Boats on Jacobson Park Lake

[sglass]

You can put a boat in there with a trolling motor. Talked to several people who have done it and caught nice cats around the stumps around the golf course and very nice bass. Lake is very shallow and muddy from what i hear and you can about touch the bottom in most places of the lake with a 7 foot rod.

[DJD]

We used to slide our jon boat in there and catch some really nice bass of the golf course side.

[Hershey102]

I have fished it with a trolling motor too. Recently, the local government website said simply that non-motorized boats were allowed. That was new wording. I wrote an email request for a clarification since trolling motors had always been permitted. I received a reply that the wording was unfortunate and that the website would be updated to reflect that only gasoline powered motors are prohibited. So, long answer to a short question, yes, trolling motors are permitted.

Now, having said that, I've never done any good fishing Jacobson. It's no deeper than 6 feet except along Richmond Road. Most fishermen congregate near the culvert that runs under Richmond Road from Lake Ellerslie and it is certainly deeper there.