Cumberland Cleanup

[panfish]

I know the TVA bought the brush chopper barge for Lake Cumberland a few years ago. Everytime i go there it seems to be sitting still. Does anyone have any updates on this? Is it running, is it having any impact on the debris floating on the lower end of the lake? What are the lake conditions between Conley and Burnside?

[mhall]

>I know the TVA bought the
>brush chopper barge for Lake
>Cumberland a few years ago.
> Everytime i go there
>it seems to be sitting
>still. Does anyone have
>any updates on this?
>Is it running, is it
>having any impact on the
>debris floating on the lower
>end of the lake?
>What are the lake conditions
>between Conley and Burnside?

I read this and when I stopped laughing, I can tell you this. The great senator Hal Rodgers come up with the debris barge plucker and it's been sitting ever since. It has been decided that it is waaaaay to expensive to man and operate and therefore there are no plans for it to come from it's mooring present resting spot. I fish Cumberland alot and if it's one thing I know if you fish it early in the year or during high water times get use to the log jams because they ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE THERE. I was out from Jamestown last Thursday morning and it was nothing but floating logs and trash and the further up lake you went the worse it got. Sorry ole buddy get use to it and be careful.

[Rangerman]

Since we have so much money tied up in this thing (millions I am sure) I would think that someone (like Mr. Rogers) needs to think of a way to get some of our money back. Maybe once he sells it we can take the money and spent it on improving the fishing, ramps, etc. on the Big C!

[mhall]

>Since we have so much money
>tied up in this thing
>(millions I am sure) I
>would think that someone (like
>Mr. Rogers) needs to think
>of a way to get
>some of our money back.
> Maybe once he sells
>it we can take the
>money and spent it on
>improving the fishing, ramps, etc.
>on the Big C!


Excellent idea, I second that motion. Maybe we all should start calling and writing him letters and telling him we want our money back,LOL,LOL.

[panfish]

Why don't we just tell him we want some money to turn it on? Run it for 2 or 3 years and see how much it helps.

[SpotBoy]

He is too busy pumpimg money into Lees Ford Marina so the NEW owner can build townhouses. He received approximately 300,000 for a new parking lot but only widened the exitsting one about 20 feet on each side. LOL Man that was some High dollar black top.

[FISHUMUP]

Its sittin at burnside marina now. been there for a year