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Originally Posted by TNBronzeback
I think we touched on this not too long ago, but the reason most want to see stay closed is for fishing purposes.
No secret that barrier gets ALOT of action in the winter, and yeah it can suck when ya pull in and its bow to stern boats and kayaks when ya get there but thats also the blessing. Imagine no barrier: bass fisherman screaming in and out of that canal, crappie fisherman probing the banks, cat fisherman anchored in canal then striper guys pulling planer boards up and down the banks. It would be pure chaos!
In my honest opinion, i would prefer to keep the barrier up and here is why: those fish, of all species have just one way in and one way out, they HAVE to cross under that barrier to chase the bait who are there for the warm water. So if you set up shop for your target species in the immediate area of the canal mouth (yes, even way out where it connects to the main channel edge) you will catch fish. They are still just as hungry at the mouth as they are way up by the power house. Ive caught saugers up by the barrier and stripers out at the channel. Biggest crappie to date for me came from.33ft of water jigging for saugers near the first green bouy down stream.
Ot might not be convenient for everybody to have the barrier closed, but it has helped the overall quality of fishing there due to reduced boat traffic in that canal.
Just my opinion.
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I'm totally with TNBronzeback, keep it closed for all the reasons he just said.
I've been there when you couldn't get up the canal because of guys parking their pontoon boats in the middle of the narrow channel and have rods out on either side. I've also seen boats come up the channel running their outboards and spooking the fish.
The fishing quality has been tremendously improved by the barrier.
True, if you aren't there by 3 AM on the weekends in the winter months, you wont get to park on the barrier, but like TN says, one way in and one way out. The rockfish will follow that channel in and out. I've seen guys fishing well below the barrier hauling in 25-35 lb rockfish.
LONG LIVE THE BARRIER!!