Saw Something Yesterday That Fired Me Up
This is directed mainly at folks that fish Kentucky and Barkley Lakes.
Yesterday Big Willie and I went fish'n. As I came into the bay I hit something with my lower unit. I stopped and looked back and saw a float. Went over and asked a buddy of mine if it was what I thought it was. He confirmed my fear. A DARN GILL NET!
What in the heck is the KDFW doing letting nets in the bays this time of year???!!!:mad: They caught a guy out here a couple years back with illegal nets! Now I'm not saying these nets are illegal. I realize commercial fishermen work hard and have to make a living too but... It is absolute ignorance to allow nets in the bays this time of year!
I call KDFW and check on if the nets should be in there right then. They told me that there was a special netting season that ran thru Mar. 31st. I said "do you realize these bays are full of crappie and bass right now?" He told me "we don't make the laws we just enforce'um." Or something to that effect.
I just went to a meeting in feb. of 2009, that the KDFW put on, that addressed the declining crappie populations in Ky and Barkley Lakes. They just had an artical in the local paper about poor crappie seasons ahead.
Makes me wonder what kinda idiots we got run'n this show. They'll tell ya "Oh these nets have to be a size that won't hurt the crappie." "They have to release all game fish." I told them at the meeting about me going over to commercial fisherman pulling nets to warn him about jigs hung in his nets and seeing the bottum of his boat coverd up with BIG crappie a couple of years ago. I asked the guy if he was keeping crappie. He said "no we gotta throw them back." And then tossed 1 over the side. I said "You need to throw them back before they die!" Paul Rister asked if I reported it. I said "you darn right I did." Ask anybody that was at that meeting. They'll back me up.
BS!!!!!!!!!! They can say what they want to. I've been around nets all my life and I know what gets caught in'um and they don't live after they get caught!!! :mad:
We need to raise some **** about this! Those nets need to be out of the bays by the last of Feb at the latest.
Call or Email Paul Rister (Ky fishers Biologist) and raise ****! I did! If we don't speak up it will keep going on!
What in the Heck are they think'n?!!!