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Originally Posted by nightrider
With trolling season about to begin, lets hope all you mooring ownwers that have winter mooring balls, hanging just a few feet below the surface of the water, will get them out of the lake. It is inconsiderate to fishermen and, I believe, downright illegal to have these winter mooring balls in place during open water season. Thank you to those who remove them in a timely manner. To those who do not, if my lure hangs up on one, it may not be there when you go looking for it. By the way, these are considered a navigational danger also as outdrives could potentially become entangled in them.
PS. It would not be at all difficult to tie a sinking line to the chain in the fall and run that line along the bottom of the lake towards the shore and tie it off on a block or something that is easily retrievable in three feet of water or so. Then there's no rush for you in the spring to address the dangerous winter-mooring-ball-just-below-the-surface issue.
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For the first time in 16 years I am late,( Two months) getting in my swimfloat and mooring ball. Within one or two days after I was able to get to the site, and went to install them, I found that someone had cut my markers. I'm sure it's not pleasant for a fisherman to loose a lure, but I think that April second is a little early to apply punitive measures and I'm looking into the legality. The lake is warm enough to dive for them now. When I look at fellow fishermen now , I wonder and I'm a little more wary than I used to be.