Large rapids, Minnesota – The assistant sheriff of Cassé de Cass Bob Landreville and the veteran fishing guide Dan Craven refers to their beloved leecue lake like the mother of all the Muskie lakes of Minnesota.
During a fishing forum last week at the Timberlake Lodge, their voices stood out in the middle of a host of stakeholders in the state industry who disseminated a litany of concerns concerning the growing use of Sonar forward. Technology provides live underwater video flows which have considerably accelerated the rates of muscle, crap and large golden to the point of worrying.
“The fish can no longer hide,” said Aaron Meyer, co -president of the Minnesota Muskie and Pike Alliance. “They are as easy to see as the Bethlehem star.”
About 180 people attended the event organized by MN-Fish Sportfishing Foundation. Among them, there were fishermen, guides, biologists of state peaches, resort operators, members of the fishing club and owners of bait stores.
“This is the hottest subject of fishing. most specific fishing tool. “We entered an era of more intelligent pressure.”
The most vivid on Friday discussion were stories of dead muskia floating on the Lake Leech and in other Muskie waters. Landreville, Craven and Meyer all talked about the new disturbing experience to see the “floats”.
Minnesota Muskie fishermen are known to bring their sockets back into the water, but an alarming number of fish succumbs to the stress of being connected in boats or barotraumat, a condition caused by rapid pressure changes when the fish are reduced to the surface of the deep water.
In Leech and other lakes, the muscles have become particularly vulnerable from June 1 to July 4, when the big women withdraw into Deep Caverns to recover from Spawning, Craven and Landreville. These fish the size of a trophy were almost unknown in their deep lair, but the fishermen with sound equipment oriented forward now “Sharp Shoot” or the “Hunt” while browsing the surface, eyes on their video screens.