Sounds like you guys had quite a little adventure all to yourselves ..

Wish I could've been there!

The entry to West Lake is good to know, anybody up for a trip out to Alligator Creek?

Years back... don't ask me how many... they closed the West Lake access also. At that time some enterprising fellows opened a hole in the mangroves along the road to continue to access the lake. It might have been at that second culvert too, but I don't remember that either.

A while back, after this recent closing,  I tried to find that old "emergency" launch but could not locate it from the road.

Thanks for opening it up or making a new one! I will definitely make use of it. I love paddling the edges of West Lake.

I suspect the creek between the Lungs and Garfield is open since some Utube celebrity angler posted a video of him and another angler fishing back there illegally from a motorized Gheenoe... saying they were up in the Panhandle fishing for baby tarpon! LOL

And yes, I would be happy to join y'all on a paddle back to Alligator Creek. Let me know how to find the invitation... I missed it for the Craighead Pond paddle.

Just catching up as I haven't been around in awhile. What a great story/adventure!