Continuing the water discussion...the annual Fish Habitat placement is upon us. If you go to the
Venita ramp you will see about
400 cement blocks and many more Christmas trees about to be placed in
Davey Jones locker, courtesy of the
Fishing Club and other volunteers. Grade school math will tell you it is a sizable amount of stuff being placed into the lake over the past 10 years (I know, it has been going on longer than that, I just picked 10 years so it would be easy calculations for you college grads).
400 x 10 = 4000 cement blocks
Has any environmental impact ever been done? I know it is good for the fish (I think), but is it good for the water? What about the thousands of trees and the decomposing effects. Is it necessary every year? Maybe it is just me. But while we are so focused on anything that might negatively affect the lake, what about this. Possibly, because we have always done it this way, isn't good enough.
"Submerged Christmas trees appeared to be great attractors of pre- and post-spawn panfish, in
the first few years after they were sunk, but the trees lost their habitat value when most of the
fine branches and needles disappeared. More and more biologists, anglers and reservoir managers
in Pennsylvania made it known they were not happy with discarded/recycled materials
being used for artificial habitats."
http://fishandboat.com/water/habitat/lake_fish_hab.pdf
6 comments:
I have been a little concerned myself the last couple of years as I saw the piles of trees waiting to be dumped in the lake, is it really necessary?
C'mon folks. You gotta realize that Hank & his buddies rule the WLIC. Zebra Mussels? Don't give a damn - but interfere with my fishing, or my "right" to launch my fishing boat whenever or wherever I want - then look out!
8:33, you are very ill informed. "Hank and his buddies" have been very supportive of the zebra mussel issue, and have contributed much time into the exploration of best practices. Sure, there are some yahoos in the bunch, but I might suggest that by your post, you could be one too!
Hank is a classic case of a bully disguised as a volunteer. He doesn't fool everyone. It's only a matter of time before he ticks off the wrong person or enough people before he gets what's coming to him.
Rick Noble did alot of good and positive things for WLIC. He was also agressive and made many people angry. Eventually he was out the door. Too bad because he did make a much needed difference.
There has to be respect and the ability to listen. A few (and I mean a very small few) of our volunteers don't get that and become a little too self-righteous.
I am relatively new to the community and am not 'in the know' about all the politics. So...what has happened to the Rick Nobles of Weatherby Lake? Are there many former volunteers who no longer volunteer?
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