WEST BOGGS

[jmac]

CAN ANYONE GIVE ME SOME INFO ON BOGGS. SHAT TO THROW OR HOW TO FISH THAT PLACE FOR BASS. FISHED IT ABOUT 4 TIMES WITHOUT MUCH SUCCESS. KEEP HEARING HOW "GREAT THE BASSIN IS UP THERE. ANY HELP APPRECIATED THANKS

[Chigger_Brumbalow]

Jmac,

Mike Axsom is currently down at Toledo Bend trappin gators to bring up to stock into West Boggs. The IDNR is recommending stockin gators for anyone with a gar, mud turtle, or jet ski over population.

When he gets back (if he gets back) I am sure he can help you out.

Chigger

[berry]

Since Chigger is to busy sucking up to Axsom, here a few tips on Boggs.

Soft plastic work well around the stump fields in the upper end. Most of the big fish are caught off deeper sturcture from the numerous brush piles planted. Check the upper end from the camp ground bank to the point with the metal wall around it. If you go through the tubes the bank on the left hand side ( deeper bank) usually holds some good fish.

All of these places I have personally fished in tournaments and did very well on. This was unitl the great manager decieded to put a bounty on tournamenst and ran most of them off the lake.

Hopefully the gators will dine on Chigger and his buddy one of these days.

[whistlinggopher]

Now dag nabit, gators dont like white meat sos Chigger is in the clear unless he takes his suped up jet-ski out there.

From what Ive heard at Boggs, if you have been there 4 times and you have struggled sounds like you need a new hobby like knitting or bowling.

Jeeze, go find some wood and pitch a jig or plastic at it, your bound to find a few dumb ones. Hey it works for me and I still use a spinning rod upside down!!!!!

[MikeAxsom]

Humm. A bounty on tournaments? There's an idea. Since we now have a pretty full calander of registered tournaments, I assume we should only put a bounty on unregistered ones. Consider it done. We'll offer up to $200 for information that leads to the conviction of any person found to be hosting an unregistered fishing contest on the lake. A conviction would be for tresspass for using the public facilitiy for an activity for which a fee is charged, without payment of that fee. To provide information, contact 812-295-3421, or just advise any park staff member you find on duty.

Thanks for your input Berry!

[Chigger_Brumbalow]

Wow,

Don't hate me cause I be beautiful. You be a hater son. You might want to go to church and try and get that out of you before its too late, could ruin your sense of humor.

Don't pick on me and Mike. We go way back when we were Special Forces Airborne SWAT SEALS side door gunners back in Nam together. We be tough guys. Did I mention he was trappin gators at Toledo Bend, with his BARE HANDS!

Sounds like a good deal turnin in illegal tournaments for $200 bucks. I could buy 7 more Lucky Craft for that.

Chigger

[Fishin_Again]

Mike, Some anglers take part in big bass contests. Any problem with anglers fishing west boggs that have paid an entry fee to an organization sponsoring a big bass contest where anglers can fish any lake they choose to catch fish that will be weighed/measured for prizes? Fish caught in one lake compete against fish caught from another.

[MikeAxsom]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Apr-20-06 AT 06:38AM (EST)[/font][p]I'd like to know more about that, but on the surface it does not seem like it should present any problem for us. Sounds like fun. Had a guy in last week who had taken a bass over 8 lbs. and he was looking for someone to weight and verify it for him, as he was not in the tournament taking place at the time.

[berry]

Mike,

I am glad to see that you still want to stick it to the tournament anglers. First we get blamed for putting shad in the lake, you charge 100 per tourny regardless of size, its nine bucks a day to launch. Serious topics are like the injured swan, or undersized fish being kept is ignored.

It appears to me that the only reason that you don't want people fishing tourny with out your permission is because you don't get any more money.

What is the last thing that you or your park did for the fisherman? Have you increased habitat, or anything!!!. All I see is things done to help out the campers, hikers, etc.

[MikeAxsom]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Apr-20-06 AT 05:30PM (EST)[/font][p] “I am glad to see that you still want to stick it to the tournament anglers. First we get blamed for putting shad in the lake, you charge 100 per tourny regardless of size, its nine bucks a day to launch. Serious topics are like the injured swan, or undersized fish being kept is ignored.”

Berry, I don't understand your problem. This whole bounty thing was YOUR idea! I hadn't even thought of it. And it only applies to those tournament anglers who insist on trying get past the regulations. All those who do the right thing are still very welcome, and much appreciated. I’m not sure what you think I should do about the swan, but the issue about the undersized fish is a matter for the Indiana Conservation Officers, as the size limit is a State thing, not a local thing. On the other hand when they do write tickets for things like that, we get griped at for it anyway.

“It appears to me that the only reason that you don't want people fishing tourny with out your permission is because you don't get any more money.”

Well, that plus we don’t think it is fair to the majority of tournament organizers who take the time to do the right thing. One of the things they get with that fee is our people working to keep the bootleggers off of them while they hold their event. I have not heard a single registered tournament organizer argue that they don’t think that is a good trade off.

“What is the last thing that you or your park did for the fisherman? Have you increased habitat, or anything!!!. All I see is things done to help out the campers, hikers, etc. “
We got water, fish and a ramp. Do you think I should hand carry you coffee? Fact is we have devoted quite a bit of effort to long term lake quality issues. One of those that I think most anglers will appreciate the significance of is a new system that will put all the homes around the lake on sanitary sewers instead of septic tanks. We have fought that one for over 8 years and it is just now approved for completion. Those type of things don’t just happen.

While you’re comparing fishermen and campers and hikers, let’s at least get the right points made. You are saying: fishermen” but what your gripe is about is “tournament fishermen”, and more correctly “un-permitted tournament fishermen”. Just thought we should make that clear. All the other thousands of anglers that visit the lake are not complaining about the entry fees or rules, or about us wasting money of playgrounds and such foolishness. The only people we ever heard those complaints from are the small minority that just doesn’t want to see tournament fishing on public waters regulated at all.

[Topwater2004]

Berry,

You are really making yourself look bad.

I think the times they tried to eliminate shad and restock the lake were in the interest of anglers. Don't you?

You can argue about the rules till the end of time. In the end you have choices on where you want to fish. If you don't like a particular lake or park, just don't fish it. West Boggs isn't that big anyway, and crowded in the summer. Wouldn't another lake be more peaceful and fun to fish when its crowded?

I have concerns about rules and taxes too. I personally am not going to license my boat this year, just so the state doesn't get my money again when I don't fish many public lakes anyway.

I like the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs baseball games, but half the summer when I am working nights I can't record the games because I can't get the express written consent of major league baseball. Thats just the rules.

[Tackled]

So, are there alligators in Boggs now?