Florida wildlife officials are trying to make it easier for local recreation anglers to catch fish in a Bay County lake.
Marked by white buoys, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Bekah Nelson says biologists recently installed what’s called “fish attractors” in four different areas of Deer Point Lake.
“They serve a few purposes, including aggregating fish, improving catch rates for fishermen and just give them somewhere to focus,” said Nelson.
Nelson says the particular fish attractors put into Deer Point will provide a place for insects and minnows to hide—which sport fish, like bass and bream, depend on for food.
So, what do these fish attractors look like?
“The brush pieces—limbs, trees, stuff like that—they’re going to be attached to these concrete cinder blocks…then we submerge them into the lake,” added Nelson. “So, the ones in Deer Point Lake are 8½- to 12-feet-deep.”
For more information on fish attractors around the state, visit the FWC website.
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