Bass Lake Beach and Campground

Found a bunch of BROKEN GLASS at the beach along the entire length of the shore and in the water. Called the attendant and he said that was common and to just pick up what we could find. Go barefoot at your own risk or better yet don’t risk going at all!

I should have known what to expect when I tried calling for 2 weeks to try to make a reservation and never got an answer (or a call back). Our group decided to camp here anyway. «Meh. I’ve experienced better,» is an adequate description of this place. We only stayed one night, and our experience was just okay.
The owners aren’t exactly trying to impress anyone with their customer service. (This was definitely exemplified at 3:00am when the owners were trying to repair something outside their RV, pounding away with their truck lights shining directly into our campsite, talking extremely loud with each other. And when we had to track the guys down to get a site. And when the owner never came back to deliver firewood like he said he would.)
The bathrooms could have been worse (we didn’t shower or anything) — they’re what we expected for a campground. There were port-o-potty’s at the campground and the beach which were actually really clean. It’s really unfortunate this place isn’t being taken care of better.
The beach used to be very well taken care of — the care they put into the beach is minimal. Grass/​weeds/​bushes are overgrown. There’s not a restaurant/​ice cream shop there any longer.
The sites are not private at all. Fire rings and picnic tables are falling apart. If it rains, there are puddles everywhere (we got caught in the rain). Most sites did have water and electric, however, which was convenient.
Their website says they rent pontoons, but when we asked about it the owner told us it was «in the shop». He said he’d call over the marina and «take care of us», but we never heard back from him. Not surprising.
We had a good time because we were with friends, and really, I think that’s the only thing that made us not completely dislike the place. I have been coming to Bass Lake for 27 years, and I remember a time when this campground was a really place. It’s a shame to see they’re not putting a little bit more TLC into this place to make it what it could be!