Thanks Fishbonz, I'm glad to know you can still access the lake. I'd give it a try if I had a tube or two man boat as it looks like it has some possibilities.

I don't know about Creslin Park, must have been before I moved down here. I have driven south on 1667 and seen the bridges and even a few bank fishermen. The power plant is on the west side. If you continue on down 1667, just before you hit the end, there is an area I've seen guys in two man boats that look like they were catching some crappie. No posted signs and I don't know if it is part of Creslin or not. It's maybe another two miles and you might want to check it out if you go down that way again.

Last time I was at Trinidad lake they had posted a sign saying NO FISHING only hunting allowed. Saw a guy in a boat collecting his decoys. Small dirt ramp on the west side.

Hey OkieBob! my old fishing buddy ,Sarge,tells me that the area you are speaking of at the end of fm 1667 is where Creslin Park was located about a generation ago.Did you see where there was easy access to the water? This sounds like somewhere I should also try!

If i remember right before you get to water but inside where the gate is on the right is TPW sign and on the left was a part that said no fishing but I have n=been kicked out of better places . If you walk to what i am thinking is east you can get to that cement thing which should hold some fish on a sunny day. i have seen a few guys catching a mixed bag of crappie, catfish and a. couple sun fish. when i was there lake was pretty clear. ( maybe last spring, early summer) I hear stories that is was a great lake for BIG crappie at one time. Good luck.

Fishbonz I just got back from driving around the Trinidad City Lake myself.
The picture you just posted is on the west end of the lake just after you go through the gate. Looks like you could launch there to me. If you were to walk to where the 'cement thing' is, there is a sign that says 'no fishing'. But, you can fish anywhere other than that area as far as I can tell.

I also drove south on 1667 all the way to the end. On your right, maybe 100 yards from the end of the road there is a place you could also launch. Not sure where it would take you other than what you can see. The other side of the road is fishable but, much more difficult to launch even a jon boat.
Back up to the bridges you pass over the lake the power plant is on have no fishing signs for the bridges and the entire lake seems to be fenced with no trespassing or no fishing signs up. Guess you could fish directly under the bridges, maybe one man at a time.

Next time you head this way, give me a call and maybe we could meet up?