Asian Carp

[FlyLie]

Man have I been living in the dark. Thought this was isolated to a few locations, i.e. northern rivers, etc. If they are in the OHIO and spreading, then...what/where next!

Don't want to jump the gun, but where are we as far as Local and State Fish & Wildlife programs addressing this invasive issue? Where can I find "factural informaton" and to who/whom, etc should I address my concerns? More importantly, what can be done?

[parker]

Short of a total fish kill Boone I dont know of anything we can do. Tim Farmer is promoting how good they are to eat so that means the Dept has no idea imo.

[colonelmeyer]

I hate those stinkin' things! This past spring at KY lake one jumped in the boat and hit me in the back of my knee, it was about 4 or 5 pounds, wasn't exactly painful but I definitely felt it. It bounced off me and busted its head on the corner of the battery casing, then I whomped it good threw it back in the drink, ha ha.

[mybentrod]

As I understand it the best way to help is to kill those suicidal dive bombers. Don't just put em back in the water. Kill it then put it back. Stab the thing and let it become turtle food. Here's a good way if traveling with a buddy. Might get a couple of odd looks from the summertime pleasure boaters, but the fisherman would retake the lakes again....lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEIu4l4mNVQ

[DJD]

AWesome video. Thats a good way to stay sharp on the reaction shooting with the bow.

[kygorski]

Killinmg em is the answer, but how many can you kill?Its like swatting flys.Right now there is an issue in the supreme court about those fish, dont know exactly whats it about, dont really care, like I said I'm 73 yrs old, what ever the out come I probably wont be around to either benefit or suffer from it. If they get into the great lakes, in a number of years they will wipe out the native fish. Whats to stop them from gaining access to the TN river or the cumberland river? Commercial fishing could control them, but there is no marketing of them. These things jump like a tarpon, get to be good size, they even might have some sporting value.

[the_donger]

[QUOTE=kygorski;394927] Whats to stop them from gaining access to the TN river or the cumberland river? Commercial fishing could control them, but there is no marketing of them. QUOTE]

They are already in KY lake and Lake Barkely which means they are in the TN and Cumberland Rivers.

[bassnyde]

I have posted on here before about this topic, but I had a 4-foot long one of these asian carp jump next to my boat while fishing in 3 feet of water along the bank of the Little Kentucky River in 2004. Scared the crap out of me.

[colonelmeyer]

Calm limp rod, calm. You can rest assured no transgressions against me will go unattended. I'm sure it ended up turtle food with it's brains leaking out of its soft skull and lower jaw ripped off. It was really sort of a pretty picture, crimson on chrome, swirling around concentric rings of black and gold.

[sweett4u]

seen some below the dam at taylorsville lake earlier this year all different sizes
almost went and got my bow

[Grumman]

I just posted a picture taken at the Falls of the Ohio in the spring of two giants making their up stream.

[HURRICANEBOB]

I think if we adopted this method and allowed one dispenser per fishing boat we may have a chance of reducing the population.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPGLwAlxBdM