Seen this news feed on the internet this morning about Asian carp.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/9888c18...en-native.html
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Seen this news feed on the internet this morning about Asian carp.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/9888c18...en-native.html
They’re unstoppable. They’ve ruined all my favorite spots that feed off the Mississippi River. Lauderdale County used to have plenty Crappie in the oxbows 15 years ago.
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I use to work with a guy from Riply. He use to tell me how good the oxbowl fishing was down there before the carp hit. He doesn't even fish anymore nowQuote:
Originally Posted by tcounty
This problem is going to require big money to bring it under control. Federal Government type subsidies.
Not sure I want the feds to be in control of another failed program!Quote:
Originally Posted by ET Fish
Subsidy, not in charge.Quote:
Originally Posted by sls
Govt can't even run a choo choo, which is heavily subsidized. Heck, I could run a choo choo when I was a kid.
If carp harvesting was profitable commercially, then, a lot could probably be done. Ky Wildlife had some carp catching contests and got rid of tons of the suckers.
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This is one I shot 3-4 years ago at Sunk Lake in Lauderdale County. Used to be a good bream lake.
Bottom of my boat is 4’ and I’m guessing he weighed 60#. Imagine how much shad food it ate in a day.
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I fear the day they escaped from the farm ponds was a day to late. I don't believe there is any stopping them they will either become part of all of our fishing areas connected to rivers or they will become the only fish left in our fisheries. I applaud all the DNRs efforts but the horse is already out of the barn hopefully they can introduce efforts to stop them from moving into non river connected bodies of water . Every body of water they are in has already been changed maybe the other species can adapt but only time will tell. We are headed down next week for our annual bluegill redear trip fishing out of cypress bay hoping for some success, the last two years have not been good.