I sure hope they were gizzard shad and not the Asian carp. If the Asian Carp or Grass Carp are in Patoka God help us get rid of them.

I absolutey hate those things and the potential damage they can create in a body of water.

We have them down here in Bluegrass F& W big three pits and also in KY and Barkley Lake now. They are in the Ohio River which means they can travel up any creek to any body of water that's hydrologically connected to the Ohio River. That means that Hovey's lake is full of these exotic carp too.

We may all need to buy bows and fishing arrows and start shooting these things day and night to kill as many of them as possible.

Quote Originally Posted by Atomdata View Post
I fished a night tournament last night on Patoka. In the grass beds across from the marina at Newton Stewart, I had to raise my trolling motor up to get off a grass bed. As the blade was running at the surface, about 50+ 6" fish starting jumping out of the water in all directions. I did it a few more times and the same thing happened. They sure looked like small Asian carp to me.

As anyone heard of them making their way into Patoka? I am pretty sure thats what they were....I fish Patoka allot and I have never seen that happen before.