Salt Lake
March 6, 2010

Trip Description: Day trip to Salt Lake in the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge (BNWR). This is one of the closest places for Houston anglers to fish for reds, specks and flounder. The lake is generally shallow in the middle with deeper areas near the Nicks Lake cut (1.3 miles East from launch), marsh entrance weir (1.5 miles to the NE from launch) and Salt Bayou (at launch area). Go to Google Earth and preview the area before the trip. 

 Will Henderson, click here to email, phone (713-882-6142)

Saturday, March 6, 2010. There is a gate at the entrance to the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge off County Road 227 (no entrance charge) that is opened each morning at approximately sunrise by the park ranger. If the gate is closed when you arrive, park and wait at the gate. My truck (burgundy Tundra) will be parked at the launch site and have a signup sheet on the windshield. Please sign in and sign out. The entrance gate to the refuge is closed and locked each evening at sunset.  

If you want to go, contact the trip leader (or sign up at a monthly meeting) and provide: name, email address and phone number (preferably cell phone). or Register for a PACK login account and then use the Auto Enroll link above to automatically have your name added to the list below.

Access via Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge (BNWR)
Phone: 979-239-3915
Gate hours: Sunrise to sunset
Drive south from Houston on Highway 288 towards Angleton/Freeport.
Turn left on FM 523 South near Angleton.
Drive approximately 15 miles and turn left on FM 227.
Drive approximately 1.7 miles to BNWR entrance on right.
Drive 3.2 miles to the visitor center and turn right towards Salt Lake launch.
Drive 1.5 miles from visitor center to launch.

See Standard PACK List for items to consider for any PACK outing

Important items:

• VHF Radio for communication and emergency contact
• First Aid Kit 
• Lunch, Water, snacks
• Kayak Drift Sock 

Recommended guidelines for participates:

• Make sure trip leader or an officer has your emergency contact
• Notify the trip leader if you have any potential concerns
• If inexperienced, then buddy up. Make sure the trip leader knows your experience level
• Communicate with the trip leader, if you are unsure of your skill level required
• Member dues are current
• Guests are invited to particpate
• Have performed deep water entries
• Cary a first aid kit
• Have a life jacket
• Have a VHF radio
• Inform the trip leader of your float plan if planning to fish alone or longer then the designated times.
• Sign in and sign out at the launch site. Inform the trip leader if you will be launching in a different place.

Recommended for Trip Leaders:

• Insures proper authorizations
• Secure sites
• Prepare emergency preparedness plan
• Keep abreast of weather conditions that might effect the trip
• Point out any potential area hazards
• Maintain a head count
• Have available a first aid kit
• Have a VHF radio

Expenses/Fees:

None

Launch area: N29° 02.27', W95° 16.03'
Salt Lake Marshes: N29° 02.68', W95° 14.80'
Salt Lake at Cut to Nicks Lake: N29° 02.07', W95° 14.77'
Nicks Lake at Cut from Salt Lake: N29° 01.91', W95° 14.70'
Nicks Lake at ICW: N29° 01.66', W95° 13.96'  

(We prefer for you to create a login account on this website so that you can have your name added to the auto register list below. If you don't have a registered login account on this website we can list your name here; please contact the trip leader to request your name to manually added. If you have a login account then use the enroll feature at the top of this page to become part of the auto enroll list below)

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