Les

I used to work at the Grumman facility in Calverton. There are a couple of large ponds that have bass in them (the one by the south entrance I used to fish on my lunch hour and it was loaded with them). I was transferred to Maryland in 1998, so I don't know what kind of access is currently available or what happened to the property. If possible, I would definetly check it out.

I am fairly new at this and am currently content to fish some of the local ponds/lakes in the Crofton/Bowie area of Maryland. What I have noticed is that at some of these ponds there is evidence that other fishermen have been there. Discounting some of the mono caught in tree branches, I see discarded blister packs, plastic containers, soda cans, water bottles, paper bags, rags, broken tackle etc. The reason I am bringing this up is that if the powers to be get complaints that fishermen are leaving there trash behind, they could take appropriate action (access fees, closing the pond down etc). I have seen this almost happen on Long Island where I am originally from. Some beaches were being used a dumps and they were looking at the divers that dived off the beach. (I have been diving for 36 years and a lot of my dives were off the beaches of LI). We as divers knew that in order for us to stay in the good gracis of the local politicians, we cleaned up after ourselves (always brought a trash bag). The politicians liked it, and the locals like it. Don't get me wrong, I am not one of those environmental fanatics, I just like to fish an area that is relatively trash free so I can continue fishing there. Comments/Opinions