"I'm not a big proponent of wildlife management efforts through out the state, but they more than hit the mark at this fishery."

Don't give them too much credit, as hard as they have tried to destroy this fishery Nature keeps trying to fight back. This was never designed to be a fishery, it was intended to create a reservoir for filtering out all the excessive nutrients from the growers down there before it went into the headwaters of the St. Johns. It just happened that it exploded into one of the best big bass fisheries in the country, 100+ bass to 10+ lbs were common along with unlimited crappies to 17-18". Then just like they did with a lot of lakes here in Florida they went on a all out assault of over spraying which virtually eliminated the grass in the impoundment, with that this great fishery was reduced to a mud hole and all of great fishing vanished with it. For many years it wasn't worth the trip down the 8 miles of dusty washboard to reach it, but the grass has finally started to grow back mainly in the far south end of the farm 13. The bass fishing has improved over the 5 years along with the crappie but it is not anywhere near what is was when there was grass thru out the reservoir. If we could just keep these greedy unethical state agencies from abusing these lakes for the sake of keeping their rice bowls flush with money, we would have the best fishing thru out whole country.