Thread: Perquimans River 12/1

Originally Posted by crappiefarmer

Talked to a buddy that went to Bennets today. He said the grass kept choking up his intake on the way out of the canal to the river and he could not fish worth a crap. He said You would find a clear spot and small at that and within an hour it would be covered with an acres worth of grass. We are going to lose that river. pull up wads of grass on Your lines as big around as a football. Longlining is impossible.CF

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The Chowan River basin has only received 50% to 75% of the normal rainfall this year; add in the man-made negative factors, plus the fact that there is no ongoing aquatic vegetation control in any of the river's tributaries, and you can easily end up with what we are now facing. The state just doesn't give a rats a$$ about eastern NC. You can bet your butt that if aquatic vegetation was choking out some of the lakes where the state's rich-and-famous have property, there would be lots of activity to get it under control mighty quick. B-

Originally Posted by crappiefarmer

They need to move the boundary out to the 17 high rise for commercial fishermen. That spot is the funnel point for all perch on that river coming up to the narrowing at the S bridge.CF

Yup. That's what I wish they would do. Last year there were two sink nets and about 15 or so fight nets tween the two bridges. The fish don't stand much of a chance when the water narrows from a half mile or more down to a hundred yards.

Originally Posted by bhgammon

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The Chowan River basin has only received 50% to 75% of the normal rainfall this year; add in the man-made negative factors, plus the fact that there is no ongoing aquatic vegetation control in any of the river's tributaries, and you can easily end up with what we are now facing. The state just doesn't give a rats a$$ about eastern NC. You can bet your butt that if aquatic vegetation was choking out some of the lakes where the state's rich-and-famous have property, there would be lots of activity to get it under control mighty quick. B-

The only chance we have on the Chowan is the clogging of tug boat lanes. If some higher ups that have to use those lanes tighten the screws down on some state politicians, then we might get something done. They probably would just spend enough to keep the lanes open and nothing else which in the long run would be cheaper if they just went total eradication of the whole river system.

I went to Bennets today. It is not grass so much as a huge algae bloom like the river used to see every year in the 1980's. A good flushing would help. You can't fish those creeks worth a darn. Only caught 5 small crappie all day. Mark that whole place off the list now.CF