It would be best if they did a $50 non refundable reservation capped at 50, no tournaments, and catch and release only.

The biggest problem with the big fish disappearing is this in my opinion.

So when the lake reopened after 9/11, big bags where brought in for a few years. When people bring bags in, they aren't a bunch of small fish. Bringing that many big fish from the discharge or river to the ramp and having temps fluctuate from 10-20degreee at the ramp, depending on where you caught them. Just like buying fish and not acclimating them in a fish tank. Along with not fizzing, the big ones start to deplete. You can see this as the years went on, up to the last 2 years it was open. It went from 24+lb bags to 15-18winning. I can't tell you how many times I had to fizz fish after weigh in. Heck, I caught fish in 8ft of water that needed fizzing along with 61ft of water. Those big fish just died off.... Since talapia are vegetarians mostly, I wouldn't blame it on talapia eating bait. But I would also bet, those talapia take nutrients from the bait. Why did they take the cleaning station out? Heard they did, imagine all the dead talapia in the parking lots now. Also, why not fix the ramp?

I am not going to get into gate fees, employees cost and such. I have already crossed lines in posts much farther than I should have. The dock dismantling was what was done this year for safety. Hopefully can do something more next summer before we open next fall.

I'll tell you what I don't understand. They say this is different than a coal plant because they have to be able to "Evacuate" everyone in the event of an Emergency. Why don't they have to worry about that on plant lakes in other states? Also, why does Texas have only the one generating plant and places like South Carolina have FOUR? If we're losing COAL as quickly as we are, we need to supplant it with SOMETHING!!!