Quote Originally Posted by Slab Slayer View Post
I am not trying to turn this into a political or religious conversation, as a lot of you know i very rarely get on here and voice my opinion. The reason im posting on this topic is i am getting really nervous about what is going on with these lakes. I am seeing signs of the asian carp basically taking these lakes over, went into Sledd creek one evening back in the spring and they was blacking my graphs out, seen them roll on top and covered at least 5 acres of water and created a wake. I totaly understand that the crappie fishing cycle, and has for years. I just feel like with the numbers of carp we are seeing combined with the better equipment we all have and catching more fish than we ever have, and combine this with the cycle factor, then we have a recipe for disaster for the people that love to crappie fish. I very well may be completely wrong in the way im thinking about all of this but i will tell u ,what a book tells you will never replace be out on the lake many times a week observing what is actually going on. I would love to beleive that when we are all gone that our kids and grandchildren will still be able to enjoy these lakes as we have, right now i do not have that belief. If i have came across the wrong way on this subject i apologize, im not here to bash anyone, and totally respect everyones opinion.
The Asian Carp and Zebra Mussel problem cannot be underestimated I just think it is a problem nobody wants to talk about. We did discuss it in the Missouri forum a bit.

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