Quote Originally Posted by crappiedoc View Post
Here's a thought, how many West of Topeka post anything on this board? Why is that? There's quite a few reasons, but they're all tied together by a common thread. Us western guys would put up reports and the multitudes show up and "rape" our resources. Then, in a selfish gesture exclaim for lower creels, like the very reason they came can be lengthened. Well guess what, hows that working out for you guys on Perry? Hillsdale? In all honesty, any of the eastern lakes? You've come our way for big fish, not the crackers from your home lakes, and fish get big at the end of the cycle, period. Eastern lakes have proven my point, time and time again. Sure, it's gonna work great at Glen while the waters dropping, as it cycles, which it's done since it's inception. However, this last cycle, which was a generous one at that wasn't it, will never happen again. The lake will become inundated and fish just like Perry from that time and after. LORD knows I hope I'm wrong, but that's a false hope. One last note, those local guys who've been seen plundering Glen, Webster, Kirwin and such, they don't travel to the eastern lakes, and they sure don't impose sanctions on your fishing, they leave that for y'all.
Doc,

Interesting to read your post and point of view, thanks for sharing you have some true concerns and passions that we all share. You do know my family and myself are from Glasco KS originally right? So I don't know where you get the mine/yours... but at no point did I really think of it in those terms personally which is something you forget about when you move. Being from Central Kansas my whole life I just wish people would understand it's our state, not my part and your part. That being said, at Hilldale and Melvernt he lower limits have a great success for those lakes and increased the size of fish and quality of fishing! Now the lakes you speak of do have some different pressures which factor heavily on the fish population. HD and Melvern have more boats on them in one day that Glen does on a windy week but Glen has 10x the number of preditor fish than HD does. How does that factor in, I personally hope it was the biologist who requested the limits. I am not sure where you get that fact that I am for or against it but no worries. I don't have a dog in this fight.

One items that really makes me wonder is how KDWP"T" has been pimping KS out to the highest outfitter, what affect will only having a 20 fish limit do to out of staters. Will the Nebraska guys spend as much time in KS filling their freezer and spend less money in those towns? Lots of affects by this other than just the fish. Now back to the important question, you want to get out and chase some roosters when I head back to the our land in Lindsburg?