Not trying to hijack your thread, but what's the salvania situation around y'alls camp, or Bistineau in general?

Been years since I've been to/on Bistineau. Back in the day, I considered it the most beautiful, tranquil, peaceful, scenic, good for nothing, God forsaken, can't catch a decent bass or kill a decent mess of ducks body of water in the Continental US of A.

Actually though, I think it's just a hard lake to fish/one has to know what one is doing, and since we could make ourselves believe we could out fish Bill Dance Parker on our "little" (was 7 miles long) "private" (others had access but we rarely saw folks) Red River Oxbow, we never "had" to learn.

Anyway, I'd heard the salvania has made it almost impenetrable these days. That the case?

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Posted by stevengtiger

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Posted on 6/25/15 at 11:57 am to TigerTreyjpg

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Anyway, I'd heard the salvania has made it almost impenetrable these days. That the case?

The salvinia is not horrible right now. You can actually get around most of the lake for most of the year until it gets real hot. The salvinia blows up with the heat. By the end of July, it will probably be everywhere but we were on the water Sat and Sun last weekend. There were patches on the lake but we skied, fished and swam with no issues. With all the rain and the lake being so high and going over the damn, I think the current has helped keep it at bay to some degree.

We used to catch fish pretty well on the south side of the lake where our old camp was. Having to drain the lake every winter has definitely taken its toll on the fish situation though.

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