The lake Casitas board will be having a meeting on the 20th of feb @ 5:30 pm at the Oak View community center, if it is available for the meeting, it is at 18 Valley Rd in Oak View. More details should be available at the Casitas municipal Water District web site. The Issue of Lakes closing is a big deal and will affect us all and possibly set precedence for other lakes. We as the bass community need to do our part to be a part of the solution and not just complain as all it does is generate animosity and complicate things. I am not a tournament guy but I know a lot of you are and I am trying to protect your tournaments as much as my recreational fishing. Tournament organizations can help out through education and better yet by not scheduling tournaments that go from an infected to an uninfected lake. There is a 28 day quarintine period and I know this is a drag and creates for more challenging logistics. How else can the Water Board be shown that the tournament organizers and anglers are willing to do what it takes to keep the mussells out of the lake. We need some volunteering from this community to grab the bull by the horns and make it happen. Clean and dry is but a small step and alone will not be the answer. I do not know much abut politics but I feel we need let those we put in office know how important this issue is. I will be looking in to what it takes be it a petition and collecting signatures or what ever else is necessary to forward to the appropriate politician and agency to make this happen. We have the resources to come together to make this happen in the tournament and tackle industry. I know this will be challenging but we need a way to track boats and the only way to get that done is on a national level. Water is extremely important and if we are to play on it we need to do our part and I will try to keep you posted and let you know more.
I am going to lake Casitas to talk to Ranger Rob.
Peace
Rich