Posted by Ronnie Baker on May 2, 2007, 4:02 pm, in reply to "Hatchers Island and Blue Barrel Pits" --Previous Message--
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Blue Barrel pit might not be off limits in your tourney Kim.If a boat goes in there you will get a ticket. A bunch of tickets have been wrote in there. Game Wardens have even went to fishermens houses after the tournaments because they got the hull number from land and reported them. The state bass federation has fought this for years. Peewee Powers did so back in the early 90's.A lot of public pressure and a lot of money got us no where on opening the pit. I for one wish it was open.It is a very good place to fish.
: To answer your question. Hatcher's Island is
: off limits, but the blue barrel pit is not.
: The pits have been a major concern for the
: last few years with our tournament trail and
: im not sure why. Some of you have fished
: Pro-am teams and other tournaments for many
: years and they had no off limits. You must
: understand that Hatcher's island has a
: permit to be blocked off. If you go in there
: you will get a ticket for trespasing. That
: is why we chose to make it off limits. The
: blue barrel pit is a whole different issue.
: Im not a fisherman so im not sure why
: everyone is making a major issue over
: whether its fished in or not. If you want it
: open to everyone take a picture of it
: blocked, send it to the corp of engineers
: and they will have it removed. But some of
: you are making it a Castaway Tournament
: Trail issue and i think that is crazy
: especially if you have fished Pro-am or any
: other tournament held on the river in the
: past. You guys can either stand around and
: watch every pit on that river be blocked off
: or do something about it. Unless in the
: future you would rather only have the option
: of fishing the main river. Maybe im wrong
: but i dont see how the blue barrel pit is
: going to save the fish population. Im not
: saying whether it is right or wrong to go in
: and fish. Bottom line,its a matter of law
: and that pit should be open!!!!! If those
: land owners want to call it their land then
: build a wall to where it doesn't flow with
: the tide and its theirs. If i offended
: anyone let me say now im sorry. Hope you
: guys enjoy Sat. The weather will be great.
: See you then.
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