Bruce McCrary

I grew up in Clewiston, been gone for many, many years now, but since getting back into fishing this past October I've been eyeballing taking a week off and going "home" with the boat, staying at the Marina and fishing the lake (and maybe a few canals for old times sake) since then. The issues with the algae and water levels caught my attention and I've been trying to educate myself and keep up with what's going on. But from where I sit it is a convoluted mess with a few special interest groups getting involved, pointing fingers, trying to reinvent the wheel and promote changes that just aren't realistic or feasible. Governor Ron Desantis has suggested getting the lake down to 10.5 by June 1st, the idea being that with what is anticipated as a longer rainy season the lower level will allow the lake to capture more rain before any bleed off is required through the Calloosahatchee and St Lucy Rivers, which is blamed for the spread of the algae on both coasts. While there needs to be some sort of short term band-aid applied to be sure, as Scott Martin points out in the video, a 10.5 lake level has it's own detrimental impacts in both the short and long term. As geo g points out, the lake can be dangerous even at it's present levels in the 12.5 range, especially coming out of and around Clewiston and the west wall. I can't even begin to imagine what a cluster-F*$# it will be any lower than that, but want to stress that my knowledge is based around a lake I haven't seen in better than 10 years and been on in over 30 years. Take it with a grain of salt... At any rate, I have postponed my "reunion" trip this year and if I do manage to get away for a week I'll probably just stay closer to home and try out Hartwell or Clarks Hill/Thurman.

Greetings from the Yadkin River Chain area of North Carolina and thanks for having me! I grew up on the south west side of Lake Okeechobee in Florida, riding & racing motorcycles as well as fishing the canals in the area and the lake. Jobs and family responsibilities had me move to south Texas and ultimately here to NC where we decided to park and call it home. Motorcycles were and are a passion but in the last year or so the urge to get back to chasing green fish took hold, long story short, I took delivery of a 2018 Triton 189 TRX on October 15th and have been having a ball getting reacquainted with fishing. So far due to weather, work and life I've only been on the water 4 times with it but man, like I said, it's been enjoyable not only on the water but getting the boat set up and gathering up gear. The weather looks good for the weekend so the plan is to either try the south end of High Rock, go back to Tuckertown or try out Badin for the 1st time. Looking forward to lurking the forum and picking up info, might even post a bit from time to time. Bruce McCrary Cotton Grove, NC.