I think they need a bigger boat!!!
https://www.breitbart.com/environmen...them-out-lake/
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I think they need a bigger boat!!!
https://www.breitbart.com/environmen...them-out-lake/
That is scary.
From experience here, they just keep COMING BACK in larger numbers. Need a better mousetrap!!
That’s just wild!
They need to let the commercial guys use electro shocking.
I assume they won the tournament
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That was filmed on the Cumberland River right at Barkley Dam. That is why everybody is working to keep them out of the lakes as much as possible. Just below the filming position is the entry to the navigation locks. Right now the carp enter the locks then the lakes each time the locks are operated. The Corps of Engineers is installing an experimental underwater system that releases bubbles and flashes lights when the gates from the river to the lake are opened. Tests show the system to be up to 70% effective at keeping the carp from entering the locks. Fingers crossed!
And a bigger net.Quote:
Originally Posted by USMA65
I don't get why they haven't tried to used a Shrimp boat, they would be able to pull out tons a day. Yes they will catch other game fish but do short drags and cull the native fish. Money is being spent so mine as well make it effective.
I thought about that, myself .... but then knowing KY & Barkley Lakes, being shallow & stump infested in places, a Shrimp Boat dragging a net around wouldn't work very well, I don't think. Also, one has to remember the draft on some of those boats is >10ft below the water line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gbcorley
i met some folks on a charter boat off the florida coast that struck up a conversation with me because i was wearing a crappie.com ball cap and the wife seemed to be quite well versed in Kentucky lake and the Asian carp issue and the problems at hand concerning the issue .
i told her invasive species spell trouble almost every time i have seen them introduced into an eco system they don't belong in for sure .
hopefully they come up with a solution to this issue soon , at some point they will take over all the warm waters if we don't is my thoughts on the subject .
I have always wondered why they were ever allowed in this country to begin with. Why were catfish farmers in Arkansas raising them? How were they being marketed? Have those farmers ever been held responsible, or does the responsibility lie further up the "food chain" ? I am not trying to raise hackles, but these are valid questions, IMHO.
Makes one wonder if we REALLY were eating catfish????Quote:
Originally Posted by USMA65
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Believe me, you could tell the difference. I've eaten Asian Carp, and it in no way resembles the taste or texture of Catfish. nononoQuote:
Originally Posted by Nutbush