Lots of guys selling catfish

[Beespringer]

Personally I doubt I would go to a pay lake for Asian Carp for a few reasons.

If I go to a pay lake it would be because I want to give my children a better chance of catching both more fish, and a bigger fish to help build their excitement in interest in the sport. Part of that though would be for them to actually catch a fish like they would be when fishing with me other times, and learning about setting the hook, etc. and snagging a carp just wouldn't be the same .

While I am sure they taste good, I have read that they have a ton of bones and are a nightmare to clean. I just wouldn't want to deal with that compared to cleaning a catfish. Maybe they would have to offer some type of cleaning service included in the price.

One other big concern I would have about Asian Carp pay lakes. Would the catching, transporting and selling of them increase the chances of them maybe ending up dumped in some water that is currently uninfected by them? Even if it is only a small chance, if there was any increase in the chance that they spread because of this, I would not want to take that chance.

I can see your points and there well stated. Paylakes have another alternative to wild fish and that's farm raised fish. Many paylakes stock these fish but they aren't as big as what they can buy from the netters. So what they do is buy most of the smaller size fish from the farms and buy the older larger fish from the C/F guys that net them from ky waters.. Some paylakes buy their own C/F license and net the fish themselves.

Regulating wild caught catfish WILL not shut down paylakes it will only help having a healthy population of wild fish.

[SLP]

I can see your points and there well stated. Paylakes have another alternative to wild fish and that's farm raised fish. Many paylakes stock these fish but they aren't as big as what they can buy from the netters. So what they do is buy most of the smaller size fish from the farms and buy the older larger fish from the C/F guys that net them from ky waters.. Some paylakes buy their own C/F license and net the fish themselves.

Regulating wild caught catfish WILL not shut down paylakes it will only help having a healthy population of wild fish.

I am not informed enough on the subject to know all of the consequences to the commercial fisherman and how big a part of their business it is, or how much it would economically hinder the pay lake business but I don't really see much down side of making it illegal to sell any wild catfish to pay lakes. Just require they get all their fish from farms. But again, I admit I am not informed enough to know all the impacts of such a decision.