Blaming birds for the lack of fish in our lakes is only half the story. There is another more insidious creature taking more than their share of fish out of the lakes. That creature is the two legged variety armed with the latest that technology can provide.

It seems to me that there are three major problems resulting in the lack of fish being caught in the local lakes:

1.You can go to any of the local lakes that stock trout and see for yourself how many anglers take more than their legal limits. Anyone that denies this is only fooling themselves. See how many buckets and little coolers go back and forth to the parking lot.
2.Even worse than #1 is the in discriminant poaching done by netting. My friends have caught and turned in poachers netting at Pudd to the Police. Why the police you ask? Because DFG is not patrolling the lake. You can tell the poachers have been around due to the clumps of vegetation left on the shore from their nets.
3.Last but not least is the fact that there are just so many people fishing these lakes. As our population grows each year so does the pressure exerted on the lakes from fishermen. Fishing is one of the biggest participated sports in the US. Even more fishermen will fish freshwater this year because of all the closures in the ocean. More fishermen equals less fish.

They say fishing is for the birds. LOL. That is only half the story.