10-16-2014, 09:53 PM
You are right. Toponce Creek gets diverted and in the fall they let it flow back into Chesterfield. A number of years ago when Chesterfield got fatally low it was suggested by concerned anglers to close it to ice fishing that following winter. The IDFG loudly rejected that idea. It boils down to the IDFG doesn't give a damn about the trophy potential of Chesterfield, only that it provides recreational opportunities. In their eyes mediocre fishing still sells licenses, closing a place to ice fishing does not.
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