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I got single masts mounted just behind my soft top and still use pulleys towards the front of the boat to keep the tow lines out of the other rods with my otter boats. If I had a hardtop I would go with pulleys as far forward and high as possible and cranks where they are convenient to get to.

Absolutely nothing wrong with trying to develop an AS fishery in LO. However if we are to believe the data that tells us the bait fish population is in bad shape does this make sense? The majority of people, especially out of state fishermen come to LO and contribute a whole lot of money to the communities along the southern shore to catch Kings, and they settle for the other species when kings aren't available in any specific area. If we have another couple tough winters and the bait situation deteriorates we know what stocking numbers will be cut again. It won't be the Atlantic's or Lakers. Does Federal money influence these decisions or are they based on maintaining and enhancing a fishery the majority of fisherman want and we already have? I should also mention that when I want to jump in the boat solo and hit the lake for a few peaceful hours on a beautiful morning, my personal preference is catching big Browns on light rods so my opinions and observations are not based on me,me,me or "my agenda" as I read here so often. Also I am in no way anti DEC and I'm fully aware of the importance of the agency. I will however question decisions made based on what I'm told and what I see going on on the lake. "Shooting from the hip and wrong" as I've been told. Hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving!!!

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That is my understanding as well. If it is the case the ROI you talked about earlier might be positive. Just not for the regular guy that fishes the lake or the communities along the southern shore. I'm waiting to hear from King Davy on this but so far nothing. He had an awful lot to say until I asked that question so maybe he's just out fishing or worse digging out of the amazing amount of snow some areas got hit with. I also posed the same question a couple years ago when the Salmon stocking was being cut substantially but the Lake Trout stocking didn't seem to be any problem as far as the bait fish decline. It seems that federal money impacts decisions that don't seem to make sense for the LO salmon fishery.

Is the state getting Federal money for the AS program?

Never hard feelings when it comes to a discussion. A lot of head shaking in this case but no hard feelings. There are some settings in 11 I need to locate. Between jumping in and out of here while getting the seasonal maintenance done on the outdoor machines yesterday I had a mess on the computer .with dozens of windows open in the background. Fishing in my little boat up on the lake is done for awhile anyway. Still have plenty of Browns and Rainbows to catch local until the ponds ice up.

Also I apologize for the duplicate posts. I just upgraded to windows 11 and I have some unusual things going on I need to fix.

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Ya right. I'm bailing. This has turned into a pissing contest with only one party being honest and not editing previous posts. One more question for you LL. How is our country doing today relative to four years ago?

Yes. One seat open for the Senate in Georgia. Neither Warnock or Walker got 50% or more of the votes so according to Georgia voting laws there has to be a runoff vote which will take place in December. The best the republicans can do is to win that seat which will split the seats 50 to 50. Whenever a vote is tied the VP ( Kamala Harris) will cast the final vote.