I think it’s just like trout season...the fish commission wants as many people elbow to elbow in as small of place as possible so they can watch the action from their cars. No walking involved, and less wasted time.
I was planning on taking my kayak up the next time I went, but it seems pretty useless now.
I’ve only fished it there a couple times but each time the people were rowdy but friendly. I use to assume that people just snagged walleyes there, but after seeing it first hand that’s definitely not the case. 99% of the fish caught are legal hooked. At least when I was there, all the fish caught were males. So especially in a lake that has little to no natural reproduction you’re not hurting the population.
I went out and fished the maumee river last spring also and fishing along that chain at Pymie is more sporting then going out there hands down. That entire fishery during the “spawn” is nothing but a floss fest for anyone with a rod and reel.
I think it’s total BS that they would close that area off to boats. Address the people causing the problems don’t punish everyone because some people can’t play nice with others
**the fish commission was running a drone up there earlier this year too