Eating Sauger

Sorry but a fish that swims in the stuff found in the river will not make it to my dinner table. I saw some of the discharge at one place when we were trying to catch bait last year and the smell was like a port-o-jon. I mean there are power plants and industrial pants right on the river!
I don't trust the people who give an advisory either because in a few years they will probably say that oops we misunderstood the data. Naw, not me the fish I catch in this state get let go regardless of river, lake, creek or stream.

For those of you who won't eat fish because of the drums, cars, and other debris in the river, have you ever been in the headwaters of any of the rivers that make up our lakes? Have you seen whats in the Cumberland river between Harlan and the falls? And have you seen whats on the bottoms of any of the lakes--there are very few that haven't been used as dumping grounds for someone's trash and cars? Or is it just a case of out of sight, out of mind?

[QUOTE=creeker;361008]For those of you who won't eat fish because of the drums, cars, and other debris in the river, have you ever been in the headwaters of any of the rivers that make up our lakes? Have you seen whats in the Cumberland river between Harlan and the falls? And have you seen whats on the bottoms of any of the lakes--there are very few that haven't been used as dumping grounds for someone's trash and cars? Or is it just a case of out of sight, out of mind?[/QUOTE]

Or..........how about the 3500 OIL Wells that existed on the land that now makes up Dale Hollow Lake......If you fish the lake a lot, and you fish it the right times, you will SMELL it, and SEE IT..........lots of residual OIL.

That doesn't keep the meat hunters from taking smallies, AND it doesn't keep me from taking the ocassional walleye or trout or spot.

AND what about KY Lake, or Barkely Lake.......you'd eat fish there........well, that is the CUMBERLAND and TENNESSEE Rivers......and they flow through some of the WORSE offenders for toxic waste in our country..........

You guys KILL ME.

Later,

Geo

Its PERFECTLY safe to eat saugar out of the Ohio and trust me ALOT of people do it and we are all fine.

The advisories are pretty much for any fish caught in any river or lake or even the ocean.

I just wouldnt make it a habit of fileting up a 40lb blue once a week.

So that explains why Geo is so onoray lol lol lol. eating all those Ohio river fish, lol. I have ate sauger from the Ohio, fish from there or any body of water a matter of fact, are probally no worse comtaminated than our food bought in stores, I mean, look at peanut butter, hamburger scares, chicken, and all the hormones, antibotics and growth feeds they put in our food, pesticides, ferttilizer etc etc etc. Who really knows what is safe now, I grow a garden and use only horse po for fertilizer, so I know some of my stuff is safeer than some.

Upper Reach (Mouth of Big Sandy to Markland Dam )

Species General Population Special Population
Paddlefish (and eggs) 6 meals / year No consumption
Carp 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Channel catfish-Greater than 21 inches 6 meals / year No consumption
Channel catfish-Less than 21 inches 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Smallmouth buffalo 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
White bass 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Drum 1 meal / month 6 meals/ year
White crappie Unlimited 1 meal / week
Hybrid striped bass 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Sauger 1 meal / week 1 meal / month
Flathead catfish 1 meal / week 1 meal / month
Black basses (largemouth, etc.) 1 meal / week 1 meal / month
Middle Reach (Markland Dam to Cannelton Dam)
Species General Population Special Population
Paddlefish (and eggs) 6 meals / year No consumption
Channel catfish greater than 21 inches 6 meals / year No consumption
Channel catfish less than 21inches 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Carp 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Hybrid striped bass 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
White bass 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Drum 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Sauger 1 meal / week 1 meal / month
Black basses 1 meal / week 1 meal / month
Flathead catfish 1 meal / week 1 meal / month
Lower Reach (Cannelton Dam to Mississippi River)
Species General Population Special Population
Paddlefish (and eggs) 6 meals / year No consumption
Channel catfish 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Carp 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Blue catfish greater than14 inches 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Blue catfish less than14 inches 1 meal / week 1 meal / month
Drum 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Hybrid striped bass 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Sauger 1 meal / week 1 meal / month
White bass 1 meal / month 6 meals / year
Black basses (largemouth, spotted) 1 meal / week 1 meal / month
White crappie Unlimited 1 meal / week
Bigmouth buffalo 1 meal / week 1 meal / month
Flathead Catfish 1 meal/week 1meal/month



its not going to kill you if it did id been dead years ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ain't no way I'd eat anything from there. To each his own I guess.

[QUOTE=DJD;361065]Ain't no way I'd eat anything from there. To each his own I guess.[/QUOTE]

If you eat salmon, or redfish, or yellowfin tuna, or albacore tuna, or scallops, or oysters, or swordfish.............or.........

You are probably ingesting a higher level of mercury than what is in Ohio River sauger.......

Just figure you should know.

Later,

Geo

Fact is, sauger need very clean water.
30 yrs ago they were almost gone due to the pollution.
They are thriving once again in the Ohio.
They could never live in most of our lakes because
of the pollution being worse there..
The Ohio is not as bad as most of the lakes, contrary to what most
people think, and the Sauger proove it.