a friend of mine just came back from upper goose lake by potholes and to his dismay the BLM had closed the gate to that lake. it's several miles from the gate to the boat launch (it has a pretty decent ramp) he read the sign and said they had closed it due to littering but, ya know i was over there last year and i didn't really see any litter at all, and actually saw very few people there. he also noted that they were going to open the gate back up in september, (ya know why they do this is so that people can go back there and hunt) and then were going to close it back up again around april again. I don't understand why they would do this but, it does kind of make me a little mad. basicly it sounds like its open to hunting but, closed to fishing. don't get me wrong i'm not anti-hunting i love to hunt too, but to close it during fishing season is kind of wierd, anyone one know anything about why this is closed off to the public? I would be curious to know if anyone has any more information about it