Hey ssky sorry to hear about your motor. Hate that you can't get out there. you i actually know that Ky has asked Tenn not to stock the stripers in the river before but they know what kind of fishery it is and that is why they continue to stock the stripers. nothing against our state but Tenn. stocks many more lakes with stripers than KY. They also stock the same rivers with both trout and stripers. I am sure they are not just doing that to feed the stripers. Also you know it is not just the stripers that eat trout but catfish, bass, walleye, and of course bigger trout. I would be up for musky in the river too. I wouldn't mind catching them either. Tenn. actually does this at melton hill. It is turning into a great musky lake and still produces big stripers. Both states have their reasons to stock the way they do. But to tell the truth the only thing that really hurts the trout fishery or the striper fishery is people.