[tkwalker]

Originally Posted by tennarl

In my experience, someone who refers to multiple "minorities" in a public forum and later says "promise you, I'm not racist" is probably racist. I'm guessing, but you were born pre-1960, no? Not here to cause huge stink, but I'll cause a minor one because you weren't even trying to hide your distaste. Like no white, redneck has ever over-harvested fish. And don't give us the "conservation" nonsense. For every "Laotian" I've seen taking home a stringer of crappies there's 10 -- here it comes again -- white, rednecks driving around percy drunk, tossing trash overboard, and saying the same gibberish as you under their breath. I'm sure I'm in the minority with my take considering the likely demographics of this board but figure someone should say something.

Suppose this is a bad time to ask about water clarity, no?

Andrew, I have been following this thread for sometime ... And Andrew there is only about 10 years different in both of your ages ... I see where Headhunter is coming from .. This topic has been hit many times before ... Illegal Harvesting , trashing the banks etc. by Asians, Latino's , etc...

Here is my 7 decade observation on this subject of fishing Middle Tennessee ... I will start with the last three decades In reference to the Asians and Latino's, etc ... Now this is my personal observations while fishing and guiding on JPP, East and West Fork and Old Hickory, also Barkley, Cheatham, Normandy, Center Hill ...

When the first wave of (for the most part from Latin America was Illegal 's, the Asian Community were more documented) The worst that I saw as far as overharvesting was from the 80's up to mid 2000 ... Since that time I have seen a reduction as far a Blatant overharvesting and trashing ... And I do think communication and education has helped some ... Now there is an undue Stigma that is held on the earlier years for sure ... But the overharvesting and trashing is still there today...

Now let's look at us White Rednecks .. Yep we are guilty as charged! Now the legal aspect of this if you can find some 50's thru 70's fishing Magazines of the stringers of fish that was kept legally, including tournaments, held up by the Proud Fisherman on stringers which would be considered illegal by today's standards ..Especially keeping the BASS ...

Now are we white rednecks guilty of overharvesting and Trashing .. yes indeed !! I have witnessed dozens of trophy stripers laying on the bank of the Caney with their throats cut by the locals in Carthage because they were considered trash fish with their Beer cans and whisky bottles ... Also while trout fishing on the Caney at Bettys Island a family of locals catching over limit trout and hauling them up to their house on their 4 wheeler and coming back to reload ... Crappie Fishing, Bass Fishing, Stripers etc ... But the overharvesting and trashing is still there today... BY the white Redneck ...


Also have paid the price by approaching a fisherman (White Redneck) who was keeping undersize Stripers 3 times the limit ... What I received back at the ramp was all four of my tandem trailer and all 4 of my truck Valve stems pulled from my wheels ... all 8 on a Sunday evening a nightfall ... Yep they were all white rednecks ...

So Andrew here is what I think and a question ... I think you are a fisherman and want to gain from this site and I feel could add a lot of valuable information for us ... And to be honest I know that all of our members are not white and rednecks ... Now this is a family oriented site and I will say everything was honest and above board ... But now it has got way off subject from the original post ... But it was a great subject (Again) But remember there are a lot of great members here ... and don't judge our age in regards to prejudice .. Now you are profiling, and you are wrong !!... Which is not uncommon for a 37 year old ...

Now we have a couple of members who add nothing as far as good info to the site for a LONG TIME!... all they want to do is gripe and complain about the site and cause trouble ... This conversation was none of the above ... Thanks for you input ... <'TK><