Quote Originally Posted by woodpecker View Post
The biologist for the Pic is in the Brinkley district. I talked to him several years about putting tilapia in each spring as they do in Lake Hoagie and a few other lakes. He was adamant about not stocking any non-native fish in his district. I told him that I was really glad that he was not in control when the commission stocked trout and other species in our lakes that has been very successful. He said that was different!!!! I have had a few good trips there several years ago. The last trips I caught one slab and a few dinks. I am going to try to go next again next week. Good thumps and tight lines Woodpecker
That biologist is no longer in charge of Pickthorne. I believe it was recently re-zoned so that the biologist in charge of this district would be closer and they could focus more attention on the lake. The fact that the lake was several counties away from the districts home office was part of the problem, and the reason for the rezoning. Ben Batten(BigBen) is in charge there now, and I believe that he is trying to find a solution to the lake's problems. Maybe he will chime in.