Reply With QuoteThe drawdown starts July 7 they are going to clear the boat lanes. I stopped by the office and asked how much they were going to draw down and they said you wouldn't be able to launch a boat.Originally Posted by lacey crappieman
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Yeah putting those grass carp in Cane Creek messed up the big crappie fishing. Still some left but in the future they won't make it long enough to get that big. It was fun for several years but won't be like that without the hydrilla to hide in. MHO
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The drawdown starts July 7 they are going to clear the boat lanes. I stopped by the office and asked how much they were going to draw down and they said you wouldn't be able to launch a boat.
A bad day of fishing
beats a good day at work.
Jerry
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The limit will be 7 for those able to fish it.
A bad day of fishing
beats a good day at work.
Jerry
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I am not sure there is 7 in there! !!! Lol
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Luvpt,
Diana Andrews has been the district biologist or assistant biologist down there for close to 20 years. I was her assistant for four year from 2005-2008, which I guess was part of the glory years.
For Monticello, it definitely needs submerged vegetation back in it. It has been gone since the early 2000's. We had start trying to re-establish vegetation in the lake before I left but I'm not sure of status of the project.
I hate to hear that the grass is gone in CC. That was a tough place to get around.
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No one has said yet what happened to the vegetation. Did they actually put grass carp in that lake or did it just spontaneously disappear? I know that several times the lake was closed for fertilization. Are there any plans being made to revegetate the lake?
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I know they were released. That came straight from the horses mouth. And it wasn't a couple either. It was close to the maximum amount recommended for lakes of the size.
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So wonder what the logic was for putting them in there in the first place? So far as I know all species of fish were thriving and doing wonderful at the time.
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Yes, Grass Carp were stocked in Lake Monticello in 1998 (3076 yearlings) and 2001 (380 yearlings) to control the coontail (at least that was what I was told). In 2008, Diana and I rode with some bow fisherman (one was a good friend of mine) to try to remove some of the grass carp from the lake. We rode along to ensure no game fish were shot. We started working on having a large group of organized bow fishers to bow fish the lake but not sure what happen with that after I left.
They are continuing to fertilize the lake. I was told it wasn't done this year but I believe there are plan to do it next year.
Feel free to contact Diana at [email protected] about future plan for Monticello and Cane Creek.
Please voice your concerns, we need to hear from more anglers.
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I wish they would have put much more thought and research into that before the introduction of grass carp into LM. It appeared to be a very well balanced lake in a good state of equilibrium...the fish were happy and so were the fishermen. The coontail would sometimes get on lines but it was not a problem....same with the hydrilla....that's where the fish were, LOL! ! ! "Studies have shown grass carp will eat coontail, but only after eating other more preferred aquatic plants." Well, that took care of the coontail, but also the hydrilla (and all the other aquatic vegetation) and more important, also the Crappie. We could live with the vegetation for the sake of having an abundant fishery....now we have neither......I wish the biologists would think long and hard before pulling the trigger on something that has the potential for such a drastic impact on the fish population and ability to survive. And now we find out that Cane Creek has met the same fate.....! So how do we get rid of the grass carp now? Poison the whole lake? Don't worry about the Crappie cause there ain't any in there anyway.....and very very few people go out there to bass fish anymore either....same with the bream. Just kill everything and start over???
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