Think they will get in Watts Bar? Doesn't it have a dam they can't get through?
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Sad, Sad!!
Just sad that this has happened to these lakes and river.
I lived on Douglas lake for 12 years and fished some of these lakes and absolutely great quality fishing because of the work TWRA does.
Tennessee river will eventually have them up to Douglas and Cherokee lakes dams that have no locks. Sad just sad.
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It's not the numbers or the size, it's the time spent on the water!
Unfortunately, it was inevitable.
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All it takes is a couple females and a male to make it through. Ten years after that you’re screwed. No need and sugar coating it.
First one I heard of was in circa 2000 on a Mississippi River oxbow, Clear creek aka the chute. Caught good fish for about 5 years after then noticed it was dwindling.
It’s ruined so many places I’ve fished all my life. I despise the people that brought them here. I’m almost willing for TWRA to just poison the river to kill everything and start over. Only problem is you’d have to poison the Mississippi and all tributaries.
There really is no answer. A lot of people blame TWRA for not doing enough, but it’s an impossible situation.
When you’re jig fishing a couple years from now, and you see a cloud of fingerlings come by your boat that’s 50’ wide and a 100’ long, you’ll understand it’s an impossible situation.
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[QUOTE=tcounty;3938975]All it takes is a couple females and a male to make it through. Ten years after that you’re screwed. No need and sugar coating it.
First one I heard of was in circa 2000 on a Mississippi River oxbow, Clear creek aka the chute. Caught good fish for about 5 years after then noticed it was dwindling.
It’s ruined so many places I’ve fished all my life. I despise the people that brought them here. I’m almost willing for TWRA to just poison the river to kill everything and start over. Only problem is you’d have to poison the Mississippi and all tributaries.
There really is no answer. A lot of people blame TWRA for not doing enough, but it’s an impossible situation.
When you’re jig fishing a couple years from now, and you see a cloud of fingerlings come by your boat that’s 50’ wide and a 100’ long, you’ll understand it’s an impossible situation.
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No natural predators is the biggest problems.
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