Watch out for Asian Carp nets

[WTM]

seems like the commercial fishermen are hard at it on the north section of KY lake and probably gonna be a matter of time before the mid section starts seeing them. but with something new there are always problems to be worked out. they are stringing these nets a good ways and they are only a foot below the water and there seems to be no standard for marking bouys. i have seen some pics of one net being bouyied with gallon clorox jugs like you would see catfishermen jugging.

be careful and try not to tear up these guys nets or your boat or tm motor as they need all the help they can get. pleasure boaters are another story as some dont seem to care about nothing but themselves.

 

[Westtnduckhtr]

Watch out for them as they are doing us a great favor on Ky lake.

 

[GRIT]

Thanks for the heads up i am going to ky dam marina tomorrow
to put in.

 

[TRIGGER]

That's great to hear!!! What prompted this? Price increases or subsidies?

 

[WTM]

That's great to hear!!! What prompted this? Price increases or subsidies?

both i think. prices are like 15-20 cents per pound and they have higher demand now.

 

[RUGER]

My son should have dropped these off lol

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[WTM]

My son should have dropped these off lol

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nice. interestingly though, the processors arent allowed to use bow killed fish for consumption but i beleieve there is a market for them for fertilizer and pet food.

 

[RUGER]

Interesting.
Wonder why no bowkill?

 

[WTM]

Interesting.
Wonder why no bowkill?

probably a tainted meat/inspection type deal.

 

[RUGER]

Yeah that makes sense.
The tips of bowfishing arrows do tend to be, well, nasty.

 

[7mm08]

What exactly are these things used for? Surely not human commercial consumption.... other than Capt. D's probably!

 

[scn]

What exactly are these things used for? Surely not human commercial consumption.... other than Capt. D's probably!

A lot of it is going for human consumption. I've eaten it, and it isn't bad. It is a fairly highly prized fish in some of the oriental cultures.

 

[chunkandwind]

They taste pretty dang good just time consuming to clean.

 

[Heath423]

Good luck to all the efforts to eradicate those Asian Carp! They will ruin our fisheries. I'm on Lake Chickamauga and it has been fishing great. Good luck guys/gals.

 

[WTM]

What exactly are these things used for? Surely not human commercial consumption.... other than Capt. D's probably!

the export it to 11 countries, mainly european countries for now. the chinese like fresh fish, but i believe that are beginning to export more to china and the far east. interestingly, europe is where our common carp came from. in the late 1800's our rivers were in a mess and most all gamefish had been harvested for commercial sale. since the forest along the rivers had been clear cut, common carp was the only fish that could survive and thrive in the polluted water.