(QUOTE)You've got food on your dock. Good deal. Improve the habitat for forage fish all you can in the immediate area you have under your control within the allowable limits of the HOA. Make your and your buddies docks BG magnets and reproduction centers.
If your docks are BG magnets, the LMB might follow suite. They are going to want to be where the buffet is. At least you will have the best fishing spot on the lake.
This will not realize your goal of trophy LMB because there is no way you can feed enough fish to improve the whole lake. But I would think you pulling in all kinds of fish from your dock should raise some eyebrows. Maybe after a year of two they will get the idea. Maybe you can lead by example.
Who knows, set the right example and you might be the fishing club president in a few years (like anyone would want that kind of job anyway)
Just some crazy ideas from someone that does not do much fishing. [/quote]
I definitely have raised some eyebrows with the catches that I have made. Unfortunately, I am totally honest and try to share the knowledge that I have and my concern for the fishery. These fellow resident fisherman do not want to do anything but use the resource. Their heads go in the sand when I bring out the fact that money needs to be spent on management of the fishery.
Lastly, even if I was interested in becoming President which I am not, I continue to not be the most popular guy because I cannot let go of the truth that the fishery is and will continue to decline without management. Thanks for all of your replies to my situation.
Last edited by Jack R. Stein; 01/13/14 05:35 PM.
