Smallmouth Poaching on Dale

[aceoky]

The easiest way to stop this is to stop the shad and shiner fishing which would be hard to do. Cumberland has been raped for years Striper and smallmouth!!!!

Have personally seen more than one guide boat catch way over the limit on shad.

IMHO live bait makes it far easier for someone to abuse the fishery. Take cumberland for example Average striper size in the 70s and 80s was much better than it will ever be again due to the effectiveness of live bait for removing fish from the population before they can reach trophy size

Holders of sport fishing licenses
may take live bait from public waters
and may possess up to 500 minnows...........500 shad (

http://fw.ky.gov/pdf/09fishguidefishingregs.pdf

HOW are these folks keeping MORE than 500 shad alive when you have witnessed this? I know they have big tanks but keeping 50 shad alive is a huge chore.....