Lakes that have gone downhill.

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Back in 1979 I built a cottage about 1 mile from Long Point State Park on 2.5 acres of land....had great deer hunting right on my own property.. The walleye fishing was VERY good and the crappie fishing was FANTASTIC...never used bait for the crappies....just my hand tied bucktail jigs....this year I caught 2 crappie in 4 trips there...

 

Now the Chautauqua Lake Cottage Assc, which are mostly rich residents from Ohio cut the weeds via permission from our DEC...gee where do you think the young of the year crappie hide.... .....I can't remember the last year I caught a walleye on that lake....and the fall walleye run in November use to be FANTASTIC..

 

I actually did get out on the ice off Long Point a couple times last year. Guess what i got?....skunked LOL. Well, some dink perch but even they were far and few between.