SIGNS - about no Bait Fishing below the dam

[Phil Lilley]

Over the 39 years I've been here, I've gotten really upset over illegal fishing and poaching on my lake.... until I realized that even with all of it going on, we STILL have a great fishery.

Despite everything mentioned, there's plenty of big trout swimming in our lake.  I guess it would be better if there weren't anybody taking fish out that weren't supposed to but it's always going to happen.

There is enforcement, just not (and never will be) as much as we'd like.  But as one agent told me this year, "I check from the cable to Trophy Run and write a bunch of tickets, and can turn around and check again the same stretch and find more violations... it's endless."

Bottom line, we can do our part and report, educate.  After that, fish and enjoy what we have.

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Lake Taneycomo is a put and take fishery.

 

 

[Seth]

34 minutes ago, Brian K. Shaffer said:

Lake Taneycomo is a put and take fishery.

Which is why I laugh when people get upset about the pressure the lake is getting. New fish are put in all the time so does it really matter? There is no shortage of lunkers to be had either.

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Maybe this camera will help - the only one I know of.

 

[Seth]

6 minutes ago, Brian K. Shaffer said:

Maybe this camera will help - the only one I know of.

 

Is this suppose to be like an old person selfie where half of what they were trying to get in the picture is cut off?

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Find the bathtub in chute 3 - and you are on that camera!

 

[tjm]

I asked an MDC  employee once why they didn't use hidden cameras to fight poaching and he said that it was not legal for them to, deemed an invasion of privacy.

[tjm]

2 hours ago, Seth said:

Is this suppose to be like an old person selfie where half of what they were trying to get in the picture is cut off?

Whitish thing on tree just to right of center, does it look like a game cam?

[Brian K. Shaffer]

[Seth]

On 9/28/2022 at 12:20 PM, tjm said:

Whitish thing on tree just to right of center, does it look like a game cam?

I totally missed it due to it being out of focus.