Lacassine Bass Population

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Originally Posted by BassYakR

This is true! And things change all the time... why pass up a chance to have a local trophy body of water. Charge a fee... make it a slot lake... itll never happen im sure. ... but stupid IMO that it never will.

How many NWRs or other federal lands have you known to completely change the way they are managed?

I agree, things change, but things that are established by federal law don't change very easily. The managers cannot just decide to manage for fish all of a sudden.

Me, I'd prefer to see it continue to be managed as it is now. We are having enough issues with the marshes of south Louisiana now. I don't want to see one of the largest remaining fresh marshes in south Louisiana converted to a trophy bass lake.

I have no issue with bass fishermen. I love bass fishing. But I'm a staunch opposer of any movement to change the management of a property to benefit one resource. The primary management objective of the refuge is waterfowl, but that management serves as an umbrella for several other species that depend on freshwater marsh, including bass and other sunfishes. While it may not be optimal for bass, it isn't as detrimental as some may lead you to believe.

Again, these aren't even native bass we are talking about. They are stocked.

I love bass fishing, and I hope Lacassine continues to be a great place to fish them. But I hope it continues to he managed in the way it was intended.