Thread: Closing bays for spring spawn

Thanks Ron,
I appreciate your concern for Kentucky Sportsmen and there rights to hunt and fish on public lands and waterways. I started a petition 2 years ago against extending the closing of Smith and Duncan Bays.I had 14 locals,8 tourists and 6 guides that fish in these waters and they were willing to go to any meeting or talk to any official about what was seen as a threat to there fishing rights. I was told by Paul Rister that this idea was done because the biologist did not think it would have any significant effect on the overall population of crappie in Kentucky Lake.These bays are federal waters that we all enjoy in the spring. They in my opinion are the most diverse in wildlife that you will see anywhere in our beautiful state of Kentucky.The closure of these bays does not only effect crappie fishing it effects bass fishing,bank camping and wildlife veiwing. I have a good friend who is a professional photographer that anchors his sailboat in Duncan Bay in the spring and takes some very beautiful pictures of the eagles and wildlife in the bay.There are many boats that do overnighters in these bays.Can you deny the rights of everyone to enjoy a public waterway?