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Originally Posted by Reefman
W, we are both on the same side of this issue. Sometimes it takes a little butt kicking to get the right people involved to effect change for the better. I respect your views and support you 100% in eliminating the over harvest of oysters in BL. Thank you for your constant involvement!
I've been blessed with being able to fish BL for the past 40 years. The last 5 years have been less than stellar. I blame it on the lack of live active oyster reefs through the lake. Most areas where I use to fish in 2-3ft depths over reefs are now 5-6ft deep with no shell bottom. I'm not talking about a hump here or there but acres upon acres of reefs that are today non existent from West Cove up to Heberts and beyond.
What Nature Conservacy is doing is great but its just a scratch on the surface. The whole lake needs to be highly monitored and re-seeded by the State (since they're to blame) and not just throw rock piles in the water. We need to return those living, growing oyster reefs back. Hope I see it in my life time.....
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West Cove is TKOed for sure , I don't know how long it would take for some of these reefs to come back to normal but I would think 4-7 years maybe with tong only
Maybe faster with 100% closure.
But you and I both know when the sun goes down the outlaws will be full force dredredging under the moon light !