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For those of you that get the Kentucky Afield Magazine (if you don't, you should) there is a 4 page article on the Modified Unified Method of Carp Netting. They posted some interesting photos of some of the mechanisms they used to move the carp into the nets.
Yep, read the article, Lots of good information, but in my mind VERY poor results for ALL the effort, but again, that's my opinion. The commercial guys can collect this amount in a few days if given the over $1/pound we paid for this exercise($500,000 cost to us). But, I did read, that this effort will soon ERADICATE ALL the Asian Carp in Barkley. This will be good news for all the people there who depend on getting this done. Hope it happens soon, did see it(Asian Carp stories) has severely hurt the businesses there.
I think the carp will be a problem for year to come
jaycrappie, I agree, lots of work by our state, but don't think the Carp will be gone for a while. I fished last year at KY lake, Bluegill fishing. Found several nice beds in a big bay, caught some nice fish, but next day the Asian Carp were in the same Bay, jumping as I moved in NOTHING for Bluegill in the same area. I guess they run the fish out of the beds for a while. Just don't know for sure, but if this is true, then the bedding fish there will constantly have a problem getting a good spawn.
Just remember that harvesting carp was only part of the reason they did it. A big goal was just to try it out and learn how it worked. Hopefully they can take the lessons learned and come up with a better approach.Quote:
Originally Posted by perchjerker108
I am really concerned about the cost. As with any government involvement (project) all the money is used in the
engineering / design phase and there will be no money left to actually remove the carp. How many of these "learning" sessions will we go through before "sorry there is no more funding available." I wonder how much was spent flying- floating the government officials in to see this learning lesson.
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Originally Posted by CatFan
Does the article make the claim that this method would eradicate the Asian Carp population in Barkley?Quote:
Originally Posted by perchjerker108
It really doesn't make any difference what it costs to cater to the politicians, as long as its their idea, you don't run out of money.Quote:
Originally Posted by RL56
Only when they become disinterested is when the money tree quits producing. LDS
Could someone scan and post the article please? I don't get the magazine and it is not on fw.ky.gov.
My .02. You will likely only ever see carp netting and catching on this scale in KY and Barkley. KDFWR is not getting pushed to do anything about them in any other waterbody the way they are in those two lakes. The squeaky wheel gets the oil so to speak.
Redearhooser. On page 17, last paragraph of article, quote from Ron Brooks.: "We now have a closed system with the Bio Acoustic Fish Fence on Lake Barkley. We can eradicate Asian carp from Lake Barkley with such large quantities being removed from the lake." I took this 'eradicate' that they will be removed. I'm hoping eradicate means they will be gone shortly in Barkley. Maybe just wishful thinking on my part.
Those are the only two lakes with transit locks that are connected to the Ohio River, so they should be the only lakes in KY that would have that problem. I say "should" because there's always the netting & transporting of "shad" that could also contain juvenile Asian Carp :mad: ... which could lead to them becoming established in lakes without locks.Quote:
Originally Posted by smashdn
I do know for a fact that the Asian Carp do travel all the way up the Salt River to the spillway of Taylorsville Lake ... but that's as far as they can go (unless someone nets their fry and takes them up to the lake).
They are in the tribs to the ohio. I am not sure if netting is even feasible in the rivers but from my limited convo with the bios they are not doing anything in the rivers to reduce the numbers or limit travel and have concluded that they are not reproducing either from their sampling over the years. (I am not sure I buy that last part though.) The rivers have a lower commercial fishing presence and frankly as you move away from the lakes and the ohio I have never seen a fish market to sell your catch. They can jump the low head dams or go over them in high water. They are in Barren up to bowling green and Green at least up to #5. I haven't run into them above #5 but it wouldn't surprise me if they are. It is a long way from #5 to GRL. Not as far from BG to BRL, plus there are numerous tribs to Barren river as well.
Fact is Asian carp will never be completely eradicated, increased commercial harvest will keep the population manageable for wildlife officials and reduce the threats to our economy, sport fishery and keep boaters safe. RE: Commercial Harvesting...“We believe this will increase the amount of Asian carp coming out of those lakes to five million pounds per year,” Ron Brooks said. “A sustained harvest of this amount will significantly reduce the impact of Asian carp on these nationally-recognized crappie lakes.”
Shedd Creek Sis, thanks for the post. I guess Mr. Ron Brooks cannot decide the difference between 'eradicate' and 'significantly reduce'. I know for a fact that in the KY Afield article he used the term 'eradicate'. I guess this is just wishful thinking.