Are you giving up on these lakes without even knowing the situation?
Yes, both lakes have been affected by the carp. That is because of them competing for food with the small fish like Shad.
I have been on both lakes in the last month, only missing a handful of days. I have not seen a jumping silver carp in months. That may be because I tend to frequent deep water areas. I have seenBigheads feeding on the surface but we just troll right thru the schools of them.
The crappie are in wonderful shape. Same goes for bass , yellows, catfish.
Yes, we have carp. Yes, we have carp nets even though I haven’t seen one in 2 weeks.
I just came off Barkley. We caught some of the healthiest crappie you would ever want for this time of the year and we trolled right thru schools of carp on the surface.
The commercial fishermen are working their tails off to remove Asian carp from the lakes.
The demise of Ky and Barkley lakes has been greatly overstated.
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