Fisherman's Money Carries No Weight In Ms.

You would think with the money folks spent on fishing the big 4 lakes the core of engr. would allow a little more water in the lakes, maybe not full, but some more ..:dono
I booked about 70 plus crappie trips just this spring on Grenada and Sardis myself, and thats just a very small amount of out of state folks fishing these lakes.
I haven't really done the math on how much these out of state folks spend while fishing, but you can bet is alot of cash.
Grenada rakes in the cash big time, it pays alot of salaries, and is a major shot in the arm for the business around the lake, shoot our guides buy minners by the pounds, little things like that add up to big bucks.
Another year like this one and I won't be booking many trips at all, and it's all over the coe water levels...kinda sad if you ask me..banghead

I would agree 100%. I'm up in northern desoto county. My family has a lake house up at pickwick, but I would much rather fish closer to home. I used to go to lakeview bout twice a week in the afternoons. Well it's shut down. Then I started going to down to butla for my quick trips cause it was , somewhat close to home. Now there's not enough water in butla. I went down to Sardis a couple of times but I gotta tell ya, I can be to pickwick in bout 15 mins longer than it takes me to get to Sardis. It's really not out of spite but rather the quality of the trip....my money is now being spent back in TN for fishing trips.

Hey cowboy, the same thing applies to duck hunting in Mississippi. During the duck season the hotels in Cleveland stay full with hunters, and they have to eat and buy gas and shotgun shells and so on. I have talked to our Chamber and the Mississippi Development Authority, they are not interested. These hunters I deal with bring in more money than 5 of these "festivals" they are so proud of.

Mississippi is number 1 in trophy crappie lakes and in the top 10 destinations for waterfowling and our state does a terrible job advertising it. I guess we need to get a "blues" marker at Grenada Lake.

That's what happens when the folks in charge aren't outdoorsman.

:deadhorse:deadhorseBIGGEST DEAD HORSE SUBJECT ON CRAPPIE.COM.

I too get frustated but not with the COE with mother nature.

Gary, the money brought in has nothing to do with the amount of water in the big-4. I wish there was more water in them too. Talk to your senators about the problem.

The corp makes their money generating power, not by out of state hunters and fishermen. If some of all that money were going into their pockets then they might see things differently. As it currently stands though...things wont change.

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Originally Posted by gabowman

The corp makes their money generating power, not by out of state hunters and fishermen. If some of all that money were going into their pockets then they might see things differently. As it currently stands though...things wont change.

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Doesnt apply to these 4 lakes, no power generation any where on these four rivers.

I agree it is sad at how much money crappie fishing generates and I fuss at the COE every year but they are quick to tell you they are not concerned with your crappie fishing, it is a flood control reservoir. The End.

I put this in another thread, why not promote the trips for May, June, July, and August. Good fish can be caught and the water levels and weather is always better, just a thought

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Originally Posted by Rees Guide

:deadhorse:deadhorseBIGGEST DEAD HORSE SUBJECT ON CRAPPIE.COM.

I too get frustated but not with the COE with mother nature.

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It might be a deadhorse subject, but if the money spending fisherman stop coming to Ms. the city of Grenada will be just another country deadhorse town.
What else does Grenada have to offer, quillting fairs, boy thats powerful.
Torch... I also talked to the chamber of commerce about several things, but they could care less.
Major...I realize the fishing money doesn't have a big influence on the coe lake water level, BUT the city surely has alittle weight, and they are the ones reaping the benefits of the money spending fisherman.
This is major money coming into Grenada, and the fisherman are not getting a fair shake.
There's something else I'll like to comment about, all this talk about fish & game having a trophy crappie program, this is not true....they put new rules in place on poles and fish size and amounts to help keep some breeding size crappie in the lake, and also satisfy the people crying about trollers fishing the lake out.

"This is major money coming into Grenada, and the fisherman are not getting a fair shake."

How are they not getting a fair shake, does someone hide what the water levels are?? I aint knocking no guides but if the guides would say yall wait and come when we know we'll have some water then it would work, otherwise hush. The COE makes no bones about their curve and if it gets above it they will open the gates, they have to. Facts of life, why not just close the big 4 down and stop fishing in them completely, to me this sounds no more obsurd than griping about something that is not gonna change. These 4 lakes are awesome summer fishing, why not promote em that way??

Its so HOT:yikes

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Originally Posted by biggerjigger

Its so HOT:yikes

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Get ya a fan dude, when I am catching fesh the heat dont seem to bother me as much and I dare say most of us are that way.

Rees guide...I think you need to up your meds, and start drinking prune juice there skippy. Telling someone to hush is really not cool.
I have a right to voice here just as you, if you don't like my post don't respond, it won't hurt your race to get your post count up there skippy.

Gary, you seem to be taking it out on Mississippi but it's the USA Corps of Engineers policy, not the state of MS.

Yep......its the Federal Goverment.......blame on Obama lol

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