Hi friends. I am a sport fisherman as well as other people on the lake. I don't take any fish home for myself. Always catch and release even 1 or 20 fishes. I am definitely not a fish poacher !! All I am trying to say is we are spending thousands of dollars on buying boats. lures, rods, reels, and only have 1 or 2 days fishing a week. We want to make the best out of it. We put a lot of money into our hobby. WE CAN WASTE OUR TIME ON WATER !!!. It seems to me that TWRA is not doing their job. They are not stocking Florida Bass in to JPP because they favor other parts of Tennessee that Middle. This is a form of discrimination that TWRA is obviously practicing! I get it but I can stand someone who sucks at their job makes out time on water suffered. We are out there to catch fishes, not to run around and find fishes. If we have enough fish in the lake,m we don't have to run anywhere, just launch the boat and start catching them. That is my goal. Thank you for being understanding !
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Originally Posted by Flatline
Not sure where you got your numbers but I'll run with that... Understand that this conversation is speculative at this point because neither one of us have actual numbers.
Now given I lack the knowledge of how the fish is reintroduced after a tournament or how many fish die during the course before, during and after... I'm sure the fish is NOT relocated to where they were taken.
Then we have how many tournaments a yr ? Compounded by how many thousands of people fish that lake every year, some go repeatedly, several times a weeks.
If that isn't enough, lets look at natures natural selection... Fish eating each other with the occasional bird, turtle, water snake, ect...
I'm sorry, I don't buy they lake is void of fish stated by willbefreeway or that there is 50 adult bass per acre by you.
People are flooding into the area that are also fish and one final thing, tourism in the area is increasing annually. Hobby fishermen like myself are not a threat to the fish... however your pros and guide services that know where and how to get to the fish are.
So when I see someone that says I take home 20 + fish in one breath and then complain that there are no more fish to catch, fail to realize they are part of the problem. And those that are delusional and think a lake can more than recover from any amount of pressure is equally delusional. (I'm not trying to be insulting or offensive)
If I'm wrong, then why does the TWRA feel the need to stock ANY lake or river... not the introduction of a new specious, but what is supposed to be native to the state to begin with..?
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