08-26-2020, 12:42 PM
I was dismayed yesterday when there were 3 of us cleaning at the station , all with limits so probably 150 perch total. Tried the grinder and it didnt work. Went up to the office and let them now it wasnt working and was told yeah we know and that was it. Nothing else. no sign saying it wasnt working- no suggestions on how to proceed. All 3 of us cleaned our fish and disposed of all of the entrails in a heavy duty garbage bag. I was done first and the other two said they would deal with the bag so I dont know how it was disposed of. But knowing it doesnt work and not putting up a sign seems foolish to me. We could have or someone else could have filled the chute up making it much worse to clean. On a bright note I only kept perch over 8" with a few over 11". Some extremely nice fish to fillet. Caught quite a few large gills also but let those go . I think you can wipe out a fishery of big gills pretty quickly because of how long it takes for them to reach that size, but they sure are fun to catch on an ultra light rod.