Winter Mooring Balls

nightrider · 03-30-2010, 07:36 PM

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.

03-30-2010, 07:36 PM	#1
nightrider Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: winter harbor Posts: 200 Thanks: 4 Thanked 33 Times in 18 Posts	Winter Mooring Balls 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.