McAlpine Lake & Park — Hotel in Prunedale

Forgot to post this last summer and a YouTuber with mcalpine came up so now I rembered So here’s the hard truth it’s 35$ to enter and 35$ for a person who won’t even fish💀if ya got kids and They can’t even fish don’t come at all tell the wife ya going with a friend instead it’s not family welcomed it’s family scammed. Second 7$ per pound after catching trout past your 4lb limit, now you caught 4 trout each like 3 lbs guessing what 12lbs total but 4lbs are free so it’s 8lbs left for you to pay that’s 56$! on top of your entrance 91$ you just spent to fish there 💀I get it if the entrance was 10$ or pound at least at 2-3$ a pound but ay man idk theirs horshoe lake in Fremont too that got lighting and rainbow and coyote lake still has them secretly 🌈.then it’s 7or 8am opening time to 5pm closing you could only catch their tagged catfish for $$$ most likely right as they open ya can’t stay till 8-9pm sadly unless ya camping I believe. Overall sick pond but pricing is defiently their greedy problem. Money is being made already from rental rv’s really why not charge 10$ for an entrance fee instead it’s not like money won’t be made ya asking 7$ for each pound still. And I’m pretty sure lots of people go. But man at least lower the entrance fee or the pound limit to like 2$ or 3$ and actually have a day pass for a person who’s not fishing cause man that pond is beautiful especially to walk around and some people really just want to see the pond so 10$ entrance fee would not hurt you as now other people who don’t even fish can go for 10$ a person just to see or eat or relax there and bbq. Maybe make some deals bro for family or groups of people and not count kids under 4...

I had read about this place a few times and heard some good things. We were interested and I had the chance on my way thru to stop by and take a look before we hauled all the way there with the camper. Boy am I glad I did. I what to mention first that I understand this is a business and money needs to be made to keep things going. However you need to mention the live ins before hand and the limited availability. When I drove around I was a little surprised. On the top by the office all the spaces were filled with live ins. No problem as I am used to that as this is a places main stay and steady income. I then went down by the lake and was pretty surprised. On a Friday only one or two spots were open. All the others on the bottom were filled with live ins. Thank god someone like me did not haul a long ways to only discover that only one or two spots we reopen for units. However if you look around this could be a beautiful placed the grounds are kept up but The live in trailers and such are so run down. It is a shame as this could have been my weekend spot to go to. Over all Nice place to visit for the day and fish but not the type of place to drop in on as you are more than likely not going to find a spot to put your camper. When we called they said first come first served. That should be a warning to all. Two stars because of the Nice people and...

So let me start off by saying its a great place to fish! Took my wife and kids on Friday. We had a blast. Kids love the lake and I love to fish. The only down side to our visit was our departure (not because we were leaving). When we were heading back to the car my kids were witnesses to some very profound language that I would rather them not have to hear at their age. A guy in a water or sanitation type truck was yelling at the top of his lungs some things that I won't even repeat. I was so struck when I heard that type of profanity I actually stopped to look his way... If only looks could talk. He looked at me with such a disturbing look- if I didn't have my family with me I may have gone to confront him. I just took my family straight to the car and left. Most unwelcoming moment that I've ever had. I'm not sure if he works there ( I can only assume) but considering the vehicle he was in I'm going to say he does. I love the place but whoever runs that truck made me hit 4 stars instead of 5. Very unprofessional and unpleasant. Makes me question bringing...