ewest: Yes, I have bad fertility but I can't fertilize because of the amount of flow through the lake. In the Oct/Nov timeframe before it got cold, I saw a HUGE school, had to be 30' in diameter and stacked several feet deep, and haven't seen dead shad anywhere, so the weather didn't get 'em. I just wonder if it's possible that the LMB wiped them out over one winter/spring. But with the various cold fronts we had this spring it may just be a bit early for me to worry.
George: Since I'm on a residential lake, every purchase has to go through the homeowners' association, and it's like pulling teeth.
And as far as being in good hands with Greg, don't I know it! When I first moved here 3.5 years ago (and got put in charge of the lake within 2 months, and hired Greg within a month after that), we had a very bass-heavy system with Wr around 70-75% and 95%+ were less than 14". Though we had some issues shocking this year, just from fishing I can see the Wr are WAY up. For example, between yesterday evening and this morning, total of about 2 hrs fishing, I caught:
19", 4-3 [on a tiny torpedo no less!]
16", 2-10
16", 2-8
16", 2-7
15", 2-0
15", 1-13
and 5-6 dinks. Those 6 bass are all near or above 100% Wr, so a huge improvement obviously.
