Quote Originally Posted by midcarolina View Post
You are right.......I don't live there and do not have any first hand knowledge of the problem, I just find it hard to believe that you have that many people in that area that leave their equipment abandoned for months, But like you said I am not there. just seems to me if the issue is that big you should be able to get the attention of someone at fish and game......... (everyone has a boss)
I think it is more reasonable that people are leaving their sets out, but are regularly checking them.............with the occasional jerk who does not.

My original issue was just that messing with others property is a recipe for a much worse disaster than a dead fish a dead outdoorsman shot over an arguement about a set hook would be a real shame! and it has happened...........


Midcarolina, A few years ago I had the same perception of this issue as you do. I could have never believed that limb lines and yo-yos could be such a problem on one lake. I have fished a lot of lakes that a lot of people including myself, at one point in time, have used these devices and have not really ever seen the excessive instances of waste and unmaintained lines. Sure I have fished oxbows and came across a few limb lines that were old and dangling, but not to the extent as I had seen described on here. Then I started fishing Conway fairly regularly. I am not as concerned with the yo-yos tripped and left hanging, since I can pick out a silver or rusted yo-yo from a pretty good distance away. When you get into the Cypress trees there are tons of black limb lines that are dangling feet out of the water that are just waiting to snag you as you troll around them. I have not seen a lot of dead fish on lines there, but I do not fish it near as much as CMJ or CP. The main problem that I have run into is the number of old limb lines dangling around the clumps of cypresses. Most of the lines are not maintained lines they are abandoned.