Al, I know, I know. Repeat after me. BIG PICTURE.......
Oh, I completely agree. Electroshocking the puddle was the best investment we made in years. With our drought last year, I had no doubt we would have lost fish if corrective measures weren't taken.
It's just the recreation vs management aspect can be painful. Having said that, we're electroshocking again next Spring (2015) to reevaluate where we stand. We did very little fishing last year, but the LMB we did catch looked much healthier. We'd also seen CNBG freely swimming in areas we'd never seen them before. That told me there was reduced pressure on them, and that was one of the main goals.
