bassfishingmaniac

I was there weekend before last and fishing was very slow (5 fish on Sat and 2 on Sunday). I have fished Bennett off and on for many years and have always considered anything less than 15 to be a bad day. Locations where I usually see 40 or 50 fish you only see 4 or 5. So here's my point: Let's keep the quality and numbers of fish up to past standards as it was intended to be. If money is a problem then charge 4 or 5 or 6 bucks a day for the tags and truck the fish in from their other hatcheries (or purchase private) if needed. The $3.00 tag is nothing compared to the gas, lodging, food, tackle, etc it takes to go down to Bennett and not catch fish. I would gladly pay 6.00+ to catch more or bigger fish. Heck, at this point I am not even going to bother going to Bennett till they get it resolved. I'll spend my money going to Taneycomo, Springrise, or the White... or just concentrate on Bass fishing.

Hey fellow fisherman: I was down over the weekend of 9/23,24 and Monday the 25th with my brother. Never worked so hard to catch 6 to 8 trout a day. I normally can catch 20 to 25 by noon. My brother works for the EPA and has contacts with state agencies. He went ahead and called one of the fisheries biologists about the situation. She attributed the conditions to the drought... basically what most of you had surmised anyway. In fact fishing success is way down statewide (not just Taneycomo) for the same reason. Hopefully there are enough browns moving upstream soon. I will be coming down on 10/14 for a week.