Quote Originally Posted by inrll View Post
I started fishing Eagle Creek often 7-8 years ago and could ALWAYS count on catch good numbers of 12-15" smallmouth. Since the otters its hard to catch anything over 10" and even then its only a few rockbass. I just can't understand why KDFW wouldn't try to help bring back such a good fishery.
A few months back there was a live call-in episode of KY afield where you could call in and ask questions and a panel of KDFW would answer on-air. I called and asked along with several others about the problem of otters cleaning out the fish and EVERYTIME the guys answering the questions would side step it and say that if there was a problem with otters in your farm ponds to contact them and they would come out and help remove them. Never once did they address the issue of fishing being so impacted by the otters in our waterways.
If anyone has any connections or knows any game wardens please bring this up.
I wish I knew what tree to start barking up. You would think with all of the fishing and stocking programs that KDFW would at least listen to issue. To anyone who lives around eagle creek, are the Otters still around? Has the population suffered since the creeks have been depleted?

In about 8 hours this past Saturday, kayaking about 8 miles total, I caught 4 rock bass. My fishing buddy caught two small large mouth. This was in ideal conditions with crystal clear water. We didn't so much as see a small mouth.

Heartbreaking really. Not sure how to go about changing this.