OXBOW, Miss. River fed Lakes Declining??

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Originally Posted by jimfish

I think it would be a blast to shoot with a shot gun,hone your skills for dove hunting.Asked Gw in ark . about it and he said they didn't care but you got to use steel shot.

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Jim , It is a blast. You can go thru some shells quick.

There are a lot of bow fishermen.The tournaments usually draw about 20-25 teams.It is unreal the number of fish a good 3-4 man team,shooting from a well prepared boat,can kill in one night.I've seen as many as 1500-1700 fish needed to place well.

In Mississippi you have to collect the fish and use them in some manner.It is illegal to waste them...we donate ours to a hog farm or bury them as fertilizer.

Over here in Northeast AL, it's a big sport! Lots of young guys doing it. Friend got a 60# gar the other night. On Lake Guntersville & Wheeler they have a tournament about once a month. The TVA has disallowed commercial nets & fish traps, after allowing them for 40 years; thus there's a few commercial fishermen hunting a "honey hole". I think a commercial fisherman tournamet might go. The one they had on Kentucky Lake last March seemed to be a success.

Question for anyone…
In all river lakes I see tons of fry and fingerling Asian Carp in schools everywhere, with their silver sides flashing why aren’t these fish being eaten by crappie, bass, stripers and the rest of the adult fish population. It seems that with all this food available the stocks of game fish would be healthy but I do not see it based on recent reports from these lakes.

Are you sure they aren't silver side minnows?
In all rivers, lakes I see tons of fry and fingerling too. Not sure of what they are. I guess I'll try a cast net the next time out.

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Originally Posted by RTJ214

I built my sons a bow boat last year. It is very scary the numbers and size of the asian carp that are in the river oxbows.There is no way these things aren't affecting the food supply of crappie and bass.I know the carp are suppose to be filter feeders but we have caught a few on jigs and minnows.Attachment 133390
We do our part to kill as many as possible.
You can't imagine how much fun we have had with this ole boat built out of junk.We call it "NITE LITE"

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Good goobley moobley!!! Them's some big arse light bulbs!!

Fried fish for sure! Fish think they have died and gone to heaven with them lights! Can't imagine the bugs it would attract in the delta

As to the original question. I blame just about everything bad on the Corps of Engineers with all those dam dykes!!:scratchhead

May be the lack of pole limits on the lakes:popcorn