Choctaw Lake

A Living Legacy

Rule of the Week: Fishing/Guest Fishing

It’s that time to bring back the annual mini-series of CLPOA Rule of the Week! Over the next two months, we will highlight a different rule each week. This week the rule of the week is Fishing & Guest Fishing.

If you are not fishing with your guest, please be sure that they have a guest pass, and that they only fish from CLPOA property. Of course, no pass is needed if they are fishing from your property. At this time, guest passes are not available online.

A guest can not bring their boat on the lake to fish. All boats must be registered to a property owner.

Have fun fishing…..hope you get some catching done while at it!

Join our Maintenance Staff!

I am looking for 1 person to join the CLPOA maintenance staff. This is a part time position. The work schedule is generally Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM. There will be situations that require working outside of the normal hours or additional days. Working in the winter is not required for this opening, but that opportunity does exist.

Please contact me if you are interest by emailing to choctawlakemanager@gmail.com .

Attached is the job description.

Seasonal Maintenance Staff MemberDownload

2021 Stickers for boats, kayaks, golf carts, misc vehicles.

2021 stickers will be available beginning Monday, April 5th. We are not mailing out the stickers this year.

Please bring proof of ownership to the office for any new misc. vehicles or watercraft. Proof of ownership is not required on items that have a 2020 sticker in your name.

We will have you review the list of misc. vehicles/watercrafts that are on file for you. Please bring a note with your items and sticker numbers to assist with the verification process.

Your 4 digit number will remain the same. You will receive a “21” sticker that is to be placed over the top of your existing “20” sticker.

We ask that you pick up your new stickers by May 1st.

Thank you

Buoy Placement

This week, maintenance repositioned all the buoys for the boating season. The buoys were positioned based on a couple of factors.

  1. I understand that in the past, residents had the opportunity to buy a buoy. It’s my understanding that the intention was for that buoy to be placed in the lake lining up with the property of the buyer.
    • This has created several areas where we have buoys in front of consecutive properties, and then no buoys for an extended stretch.
    • To better benefit the entire lake and shoreline safety, the buoys were spaced out a bit more this year. We took into consideration those that purchased in the past and attempted to place the buoy inline or within 1-2 lots to the property. Again, I understand that a property owner purchased the buoy, but the buoys have been put into the maintenance staff’s responsibility to manage since the date of purchase.
    • Please note that the decision was made two years ago to not allow property owners to buy No Wake Buoys to be placed in the lake. The decision was based on the reasons stated above. It is the association’s responsibility to purchase, maintain, and manage the buoys. This keeps the process much cleaner and manageable.
  2. After spacing the existing buoys, we added few more buoys to even out the NO WAKE ZONE markers more consistently throughout the lake.
  3. We did replace several of the older buoys due to damage from being hit, or due to being extremely faded. The plan is to replace older/faded buoys over the next few years. The new buoys are much easier to see when boating.

Overall, I feel that we have buoys positioned more safely throughout the lake. We will continue to monitor and tweak periodically during the boating season.

We appreciate your understanding. I know this is a change, but I truly believe it’s for the better of lake safety, boater safety, and shoreline safety.

Thank you,

Mike Casimir

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