12-12-2003, 03:15 PM
[cool][size 2]There ain't much fishin' water in Arizona. There are ever fewer spots a tuber can go to get away from the power squadron. Horseshoe Lake, on the Verde River system was a small lake with a lot of big bass, crappie, sunfish and catfish...and it was ideal for tubing.[/size]
[size 2]It spilled for the last time in '97, during some heavy spring rains. By '99 it was dry...and has been since. What's worse is that the "ecologists" are (1.) fighting against refilling it because birds are nesting in the weeds that grow in the dry lake bed. (2.) If it does fill, they are going to manage the lake as a nursery for endangered species you can't fish for...and there will no longer be any gamefish in the lake.[/size]
[size 2]Here's a couple of before and after pics. Hope you guys order lots of water for my return to Utah.[/size]
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[size 2]It spilled for the last time in '97, during some heavy spring rains. By '99 it was dry...and has been since. What's worse is that the "ecologists" are (1.) fighting against refilling it because birds are nesting in the weeds that grow in the dry lake bed. (2.) If it does fill, they are going to manage the lake as a nursery for endangered species you can't fish for...and there will no longer be any gamefish in the lake.[/size]
[size 2]Here's a couple of before and after pics. Hope you guys order lots of water for my return to Utah.[/size]
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