Jug Hole? Recent report?

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Originally Posted by metaldector

I can see now what I'm missing by doing BM and not SM.

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Your not missing anything, stay back mount, "you don't want to dive jug" (jedi hand sweep)

No one dive jug.. its MY cave :-P

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Originally Posted by JahJahwarrior

I know we cave divers ought to be nice...but how should we deal with things like this?

There wasn't a ranger around on Saturday. One lady was blowing leaves out of the parking lot, and there was a police officer that swung through a few times but no ranger.

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Ask the NFSA. But whatever you do, don't make the rangers mad, we could loose access altogether.

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Originally Posted by hfig

A buddy of mine and I went to Jug hole today, this was our first visit. FYI to anyone who has never been there before; Don't show up after 2:00pm, I know the website and all the pamphlets say it's closes at 5:00pm but if you show up after 2:00pm the ranger will kindly ask you to leave so he's not late for supper. We got there at 2:20pm thinking we could do a nice short cavern dive since it was our first time there. So much for that.

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Sorry that you had a problem there. Rangers don't get paid overtime,and you wouldn't believe the number of times the rangers at Peacock have to stay 1 hour plus past posted closing time because people don't give due respect to the signs,but you never hear them complain to the visitors. If I might suggest it would probably be prudent to get to Jug Hole early since it takes quite a bit of time to haul gear back there,set up to do the dive,do the dive,haul gear back,and other sundries before exiting. Also,don't be surprised if a ranger may ask to inspect your gear for nonindigenous invasive plant species,they are very protective of this.

Do remember folks this place was closed for 3 years,and a lot of work was done to get it back open.

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Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop

...Also,don't be surprised if a ranger may ask to inspect your gear for nonindigenous invasive plant species,they are very protective of this.....

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Like Duckweed? :-)

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Originally Posted by FW

Like Duckweed? :-)

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Hydrilla too

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Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop

Sorry that you had a problem there. Rangers don't get paid overtime,and you wouldn't believe the number of times the rangers at Peacock have to stay 1 hour plus past posted closing time because people don't give due respect to the signs,but you never hear them complain to the visitors. If I might suggest it would probably be prudent to get to Jug Hole early since it takes quite a bit of time to haul gear back there,set up to do the dive,do the dive,haul gear back,and other sundries before exiting. Also,don't be surprised if a ranger may ask to inspect your gear for nonindigenous invasive plant species,they are very protective of this.

Do remember folks this place was closed for 3 years,and a lot of work was done to get it back open.

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No worries, we learned our lesson. We were very respectful to the ranger and did not give him a hard time at all. We were both just a little frustrated because we left work early drove all the way up there just to get turned around two and a half hours before closing time. Next time I'll just tell my job I'll be coming to work a little late. :yawinkle:

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Originally Posted by hfig

No worries, we learned our lesson. We were very respectful to the ranger and did not give him a hard time at all. We were both just a little frustrated because we left work early drove all the way up there just to get turned around two and a half hours before closing time. Next time I'll just tell my job I'll be coming to work a little late. :yawinkle:

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Thanks for the understanding and sorry for your dilemma,and can understand the frustration.

Is March 1st the deadline to dive the Jug Hole? Is it worth checking out this month?

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Originally Posted by DanRite

Is March 1st the deadline to dive the Jug Hole? Is it worth checking out this month?

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"Diving Fee: $10.00 per person, October through March." I think that means March 31 is the last day. And yes, it is worth checking out. You won't see more than the cavern in backmount though, but it is still nice.