Merill creek new hours??

[RWole]

Not being able to have tournaments is not a the priority, adequate access and time to fish is.

[bigfishy]

Originally Posted by RWole

Not being able to have tournaments is not a the priority, adequate access and time to fish is.

While i agree with you very much, tell that to the 50 boats that show up for every tourney....

[Chrisper4694]

Originally Posted by reason162

If the rumors are true, and if a 7-4 schedule actually puts an end to these rinky dink tournaments in any of our small lakes, that's a plus in my book - but we don't have to agree lol.

you never heard the saying 'give them an inch, they take a mile'? this is all slippery slope crap, can't look at it like you do, sorry. We've seen this way too many times. That's why i'll always side with no new restrictions, period! hunting, fishing, lakes i'll never fish, it doesn't matter where or who. You don't like tournaments so you'll make this sacrifice? makes no sense in the real world dude.

[Chrisper4694]

Originally Posted by bigfishy

Is it possible the OP is trolling?pun intended...i mean he hasnt publicly revealed his source?

too many coincidences imo and we do know the source... just trying to 100% confirm it, but best to get ahead of anything anyway.

[Chrisper4694]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

First off, its a reservoir.. Not all of those are open to the public..
Second, its privately held and maintained..

The owners are known as the Merrill Creek Owners Group- Public Service Electric and Gas, which built the reservoir for the group; Jersey Central Power and Light, Atlantic City Electric, Metropolitan Edison, Philadelphia Electric, PPL Corporation, and Delmarva Power and Light.
Sad to say, but they can pretty much dictate as they please, and can probably just as easily shut it down to all public access if they wanted to... State might not stock it any longer, but the fish already there would do very well, with no fishing pressure at all...Thats the way things work unfortunately.. They don't need fishermen, and most likely would be happier without them... bob

why would they have ever had it open to begin with?? out of the goodness of their hearts? haha....yeah no.... there is some kind of agreement and they are trying to sneak this crap by us so no they can not 'do whatever they want'.

[reason162]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

You don't like tournaments so you'll make this sacrifice? makes no sense in the real world dude.

Sure it does - I'm against the new hours, I will put forth a finite amount of energy opposing it (once we can confirm it's actually happening), but if at the end we fail to stop the new schedule, I wouldn't be unhappy to see weigh-in tournaments interrupted on that lake as a result.

Not sure why that's incompatible with the real world.

[Chrisper4694]

Originally Posted by reason162

Sure it does - I'm against the new hours, I will put forth a finite amount of energy opposing it (once we can confirm it's actually happening), but if at the end we fail to stop the new schedule, I wouldn't be unhappy to see weigh-in tournaments interrupted on that lake as a result.

Not sure why that's incompatible with the real world.

Cause it never stops. Restrictions always start small and never stop if allowed. Being ok with that means being ok with total closure imo. Petition them to ban tournaments if you want its a totally different issue.

[Ken Lyons]

If the 4:00 sign has always been there it might be best to let sleeping dogs lie. Calling attention to this could alert the wrong people. I think I would rather apologize than ask permission.

[Chrisper4694]

One of my fb friends says they got a hold of somebody at the park office and they told him that these rumors about the new times are not true. That being said, I still can't personally confirm any of this. no body has called me back or picked up when i've called. very odd situation imo.

[Mikey topaz]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

One of my fb friends says they got a hold of somebody at the park office and they told him that these rumors about the new times are not true. That being said, I still can't personally confirm any of this. no body has called me back or picked up when i've called. very odd situation imo.

Chris, I wrote if passed!!!!!They are voting on it!!!!!I’m not saying this is true just what I was told by someone that works there.