It has been brought to our attention that someone using a generator is going around the lake edges at night shinning 5 or 6 lights toward the shore and houses.  Does anyone know who this is or the reason why?  They have been doing thisbetween 10 pm and 3 am or when no other boats are on the lake.  If you know anything about this please e-mail us.

If anyone knows the bowfishing people could you please ask them to be a little more friendly.   Some lake residents have tried talking to those fishing and were totally ignored and those fishing stood still as if they were not there.  Maybe the carp do not like noise and are scared away by talking? The main reason probably is that the generators are tooo loud and the fishing people could not hear that someone was talking to them.  But it would be nice if those fishing would be friendly because the lights and noise are distributing.  Thanks. 

The reason for this is the sportspersons are legally bowfishing for carp at night.  Carp is considered a rough fish and detrimental to aquatic ecosystems.  The floodlights illuminate the shallow waters and thus also carp which explains the boat going around the shorlines.   Night bowfishing is a more sucessful means of harvesting carp.  The very bright floodlights reflect off the lake surface and shine on the people's houses. The floodlights are however not aimed directly at the lake homes but is actually the light refelecting.  For more information on bowfishing in Wisconsin visit  http://wibfa.com/about/wba  and  http://www.wibfa.com/about/bowfishing/night

Thank you Matt Kaufmann for giving us this information.  We really appreciate it.

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