Fishing News
Fishing For Profit - Park manager wants to start tournaments
By Preston Sparks, [email protected]
The shoreline of Thurmond Lake is a parched-clay beach where piers go unused and boat ramps fall short of the water.
Some say the view is a reflection of the drained economy that has resulted from low lake levels.
But after three years of drought, some people still have high hopes of luring spenders back to the lake.
The hook? National and regional bass fishing tournaments.
"You have a loss of money from weekend anglers that's not being replaced," said Bill Tinley, the park manager at Mistletoe State Park in Appling. He said some boaters have stayed away from the lake because low water levels threaten to damage their boats with exposed rocks and other debris. "If we get these tournaments, that will replace that."
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