West Boggs

[MikeAxsom]

Mike you still didnt ansewer part of my post is there a reason why you cant stock bass yearly or every other year?

Again, such decisions must be made around what is practical and cost effective, not just what is possible. West Boggs does not have a hatchery operation in-house. That means there are only two other sources for the stock for a put-and-take bass fishing program. One is from private producers of fish stock, and the other is the state hatcheries. The first of those is cost prohibitive for any large body of public water, and the second is trying hard to keep up with current demand for stock as it is. Current models for fisheries management in the region are built around developing and maintaining balanced multi-species fisheries in which reproduction and harvest goals provide an endless supply after initial stocking. Put-and-take fishing is a very expensive venture.

[Stevens]

There really is no need to point the finger for the introduction of shad. There is nothing that can be done about it now, they are in there. The best thing dnr or anyone can do is to help educate the fishing community as a whole that gizzard shad are ultimately not in the best interest of any small fishery. Because shad are so important in the way we approach fishing i think it can be wrongly perceived by someone who didnt know better that they are helpful to a fishery when really they are not.