disgruntled fishermen

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10-20-2009, 05:30 PM
mactheaxe

disgruntled fishermen

hasnt happened, but im wondering. hypothetically if you lived on a private lake thats 39 acres, and many homes all around it, would you be upset if you looked out from your back window to see a man sinking brush? or would you just be like, well, i know where im fishin now. gimme your thoughts. this is my situation and as much as i like to fish, i want to make more condos for the fish, but i dont want to upset anybody. its not illegal and as far as i know there isnt a rule here. ive fished her for 6 months religiously and have only seen one other person out there more than once. all others either dont care, or dont fish. any opinions?
10-20-2009, 06:09 PM
Pomoxis

well you say it's a "private lake". So..who owns the lake? that would be the person to ask in my view.
10-20-2009, 06:12 PM
mactheaxe

its owned by everybody. i guess your back yard extends out to halfway out in the lake. its one of those community owned lakes where everybody makes the decisions in a monthly meeting.
10-20-2009, 06:13 PM
speckfinder

Personally I would welcome efforts by anybody to improve fishing.
10-20-2009, 06:14 PM
dedawg1149

put it out at night
10-20-2009, 06:36 PM
ready2fish

out of site out of mind !

i would do as said above, you know there will always be that one person that wines
10-20-2009, 08:04 PM
Big Crappie 2

i didn't know you put it there! accidently run over it and it hung up my jigs!lol doesn't matter, if noones around FISH IT!
10-20-2009, 08:10 PM
Turtlebait

Why not ask at the monthly meetings if would be ok,see no season it not passing.
10-20-2009, 08:11 PM
mactheaxe

cuz technically im a guest. i dont officially live out here.....my girlfriend and her family do.
10-20-2009, 08:14 PM
gabowman

Seems to me that ANYONE that lives in that subdivision around the lake can fish the top. The lake belongs to ALL OF YOU! I would probably ask before sinking brush though. (Unless, of course, there would be no doubt about it that it could be done without anyone knowing about it.;)) I'd hate to have the whole subdivision upset at me. Isnt there some kind of by-laws concerning the lake and it's use?!?:confused::o
10-20-2009, 08:19 PM
mactheaxe

yea, the normal. no gas motors, no jugging or trotlining, bout it i think. our neighbor has been here for 17 yrs and has told me, and showed me yesterday, of good crappie spots with underwater brush. but, i think the brush he was talkin about is over 5 yrs old and might not be usable anymore. i cant find any deep structure AT ALL so i figured to promote the fish, and help my fishing, i could ad some cover for em. im the only one ive seen fish this certain area for anything. mainly crappie bream, and catfish. theres bass fishermen there fishing the outline of the lake, but no one fishing the deep like i do. i been thinking about it and yes, someone could snag it, but it will be quite a while, and my location cannot possibly get in anybodies way.
10-20-2009, 09:34 PM
limbhook

If you are only a guest and you have no vested interest in the property, i wouldn't rock the boat or make waves.
10-20-2009, 10:44 PM
rnvinc

Quote:

Originally Posted by mactheaxe

cuz technically im a guest. i dont officially live out here.....my girlfriend and her family do.

Maybe they could bring it up in the monthly meeting and volunteer your services for doing the actual work of creating the cover.....
10-21-2009, 09:35 AM
BenFL01

Wait til, Christmas. Offer to help clean up the xmas trees, then as advised, do a night time burial.

Also, I think if you do a little at a time, no one would get the panties in a wad. If you are dropping 50' x 50' crappie condos in a 8 hour project you are likely to get negative feed back. Dropping a lone tree on occasion will sit better with most folks.
10-22-2009, 11:09 AM
fishinRod

mac, Im a surveyor and if what you say is true, that your property lines extend to the center of the lake to a common point (like a sliced up pie), you can sink brush on "your slice" with no problem, imagine if the lake dried up, what was under water would be your backyard, however without knowing the community rules Im not sure Id be sinking brush on somebody elses slice, however, if you own to an elevation or water mark and the lake is "community use" you might want to bring it up at the meeting...........but, if nobody else fishes it, the night time thing might be the route i'd take, sometimes its easier to get forgiveness than permission. Also, i would not sink any thing that is not natural or pollute the water in any way out of respect for the other homeowners, plus its just the right thing to do.
10-22-2009, 12:39 PM
mactheaxe

ive already been to the owners of the 'slices' i want to drop on. they have absolutely no problem with it, but they told me to wait so when the meeting happens, they will bring it up and make sure its ok. one guy told me he does it himself off his dock and he agrees with what i want to do, he just wants to make sure the bamboo i drop isnt close to the waters edge so they wont take root. ill find out in a couple of weeks.