The bite is on!

Every year at this time the fish start to get active in the warmer water and start thinking about spawning and eating. It's usually easier to catch fish now more so than any other time of the year. Therefore, we have to remember that the lakes at CDC are really more like big farm ponds and can be fished out if we're not careful. We are trying hard to get the crappie and bluegill populations built back up in Copper Dollar so for residents that like to eat fish, please consider catching those species from Copper Penny. They may be smaller but there are plenty of them to go around. Most of the people I know and see fishing at CDC seem to practice catch and release which is great. If you feel the need to keep some fish for a meal, that is fine also but please don't feel that is is necessary to fill the freezer every time you go out. Also, please don't feel that by keeping an abundance of one species that you are helping to control the population of that type of fish. Although it seems sometimes like there are still too many small bass in Copper Dollar Lake, we need them all in there to help control the growing numbers of white perch. Again this year, please do not return any green sunfish or white perch back into either of the lakes.