Thread: Tunica cutoff

Just wish I was seeing more of a consolidated effort with the USFW and the state agency's to eradicate these fish . I really believe they may cause the worst damage we have ever seen to the sports fish across this country . We as sportsmen should be more involved in putting pressure the right sources to get something done or you will see all crappie ,bass and catfish suffer .

AMEN! Typical govt effort, study it & talk about it forever, delay doing anything, maybe it'll go away... DUH!
The only solution is EVERYBODY has got to get involved & start HARVESTING the dang things! We have been experimenting with the Australian traps, electro shocking, all types of gill nets, etc. Even brought some experienced commercial fishermen from CHINA!
So far the best & most cost effective (less labor intensive) method has been electroshocking withe the large (hi voltage) Root rigs like the biologist use to FIND the schools & then use the trap gill nets to block them & DRIVE them into the traps / gill nets.
needless to say, it's a learning experience which requires a LOT of dirty, nasty, hand labor. And, nobody but us old school farts are willing to do it!!!

Maybe it will take an organized team effort using sport fishermen to help . This is massive under taking because they have let them multiple for so many years ,but they are not going away on their own.

Team effort is right! Illinois seems to be the only state / area that's being proactive & aggressive. Miss claims they're broke. TN & AR Givin lip service. KY waking up like the carp tourney they had on KY Lake. But they didn't follow up

IF Mississippi is broke they should partner with the processing plants and have them put the money up for a tournament and they can process the fish to offset the cost . All Miss. Game and fish would have to do is run the tournament and put in a little man power. If amazes me how some organization's can find so many excuses to do nothing.

I know ARK , is only talking !

On another website a member was run off because he was a commercial fisherman. He made a lot of post that made great sense, but some members didn't like what he did.
At the time rough fish would bring 0.50 per pound and up. Some of the oxbow lakes in his area had nothing but asian crap that use to be great places to set nets for other fish. He changed his mind on what to catch. A few fish for 0.50 per pound or a boat load for 0.30 per pound.

The last I looked at TN rules you couldn't have a live one on any of the state's waters. If it's in a trash bag it will be dead soon enough and not causing a problem.