Thread: Asian Carp below Taylorsville

They never will be, unless someone PUTS them in it.

When T-ville gets high (or worse, floods) and starts dumping water thru the spillway ... the Asian Carp are going to come up the Salt to spawn. They need a heavy, constant current to spawn in, so those residing in the Salt River are just waiting for their chance to spawn. And right now the discharge water temp of 22C. (71.6deg F.) is at the optimal range for their spawning.

Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

They never will be, unless someone PUTS them in it.

When T-ville gets high (or worse, floods) and starts dumping water thru the spillway ... the Asian Carp are going to come up the Salt to spawn. They need a heavy, constant current to spawn in, so those residing in the Salt River are just waiting for their chance to spawn. And right now the discharge water temp of 22C. (71.6deg F.) is at the optimal range for their spawning.

if they're there then wouldn't that indicate that they came up the Salt from the OHIO ? If not then where did they come from?

Originally Posted by wannabe fisherman

if they're there then wouldn't that indicate that they came up the Salt from the OHIO ? If not then where did they come from?

Yes, indeed they did, Louie. There's a straight path from the Ohio River, up the Salt River, to below the spillway at Taylorsville Lake. But, that's as far as they can go, by themselves. There is no lock for them to go thru & get into Taylorsville Lake, like they can at KY Lake. IF they are in Taylorsville Lake, they had to have been transported there by human hand.

I've heard "rumors" that people have seen them in the lake ... but, while I've seen regular Carp jump, and Catfish and Hybrid Stripers roll on the surface (even in heavy boat traffic), I've yet to see any Asian Carp in the lake. I'm hoping those "rumors" were just misidentification of one of those three.

I've personally (temporarily) snagged & rolled a few Asian Carp in the tailwaters, and a fishing buddy of mine actually snagged & landed one that could have well been in the 20lb range from the tailwaters.

The "enemy at the gates" is very disconcerting.

Originally Posted by EWS

The "enemy at the gates" is very disconcerting.

My thoughts exactly! I know it would be nearly impossible for passage from below, but disturbing to see them so close.


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Originally Posted by GREENFISH

My thoughts exactly! I know it would be nearly impossible for passage from below, but disturbing to see them so close.


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and I wonder how long before you see them jumping in the OHIO

Originally Posted by wannabe fisherman

and I wonder how long before you see them jumping in the OHIO

I see them jump all the time when I am wade fishing below McAlpine Dam. Up in the roiling water by the gates they look like Salmon jumping upstream.

I have had them jump in my boat at yankee creek off the Ohio river here in Evansville Indiana
and jump in my boat at the Otter pit near Bluegrass pit in Evansville. And they are nasty and messy.
One hit me in the shoulder and it felt like a brick .