John Redmond

[drakewoodie]

Yes I belong over there too.

[cbass12]

You mean like all the stuff south of Lebo on Fauna? I heard a rumor of what they gave an acre to lease it. If its true its incredible.

From what I remember that is some nice property around there!!

[Blackdog40]

Yes the rich gobbling up all the good hunting land. Average Joes get leftovers. I guess we can stand in line on the public ground

[zummy]

Yes the rich gobbling up all the good hunting land. Average Joes get leftovers. I guess we can stand in line on the public ground

I bought my own down in that area that is mentioned.

[Blackdog40]

That is good; I would like to do that but would have to win the lottery

[zummy]

Saw a big stringer of nice crappie come from Redmond yesterday.

[KAG]

I see Milford lake every summer when the blue green algae takes hold and then I think about all the nitrogen that must the farmers put on the corn fields year after year because they would rather pay for the fertilizer than rotate their crops. The Milford community is working on a solution to the problem; but until they can get farmers to plant conservation buffer and not use as much fertilizer were gonna keep having this issue.

Man the problem is bigger than that. The whole land management process has seemingly ceased to exist. The Corp leases ground to the state and we have a new Land Manager around the lake and she has gated a lot of the access points now as well as Clear cutting hedge rows. We have went from Conservation improving habit to total access control. Plus cutting the hedge rows that run along the gravel roads is now just a road hunter free fire zone. Not to mention that the snow that used to blow and pile up in the hedge rows now piles up on the roads. The cut hedge row wood you can not even cut for fire wood once down as they truck it out the large firewood size pieces and post signs saying your not allowed to cut any of it. The gates are now locked from Sept to April.....lots of good fishing spots now blocked from people that do not own a boat. The ground she leases to farmers now is extensive....5 years ago they use to have large areas of crops left in place with more areas just left to grass.....not anymore. Plus burns and burns mainly right when Quail and such are nesting. I keep hearing how nothing can be done to improve fishing and hunting habit as there is no money but They have a small army of guys and new access control projects. Would like to see actual brush piles and such put in to the lake and habit increased.

The landowner relationship with her since she has taken over went from one of cooperation to adversarial in nature. She could care less what you have to say. The lake itself .....Wipers, Walleye, and now Blues. I know the Lake guy told me himself the only thing attractants do in a lake is attract fisherman. No accountability and no voice anymore.

[Blackdog40]

same thing happened at Hartford Wildlife area some person in control decided she knew more than the local managers. So in her Colorado estate makes decisions about what works in Hartford, Kansas
big dumb Government

[zummy]

The thing destroying the wildlife area is the double talking manager that came from down south and ran off all the local employees with a vested interest in the place. Washington is also lending a helping hand.