01-17-2013, 07:31 PM
[quote AERO63]I guess I've just stuck to what I know will produce when I'm after perch.
I know you want me or someone to say that they get after the perch at Fish Lake because they might hook into a mac...[/quote]
Actually, the chances at catching a mac is NOT the answer I was looking for -- however, it is the answer I expected most to come up with.
The answer has more to do with your first comment: "...what I know..."
The reason that those thousands of anglers show up at Fish Lake for the perch, and they don't fish Johnson is a simple answer: ignorance. Lack of knowledge or information. They don't know.
Just like with Fish Lake -- they don't know. Which is exactly why this thread has gone on as long as it has -- because there are some people that do know, and want to make sure that everyone knows what happens when anglers try to play biologist.
You are exactly right -- there isn't much we can do about it now. We still fish the place, and love to fish it. But, because we love it, we still make sure that people know the what's, why's, and how's. So that ignorance isn't an excuse. So that people do know. So that someone doesn't come up with a crazy idea to stick walleye in there. Because those who can't remember the past are doomed to repeat it.
Access to Johnson -- on a year like what we currently have, you could probably drive your truck to Johnson. Other years, or later in this year, a snowmachine may be required. Just like Fish Lake 20 years ago.
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I know you want me or someone to say that they get after the perch at Fish Lake because they might hook into a mac...[/quote]
Actually, the chances at catching a mac is NOT the answer I was looking for -- however, it is the answer I expected most to come up with.
The answer has more to do with your first comment: "...what I know..."
The reason that those thousands of anglers show up at Fish Lake for the perch, and they don't fish Johnson is a simple answer: ignorance. Lack of knowledge or information. They don't know.
Just like with Fish Lake -- they don't know. Which is exactly why this thread has gone on as long as it has -- because there are some people that do know, and want to make sure that everyone knows what happens when anglers try to play biologist.
You are exactly right -- there isn't much we can do about it now. We still fish the place, and love to fish it. But, because we love it, we still make sure that people know the what's, why's, and how's. So that ignorance isn't an excuse. So that people do know. So that someone doesn't come up with a crazy idea to stick walleye in there. Because those who can't remember the past are doomed to repeat it.
Access to Johnson -- on a year like what we currently have, you could probably drive your truck to Johnson. Other years, or later in this year, a snowmachine may be required. Just like Fish Lake 20 years ago.
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