legal?

I ask, b/c the last time I used it, I decided to leave my $20,000 Lund tied up overnight next to the local's boats. Well, when I returned from a restful night at Frog Rapids, I came to find a Natural Resources Officer writing me a ticket for littering. Yes, that is correct, the litter that I unlawfully deposited in the lake was my boat. "Littering: To Wit- A Boat” The infraction carried a $118.00 forfeiture.

Thus, to avoid any further legal infractions...I would appreciate any information or speculation you might have on the matter.

Kind Regards and Thank you for the interest,

Joe

[srj]

I was last there two years ago and a very large log was in place on the shoreline. It had a couple rocks securing it, so I assume it was there for a reason. Small boats could still get in but if you had to get your trailer wheels wet, you were out of luck.

[PRO-V]

I don't have my map in front of me, but if that's the old landing on the north side of Sen ( north of the reef), I believe it's been closed since 1995. That's when I started going there.

[LawyerJ0E]

LOL I figured as much. It seems the locals want us to buy a few more imperial gallons of local fuel by cutting off the shortcut access to Sen Bay and adding 5.5 miles from Bindo.

Were you able to use the access point with a small craft?

Another point, I have several megs of super hi-rez sattelite images (available on-line) that I have altered to show show exact mileage plots from all the known access points. Moreover, I can see slightly sunken reefs all over LS.

Yet, I compared this years water level with the year of my images and there is almost a 2 foot increase in today's water level. So, I suppose there are a lot more reefs now than there were then. Accordingly, I suppose most of those treelees rock islands that sat just above the waterline are better now for fishing than eating shore lunch.

I do know of at least two spots on that road where, with this 2 foot water increase, one could launch a small craft and get direct access to Western lakes like India and China and even more lakes further to the East. Imagine being able to drive in and launch into a fishing area that would take a 50 plus mile boat ride.

Finally, I did see Lac Seul Outposts pics of last years fire. Does anyone know if those fires burned to the South enough to impact any large parts of Sen Bay?

Joe

P.S. Thanks for the response. However, my 85-year-old Grandmother is gonna be bummed. This will be her last trip to Canada, I assume.

[LawyerJ0E]

PRO-V,

Thanks for the reply. I don't think we are talking about the same place. When you turn North off the Highway, this place is just a couple miles. It accesses the most Eastern side of SB on LS.

Joe

[PRO-V]

The landing I saw was about a mile northeast of the entrance to Archer Lake. Alot of Sen Bay is burned off but it didn't seem to affect the fishing, just the scenery. The water is as high as I have seen it since I've been going there.

[srj]

Lawyerjoe, where do you find the Canadian sat images? Sounds like really cool stuff. And do you need a special viewer?

PRO-V, the access you refer to is the old forest road access. That was a great jumping off spot for many years--but it turned into such a pigpen from campers throwing their garbage behind the first row of bushes. There is also an access straight east of the zig-zag complete with ramp and parking. However......large boulders were placed in front of the ramp several years ago to make it unuseable. If it's the one I have used in the past, the gravel access mentioned in the post is on the west side of the road at the first water crossing. Also can be some pretty good shore fishing right on the east side.
I'll be up there for a few days on the 30th. Will post on return.

[LawyerJ0E]

srj

"Lawyerjoe, where do you find the Canadian sat images? Sounds like really cool stuff. And do you need a special viewer?"

If you are interested, I can send you a free sample. No, you don't need a special viewer. Each image is about 3 meg. Thus, a decent cpu will speed the process.

If you were to print the images, they would be 44 by 22 inches. Sweet, heh? That would cover a swath 22 miles wide by 11.
So, the detail is unreal!

You know all those fancy topo-maps you see out there. These are the exacts images they use to make the maps. And, they are in full color. Even show rapids in river section and thousands of suken reefs and boulders.

I don't want to violate the user polices of the site. So, if you want some freebees contact me by email.

[email protected]

[LawyerJ0E]

Too many emails...lol

I will just post the link to the map page instead of typing all the reply emails.

If this post violates any board policy, I will gladly delete it right away.

Thanks for all the emails, guys.

Joe

[LawyerJ0E]

oops...lol forgot to post it...lol

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