Quote Originally Posted by tnpondmanager View Post
So at first the claim was made that surely there must be lakes in my region of Tennessee that produce just as many large bluegill as they ever have despite buckets of large ones being hauled out constantly by anglers; when I refuted that, now the claim is that the big ones are in a different region of the state. ... and I don't believe there are as many big ones being caught from Poplar Lake now as there were forty years ago.
I caught the fish 40 years ago and again as recently as 3 years ago with my wife. While Poplar Tree is in a different region of your state, it is 300 acres and it has been managed with the same regulations that you claim screwed up Laurel Hill. I really don't care whether you believe or not. If you think Laurel Hill is being fished out by a bunch of pirates then go ahead and petition the TWRA to set special regs. for that lake.