looks like a scene out of the original jaws 1 movie wheh all the old salts were turning the harbor into a massacre

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P.S. Once a year we would clean up the trash around the spillway, bread bags, fishing line, bait cans, ect.
Now that feels like a lost cause and I never imagined in my life saying that. SAD SAD DAY!!!!! I'm sorry to and for all you true sportsmen and the youth who are the future of this falling society!

  My children and I have performed that task along the fishing side for 4 years 1-3x's/ year utilizing nitrile gloves and many large 55g trash can liners. The place is absolutely spotless when we are done. No cigarette butts, chewing tobacco cans, mono, bread bags, bottles, etc... . When we return 1 week later, it's as you wrote, "feels like a lost cause", and yet, we continue to do it. We feel good after it's cleaned up and maybe a few will be influenced enough to change their habits. Enough people will say to us "Thank you" so we know it's appreciated.

Thank you for picking up trash at the spillway.
What bothers me is... There's a dumpster people  pass at the parking area.  It's not like there's no place to put their trash. 

SNAGGERZ

We would always go once or twice, but it's been years. If you wanna see the shallow end of the gene pool, that's the place to be. Stevie and his band of merry men is a sight to behold.. jus say'IN.. If you have never witnessed the spillway in all it's glory, think of Burt Dam to the enth power.
 
 
I like the Go-Pro idea but most couldn't care less about keeping fouled fish. These guys get pinched every year and it doesn't seem to curb the illegal activities. Good for you for trying though Frost..

I went up there once a few years ago during the "spillway madness" to see what all the hype was about and had a blast. Didn't even wet a line! They should really put a webcam right there so we can watch from the comfort or our homes...

fishin coyote
 The reward far out weighs the risk/fine if and when caught. You start confiscating all their equipment when they get caught snagging.
Mike

 
Saw a guy get rung up in NY last fall. I believe they even impounded his truck. Took every piece of fishing equipment he had and threw the book at him. Those kinds of tickets that will curb the outlaws I'd bet. I think the May1st date would be best though. IMHO..

Those guys are gonna fish there no matter what the fine is. I know a guy thats been fined twice and he's still fishing there. The only way to stop this zoo is to close it down for six weeks but that aint gonna happen.

Frost- Love your post about having a gopro on your net. Nobody should be concerned about it if they were doing what they're supposed to be doing, but... .
 
Coldfront- LOVE  the idea of selling coffee and hotdogs at "The Wire"! You'd be performing a service to many there and would probably do well, lol!
 
The Thursday and Friday before Easter I had work off so I took my relatively young children there Friday for a possible few hours of fishing. It was in the late morning and there were two boats there with a 3rd far out in the lake appearing to be motoring it's way in, but it was still far out in the lake so it could be going anywhere. It did appear to be making a beeline for the Spillway. On shore there were ~ 10 people there, but could have been more as we were just driving past [and kept going], lol. We ended up at a private lake catching 15 decent crappie 10" - 13" plus 5 LMB 10" - 12", nothing to brag about, but the kids were happy and that's all that mattered.
 
As another has written in so many words, slobbish behavior is pervasive when there is an abundance of fish or game and the Spillway isn't an exception.
 
 

Yep.  I say take a camera, take ONLY what you need.  If you know what you're doing, you can always get more.  The two Walleye I've taken the most pride in were 31 1/2" and 33" ladies caught and released pre-spawn in the Allegheny.  Bigger one was just over 10 lbs.  May get a facsimile mount of the 33" if I ever convert the kids playroom to my 'man cave'.  In the meantime, the memory and gratification of watching them swim away better than showing everyone a carcass in a freezer.

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awesome, jester.  i never cared to eat bigger walleye, 


Reminds me of what a fisherman replied to me many years ago; "Would you rather eat a young snapper or an old one?