Restricting Access to or near the Dams

[wmac62]

Hey guys and Gals, more overreaching of your Government, COE preparing Memo restricting access to fishing above and below the Dams. Slowly being leaked out to media, time to get your letters to the Congressional Reps.

Whats next????

[ifish]

Where are you seeing this info at?

[wmac62]

PADUCAH, Kentucky — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering restricting boating near its dams on the Cumberland River.
The Paducah Sun (http://bit.ly/UFxWzK ) reported officials at the Corps' office in Nashville, Tennessee, are not discussing the plan publicly, but said a document on it will be released in the coming months.
The newspaper reports the likely restrictions would affect fishing both above and below the dams on all sections of the river, which rises in eastern Kentucky, flows through Middle Tennessee and then turns northward into Kentucky again.
Sgt. Garry Clark of Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources said fishing is good because smaller fish get stuck around the dam and larger fish congregate to feed on them. However, the tailwaters of near the dams are dangerous because power generation causes turbulence that can capsize or capture fishing boats.
"It's almost like being in a car and driving on ice," Clark said. "You can't get any traction. And most boaters don't know when the generators are going to come on, so it's unexpected."
Signs at Kentucky and Barkley lake dams say boaters should not fish within 500 feet of the structures, but the limits aren't consistently enforced.

[wmac62]

http://www.courier-journal.com/artic...ext%7CHome%7Cs

[M R Dux]

What's next? Total nanny state is next. The careless actions of a few who threw caution to the wind recently and lost their lives below KY and Barkley are empowering the government to throw their stupid regulations on everybody.

[ifish]

Thanks wmac62 for the heads up and info. Welcome to CDC. Great site and good folks on here.

[kycreek]

I've read about this also. Don't they blow a horn or loud buzzer before startup anyhow? Like they do when a barge is coming thru the lock. Wouldn't this solve any problems? Penalize everybody because of a few.

[chuckauten]

I have fished Ky dam many times and before any turbine is started a warning horn sounds so many minutes before the gates are opened. One time I was not paying attention (dummy) and was sucked into the base of the dam. Had my motor idiling and I had to push out of the turbulance.

This is like the gun laws, some are for it and others don't like their rights taken away.