Grant

In 30+ years of fishing the lake and trapping crayfish in our boathouse, I've noticed slight fluctuations in the population. Usually it's a matter of water temp and depth. But we always have a healthy population. We do quite a bit of snorkeling along the shore, and flip rocks to find crayfish. Some years, there are definitely more than others.

As for bass, I definitely don't catch as many off the dock as I used to, but I've seen many of them while scuba diving around the lake. Not quite as many BIG bass, but a fair number of them. I remember back in the early '80s when my cousin and I each nabbed smallies in the 5-pound range one spring. Since then, I've *seen* a few that might've approached that size, but haven't caught anything close to that size.

Meanwhile, down here in PA, the largemouth are plentiful and big!