due to asian carp harvesting. for those that fish on the north side in ky.
The harvest techniques will include the use of seines, which will require debris to be cleared from the lake bottom in a smaller 300-foot by 500-foot area of each bay. The cleared areas will be called "Asian Carp Harvest Areas" and marked with buoys. Maps showing the bays and the designated harvest area in each bay are available below.
On the maps, the areas with orange crosshatching are the portions of the bays that will be closed periodically to boat traffic and blocked off with nets to contain the Asian Carp.
Debris will only be removed from the lake bottom in the smaller 300-foot by 500-foot areas denoted by the purple circles on the maps. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife requests that anglers refrain from deploying any fish habitat in the smaller 300-foot by 500-foot areas marked by the "Asian Carp Harvest Area" buoys.
Clearing of the areas will start in early December. The timing of the harvest activities is being determined and will be posted on the Western Kentucky Fisheries Facebook page (@westerndistrictfisheries) as more definitive dates are planned.
In general, site preparation and Asian Carp harvest in these areas will occur periodically from December to early March. The work will be limited to weekdays during duck season, and boating access at these locations may be affected for up to five days while harvest efforts are underway.
December 2020 – Update
Waterfowl hunters, anglers and boaters should anticipate limited access to portions of Pisgah, Smith, Sledd Creek, Ledbetter Creek, and Vickers bays on Kentucky Lake periodically from December to early March as officials evaluate experimental Asian Carp harvest techniques.The harvest techniques will include the use of seines, which will require debris to be cleared from the lake bottom in a smaller 300-foot by 500-foot area of each bay. The cleared areas will be called "Asian Carp Harvest Areas" and marked with buoys. Maps showing the bays and the designated harvest area in each bay are available below.
On the maps, the areas with orange crosshatching are the portions of the bays that will be closed periodically to boat traffic and blocked off with nets to contain the Asian Carp.
Debris will only be removed from the lake bottom in the smaller 300-foot by 500-foot areas denoted by the purple circles on the maps. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife requests that anglers refrain from deploying any fish habitat in the smaller 300-foot by 500-foot areas marked by the "Asian Carp Harvest Area" buoys.
Clearing of the areas will start in early December. The timing of the harvest activities is being determined and will be posted on the Western Kentucky Fisheries Facebook page (@westerndistrictfisheries) as more definitive dates are planned.
In general, site preparation and Asian Carp harvest in these areas will occur periodically from December to early March. The work will be limited to weekdays during duck season, and boating access at these locations may be affected for up to five days while harvest efforts are underway.
