Bob StClair

The lake was a mistake from the start.. I watched the lake fill up and actually drove my 4wd into the bottom of it before it was filled.. It filled quickly. There where 2 ponds on the lot that already had good bass in them, Not enough to stock the lake. I knew a girl who was a park ranger and she filled me in on the mistakes. They where supposed to stock blugill and during their spawn, were supposed to stock alot of fingerling bass. BUT They waited 2 months for some reason and the Blugills thrived. When the fingerling bass were introduced the blugill fry were to bid for them to eat. Worse yet they were both competing for the same food source . There where schools of 10-12 inch bass schooling around the lake. It was unbalanced. So fix #1 was to add shiners and make the creel limit 10 bass under 12" and 1 over #15" Then they added sterile Tiger Muskie to thin out the overabundance of small bass. Being sterile most if not all the musky are gone. Some fisherman stocked the lake with crappie and they do well but there is not enough food to go around. They need to put in small shad or herring, or the best Golden shiners. The lake would really take off! Its a shame as it is a great late that was severely mismanaged. GOLDEN SHINERS! Bob