Quote Originally Posted by CrappieDreamer View Post
Where can I find an updated list?
There is none....this was a disaster...People don't understand that CJ was a dying lake....THE FRIENDS OF CJ are GREATLY/MOSTLY responsible for it's revival.
After we started the project, the ODNR thought it would be a GREAT IDEA to give out all the GPS locations for that year....
Well, GREEDY, LAZY, IDIOTS, sat on this cover 24/7 and destroyed all the work we put in.
They were pulling up trees with anchors, etc, because they thought they would do better somewhere else, or wanted it out. Some got into fist fights over who was going to fish there, people were arrested, they would not allow handicapped, the elderly, or children to fish the cover and in areas that who it was intended for, people were cussing at kids and others because they were in THEIR "hole", besides "locals" we had "out of town", and "out of State" people coming in JUST TO FISH THE COVER...it was the saddest thing I had seen in a long while....and we lost all the fish that was drawn to and used the cover!

I headed the group the last 3 years....I told the ODNR and COE that the drops would stop if we had to make GPS locations Public...I told them that the cover WAS FOR THE LAKE, NOT FISHERMEN! The only way to improve the entire fishery was to have breeding cover that people could not fish, regular dense cover for small fish to grow in, and Big Cover for all fish. They agreed.....the only people who know where the cover is, are the people who put it in....I am the only person who knows where it all is. We stopped the drops because IDIOTS were complaining that they deserved to know where the cover was, even though they did nothing to help, they complained that this gave locals who gave their own time, money, and hard work, a advantage in Tourneys....even though none of our members fish Tourneys (except Catfish). The same idiots that destroyed the first batch of Christmas wanted access to THE GOOD STUFF....AND NO WAY WAS THAT GONNA HAPPEN!

My best advice to you is to get a map of CJ and take the time to learn the lake and the species you are fishing for, DROP-OFFS and FEEDING FLATS are gonna be your friend!....I bank fish most of the time and I have no problems catching fish...others that have learned, do the same! AND WE DON'T FISH THE COVER, OR TAKE FISH OFF THE COVER....IT WAS PUT IN FOR THE FISH AND THE HEALTH OF THE LAKE, NOT US!
When we do fish cover it is to see what kind of fish are using it so we know what and where to add...Electronics can tell you if it's holding fish, but you also have to know what is using it, so you can make adjustments for different species.
WHAT THE COVER DOES, IS TO INCREASE THE ENTIRE FISH HOLDING CAPABILITY OF THE LAKE...FROM THE SMALLEST CREATURE IN THE FOOD CHAIN, TO THE LARGEST PREDATOR...IT MAKES THE ENTIRE LAKE HEALTHY...IT SPREADS FISH OUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE LAKE, SO EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO CATCH FISH...AND IT WARDS OFF DOWN YEARS, KILL OFFS, ETC. This benefits all of us!

Most of the cover from the original drops was Christmas trees and is now gone....all the the new cover is long lasting material or wood, THOUSANDS have the same density/etc as water, so it disappears and cannot be seen with electronics....even then, we put so much in and in many hidden areas, fish are safe from those that did nothing but want the benefits of our work! I'm sorry if anyone is not cool with that...THE COVER WAS TO IMPROVE THE ENTIRE LAKE FOR EVERYONE NOT YOU!

Good Fishing To All
Brent