Hi ArkansasElkHunter,
Yeah we know that beaver's don't care about the river, but you can see what I'm up against when Paul gets advice like this. He was also excited about jugging the pond (he'd never done it before) to see what was in there. Then when I get there it's now a catch and release pond. Hell you can C&R from a jug too, but I wasn't about to argue. Also I brought chicken and beef cleanings for bait, so it was pretty much catfish/turtle jugging anyway, unless the bass were really hungry, which would have shown something else about the lake.
I'm going to try to gather up my evidence and make a presentation when I go back home for Christmas. I'm also going to try to get him to purchase some traps. I have several ideas of where to set them already and will know more as I get some more time around the lake. I hadn't even seen the lodge until Sunday, I really need to spend some more time out there.
I've got to get him to look at the pictures of the trees that they are killing, if he doesn't move soon there will be nothing left. It's not my place or my money, but I'm treating it like my own so it just kills me.
I know where I can get the traps locally, but they didn't have the tool to set the traps, and I know from the little reading I have done that I really want a good one. I've already seen too many pictures of store bought ones that bent.
Wish me Luck.
Matt
