Big7
The Oracle
Very disappointed.
This old lake had been around at least before the 60's. Me and a couple of buddies rode bicycles and brim fished it many times in the younger days.
Later on, even up until a couple of months ago it was a most productive place to set a bait trap. Where the creek runs into the pond on the opposite end from what you are seeing, it wasn't nothing to fill 3 or 4 traps slap full of Crawdads to eat or use for bait. They usually got ate if there was a good mess.
To the left of the creek channel is the bank with one of the only 2 places you could get to by foot and usually where minnow traps went and where you could catch a few brim.
This is also the place I ran the thread about stocking for a "honey hole" due to ample forage but that ain't the purpose of this thread.
So, here goes. This lake was also the place where I could go any time of year and catch as many big Common Snappers as I wanted and plenty to give away. Always let the Alligator Snappers go (obviously) and also the soft shell even though they are legal.
It appears ANOTHER new subdivision is going to be built in a town that is already overcrowded, but that's another story.
So the question is, all the turtles had to go somewhere. Satellite map doesn't show any pools or lakes.
Top. About 2 1/2- 3 acre pond drained. Not sure what they are doing with the channel.
Center. Spillway that runs into the creek.
Bottom. Creek where the pond discharges into and has at 60 years probably more.
WILL THE TURTLES LIVE?
This old lake had been around at least before the 60's. Me and a couple of buddies rode bicycles and brim fished it many times in the younger days.
Later on, even up until a couple of months ago it was a most productive place to set a bait trap. Where the creek runs into the pond on the opposite end from what you are seeing, it wasn't nothing to fill 3 or 4 traps slap full of Crawdads to eat or use for bait. They usually got ate if there was a good mess.
To the left of the creek channel is the bank with one of the only 2 places you could get to by foot and usually where minnow traps went and where you could catch a few brim.
This is also the place I ran the thread about stocking for a "honey hole" due to ample forage but that ain't the purpose of this thread.
So, here goes. This lake was also the place where I could go any time of year and catch as many big Common Snappers as I wanted and plenty to give away. Always let the Alligator Snappers go (obviously) and also the soft shell even though they are legal.
It appears ANOTHER new subdivision is going to be built in a town that is already overcrowded, but that's another story.
So the question is, all the turtles had to go somewhere. Satellite map doesn't show any pools or lakes.
Top. About 2 1/2- 3 acre pond drained. Not sure what they are doing with the channel.
Center. Spillway that runs into the creek.
Bottom. Creek where the pond discharges into and has at 60 years probably more.
WILL THE TURTLES LIVE?
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Welcome to my world! Subdivisions popping up like weeds as far as the eye can see. They occasionally widen roads, but not at a pace that will ever catch up. Police & ambulance sirens all day & night from the constant accidents. Thankfully they rarely (if ever) drain a pond to build a subdivision where I live, so I guess that is something positive.
