Highway 20 access on the lower Yuba river.
"All,
Sending this information out as a frustrated angler. Our access to the Lower Yuba River in Smartsville, CA is again being challenged by an additional gate on the north bank of the Hwy-20 Bridge. Sending this to you all as general information. Hopefully it can find a way into the hands of someone who can help, or at a minimum explain to the public what has happened.
From what I can tell from the public records, the road where the gate was placed is a public road and owned by Yuba County. No record is returned on the county record search page, which is typically an indication of County/Gov't Ownership. However, it appears in February 2024, APN-006-180-062-00 was purchased. This parcel cuts off access to the high water mark between the river and the aforementioned county road. I do not have access to ArcGIS to present a better map, so please see the attached links for reference.
Simply yelling into the void as the Lower Yuba is becoming accessible only to those with private property access and/or a membership to the private fly fishing club. This gate coupled with the County's closure of Hammonton Road is a definite blow to the walk and wade angler for this section of great water.
Tyler Thomas"
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