VA unfriendly to non-boaters?

So far I've found two local lakes within a half an hour both of which have a
no bank fishing regulation. One, for sure, offers a pier to fish off of
that is more geared towards little kids wanting to fish for blue gills. I'm
going to try to find out what the other lake has available, if
anything..renting a boat is not an option because I'm only gonna have an
hour, maybe two.. Ah well.

Christopher

Posting of banks and restriction of access is directly related to the amount
of trash left behind by bank fishermen. Property owners complain. LEOs
complain. Its sad, but 9/11 was used an excuse locally to close several
prime bank fishing areas near where I live. When I talked with Bureau of
Reclamation Officials on the QT they told me they welcomed and excuse to
close those areas becasue of all the trash left behind from anglers and
partying teenagers alike.

I learned as a little guy to always leave an area cleaner than I found it,
but the simple fact is if people all packed out there own trash I never
would have had to learn that.

Another option for you might be to see if there are some private docks that
you might be able to get permission to fish off of. Maybe offer to help
with some maintenance and offer to share your catch or throw them all back
if the dock owner prefers.

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"Christopher P. Cericola" wrote in message
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So far I've found two local lakes within a half an hour both of which have
a
no bank fishing regulation. One, for sure, offers a pier to fish off of
that is more geared towards little kids wanting to fish for blue gills.
I'm
going to try to find out what the other lake has available, if
anything..renting a boat is not an option because I'm only gonna have an
hour, maybe two.. Ah well.

Christopher

Posting of banks and restriction of access is directly related to the amount
of trash left behind by bank fishermen. Property owners complain. LEOs
complain. Its sad, but 9/11 was used an excuse locally to close several
prime bank fishing areas near where I live. When I talked with Bureau of
Reclamation Officials on the QT they told me they welcomed and excuse to
close those areas becasue of all the trash left behind from anglers and
partying teenagers alike.

I learned as a little guy to always leave an area cleaner than I found it,
but the simple fact is if people all packed out there own trash I never
would have had to learn that.

Another option for you might be to see if there are some private docks that
you might be able to get permission to fish off of. Maybe offer to help
with some maintenance and offer to share your catch or throw them all back
if the dock owner prefers.

--
** FREE Fishing Lures
** Weekly drawing
** Public Fishing and Boating Forums
** www.YumaBassMan.com


"Christopher P. Cericola" wrote in message
groups.com...
So far I've found two local lakes within a half an hour both of which have
a
no bank fishing regulation. One, for sure, offers a pier to fish off of
that is more geared towards little kids wanting to fish for blue gills.
I'm
going to try to find out what the other lake has available, if
anything..renting a boat is not an option because I'm only gonna have an
hour, maybe two.. Ah well.

Christopher

There's a really nice resivior near my house that is a no fish lake. They
used to sell season passes for it but since 9/11 they pretty much shut down
any resivior to water activities.

I drive by the back end several times a day and see people fishing in this
lake from an easy access area. I stopped to talk to one of these dudes and
he just shrugged his shoulders and said he ignores all the signs posted
around him.

I stopped again to talk to another guy dropping his line in the water and he
said that no one ever bothered him about fishing here. I never see any
police on this road so I guess they either ignore it or are oblivious to it.
I find the latter hard to believe.

Anyway, I thought I had a point when I started typing but I guess not.:-|

Good luck finding a fishing hole Chris.

Dave V

There's a really nice resivior near my house that is a no fish lake. They
used to sell season passes for it but since 9/11 they pretty much shut down
any resivior to water activities.

I drive by the back end several times a day and see people fishing in this
lake from an easy access area. I stopped to talk to one of these dudes and
he just shrugged his shoulders and said he ignores all the signs posted
around him.

I stopped again to talk to another guy dropping his line in the water and he
said that no one ever bothered him about fishing here. I never see any
police on this road so I guess they either ignore it or are oblivious to it.
I find the latter hard to believe.

Anyway, I thought I had a point when I started typing but I guess not.:-|

Good luck finding a fishing hole Chris.

Dave V

"Christopher P. Cericola" wrote in message
groups.com...
So far I've found two local lakes within a half an hour both of which have
a
no bank fishing regulation. One, for sure, offers a pier to fish off of
that is more geared towards little kids wanting to fish for blue gills.
I'm
going to try to find out what the other lake has available, if
anything..renting a boat is not an option because I'm only gonna have an
hour, maybe two.. Ah well.

Some of the replies have mentioned trash as a probable reason. Do you, in
fact, know if this is the reason, or if it is something else? I haven't seen
this in western NY; sure there are many areas you can't fish because so much
of it is private property, but I'm unaware of any lakes with a general
no-bank-fishing restriction. I definitely wouldn't take kindly to it.

"Christopher P. Cericola" wrote in message
groups.com...
So far I've found two local lakes within a half an hour both of which have
a
no bank fishing regulation. One, for sure, offers a pier to fish off of
that is more geared towards little kids wanting to fish for blue gills.
I'm
going to try to find out what the other lake has available, if
anything..renting a boat is not an option because I'm only gonna have an
hour, maybe two.. Ah well.

Some of the replies have mentioned trash as a probable reason. Do you, in
fact, know if this is the reason, or if it is something else? I haven't seen
this in western NY; sure there are many areas you can't fish because so much
of it is private property, but I'm unaware of any lakes with a general
no-bank-fishing restriction. I definitely wouldn't take kindly to it.

I wish we had a no bank fishing reg on my lakes here, everytime a nice
weekend comes along or "Tourist season" in general, there is a ton of
garbage thrown in the lake, even with a garbage can put in at the small lake
people still throw stuff in the water, Like the can might bite them or
something





"Marty" wrote in message
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"Christopher P. Cericola" wrote in message
groups.com...
So far I've found two local lakes within a half an hour both of which
have
a
no bank fishing regulation. One, for sure, offers a pier to fish off of
that is more geared towards little kids wanting to fish for blue gills.
I'm
going to try to find out what the other lake has available, if
anything..renting a boat is not an option because I'm only gonna have an
hour, maybe two.. Ah well.

Some of the replies have mentioned trash as a probable reason. Do you, in
fact, know if this is the reason, or if it is something else? I haven't
seen
this in western NY; sure there are many areas you can't fish because so
much
of it is private property, but I'm unaware of any lakes with a general
no-bank-fishing restriction. I definitely wouldn't take kindly to it.

I wish we had a no bank fishing reg on my lakes here, everytime a nice
weekend comes along or "Tourist season" in general, there is a ton of
garbage thrown in the lake, even with a garbage can put in at the small lake
people still throw stuff in the water, Like the can might bite them or
something





"Marty" wrote in message
...

"Christopher P. Cericola" wrote in message
groups.com...
So far I've found two local lakes within a half an hour both of which
have
a
no bank fishing regulation. One, for sure, offers a pier to fish off of
that is more geared towards little kids wanting to fish for blue gills.
I'm
going to try to find out what the other lake has available, if
anything..renting a boat is not an option because I'm only gonna have an
hour, maybe two.. Ah well.

Some of the replies have mentioned trash as a probable reason. Do you, in
fact, know if this is the reason, or if it is something else? I haven't
seen
this in western NY; sure there are many areas you can't fish because so
much
of it is private property, but I'm unaware of any lakes with a general
no-bank-fishing restriction. I definitely wouldn't take kindly to it.

"Marty" wrote in message
...
Some of the replies have mentioned trash as a probable reason. Do you, in
fact, know if this is the reason, or if it is something else? I haven't seen
this in western NY; sure there are many areas you can't fish because so much
of it is private property, but I'm unaware of any lakes with a general
no-bank-fishing restriction. I definitely wouldn't take kindly to it.

I have no idea of the reason but it applies to almost every lake in the
area. Some have "acceptable" fishing areas near the boat launch(which, is a
terrible spot) or have piers you can use which are useless. It's rather
disappointing as I've got limited time.

Christopher