Pax, where is the Bass Lake closer to Hudson? The only one I’m aware of is just east of Cty. Rd. I about 3 miles south of Somerset…………..crystal clear water by all my recallections as well.
I think the Bass Lake story is a sad one………….they have to mow through the milfoil to keep the lake accessible! Docks still sit…………….5-6′ above the water surface…………..homes and cottages abandoned………..it’s just sad out there. I still see plenty of fishing pressure out there but I everytime I go, it’s just getting more and more choked out from all the milfoil. If it was possible to do, they should gather up all the fish, drain that thing in the fall, and freeze out all the milfoil…………..kill it off and then replenish the lake after refill and have NO FISHING for 5 years to re-establish the ecosystem.
The recreational people wouldn’t be out too long but I’m sure they’d still whine a bit.
Don’t know how they’d pull off my idea but it’s the only way to control that milfoil…………………it’s been done before, just not on Bass Lake.