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Well on a side note did you catch any fish.
Some of the local ramps that the"bow fishermen" use have hidden cameras to catch the plate numbers of the ones that do this nonsense.
Rich, is it possible they have have washed up into that area? Those all look like the silvers that I'm seeing die all over the lake areas I have been fishing.
I saw bank walking Bow-fishermen last night when I loaded up (Monday night) ...
There were dead carp there in the parking lot with arrow holes in them today (Tuesday afternoon) ...
These idiots rack'em & stack'em just long enough to get pictures of their "success" ...
And then leave the mess (and stink) for everyone else to put up with ...
I'm glad these guys are killing the beasts... but their ethics after the kill are despicable ...
Rickie
Doug they had arrow holes in them
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Yes caught a fewQuote:
Originally Posted by ccollins
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I always wondered what bow fishermen did with their catches. For the most part, they are killing fish nobody eats. I'm sure lots do something like this but what is the proper way to deal with the waste after they are done? Maybe a dumb question but I've always wondered that. Like you said, great to kill all the bigeyes they can but i personally never understood spearing a non-invasive fish just to let it rot. If I kill something intentionally, it is going on a plate. I'm not one to judge those others that do it legally and ethically, but it just isn't for me.
Cut the gills to kill, put a hole in the air bladder and let them loose back into the water is one way.
Haul them off and dump them in a field corner or off into the woods way away from house or where people frequent. NOT ON WMA's THOUGH.
When a 10 pound silver carp hits you in the face as you're running your boat down your favorite waterway, you will change your mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by kybluediver
Long before the Asian carp invasion we fished below the Rend Lake spillway up in Illinois. Used to absolutely tear up the white bass. The bad thing was the stink. Gar and carp were the main fish you saw on the banks, but there were also white bass, stripers, crappie...just about every species you can think of tossed up on the rocks to rot. Drove me nuts. I have no problem with killing gar and carp, but why toss them on the rocks where they rot and ruin others fishing? Kill them and toss them back in the water so they float on down and a coon will eat them. Another good thing to use them for is fertilizer. Bury them on the edge of your garden or, if you haven't planted yet, till them directly into the garden.
There's been dead fish in the rocks below KY and Barkley for as long as I can remember. I got no idea how they got there but you saw everything in the rocks, shad, carp, catfish, drum, gar, spoonbills, etc.
There are bow fishermen that simply want their picture with the great success of a pile of arrowed fish ...Quote:
Originally Posted by chrispbrown27
So they stack them on the bank for pictures ... and then walk away ...
Rickie
Ya'll should have crawdads the size of lobsters & snapping turtles the size of Volkswagens with all that free food lying around. I just hope you don't end up with coons the size of bears :banghead
I appreciate them out there fighting the good fight against some of these carp and realize not all bow fishermen are bad folks. I've seen them dumping their nightly catch into the main river channel after taking pictures to send them downstream and avoid this issue. Catching skipjacks below Ky and Barkley could make a maggot gag in the summertime where some of the folks just chuck them onto the rocks instead of cutting their belly and chucking them back into the river to feed stuff downstream. There's respectful and disrespectful bowfishermen just like there are respectful and jerks fishing every other way.