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  1. It's true that there is no steady stream of public funding however I believe a fairly significant sum ($75K rings a bell) was obtained by a congressperson and was pivotal in sustaining the dredging project in '12-13 so there has been some public support. It's a real shame considering the tax rates that those with property near the water pay. From what I understand there are significant steps up in rates as you approach the lake so that these (presumably) non-resident property owners foot a significant portion of the municipal an school spending bills (I didn't go out to see but I understand Sandy Creek has quite a lavish High School built recently that's almost out of place vs the local year-round economy). Considering the closing of the inlet would potentially destroy property values and put a dent in the local economy, If I were a property owner there, I'd be going ballistic for a chunk of my bill to go toward preserving the pond. Hopefully mother nature will lend a hand - the inlet has moved several times over the last 100 years.
  2. Unfortunately, didn't get to take my trip up this year, but a few family members did (staying on Wigwam road). Very interesting couple of weeks from what they told and showed me. Bass bite that part of the pond was down from normal as the tournament that dumps in front of the WIgwam was apparently canceled (Wigwam may host it - not sure - but it's for sale so that would explain). Anyway, not a lot of bass activity as I said - but the water was absolutely loaded with Bowfin. My brother in law caught a Bowfin 3 years ago and that's the only one I'd seen in my lifetime there. Used to get Ling here and there but they were a one-off kind of thing. From what he told me they caught upwards of 15 Bowfin over the course of a week right off shore with a number of them pushing 30". Hopefully thats not an indication of a little population explosion - I'd imagine that's a species that could impact the Bass spawn.
  3. Channel and the general area were great last summer - I've been going to the pond for 30+ years and it was probably a top-10 year in my time. The water levels were up several feet from 2012 and I'd expect the same this year with how wet and mild it is assuming the committee was able to continue digging it out. The deep freeze of the winter also shield the pond from an abundance of sand being swept in. I'd imagine the spawn was delayed again so once bass season opens you're going to get a lot of big aggressive females (unless you object to pulling them off their nests). Right now it's primarily Walleye (I've gotten them before later in the year near the island with worm-tipped jigs in fairly deep water (8'+....which is deep considering the deepest part of the pond is only 12-ish in a typical year) Was up for a week in early July last year after the spawn and still pulled in several couple 20"+ smallmouth anchoring just off the island and casting out off the drop-off at dusk (got one on an X-rap and one on a large black jitterbug). Our finder looked like a sky-view of NYC traffic with all the fish passing under the boat. People were also having luck with drop-shot rigged minnows and gulps on the sandy bottom of the deeper parts of the channel (during the week - too much boat traffic on weekend to do much in the channel itself). I also had a lot of luck right off the dock in front of our place later in the evening (8-10PM) - we were in the Seber Shores area on the southeastern part of the pond. Smallmouth all over as well as what appears to be a new crop of White Bass which I haven't seen on Sandy Pond in 20+ years. Was pulling in a 16"+ smallmouth on literally every 4th or 5th cast with black jitterbugs. The surface activity was absolutely insane. A couple other hot spots: - Right out in front of Seber Shores about 50-75 yards or so is the start of a large weed bed in about 6-8 ft of water. Early AM on a calm morning if you drop anchor right on the edge and throw X-raps and Spook Jrs. As the sun rises switch to texas rigged senkos or a diving Rapala to get down deeper or even sink a drop shot rigged Gulp. Tons of Bass hiding down in there. I also saw - much to my surprise - a number of good sized Channel Cats breaking the surface around our boat (distinct spatula-shaped dorsal fin). - Weed bed in front of the Wigwam. I personally am not a fan of it and try to steer clear but some people have a lot of luck throwing weedless rigs (senkos, frogs, etc) - Sunrise at the mouth of the creek in the southeast part of the pond. A relative of mine went out a couple times in his kayak and got a few pike throwing spoons. As I said I've fished this pond for 30+ years and was absolutely thrilled to have a year like this. The physical changes to the channel, dropping and warming water levels and the resultant weeds had smothered early summer fishing for years - last time I had what I would consider a good trip was about 10 years ago when there was an unusually large population of pike camped on the pond side of the channel and could be plucked easily with spoons and rattle-traps. Not to the degree of the late 80's/early 90's where we could sit in the channel with minnows and fill a stringer with 18"+ smallmouth in an evening but very active nonetheless.
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