Bighead carp

[Saltwaterwalt]

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

That law applies period.....only 3 hooks....has nothing to do with the specie....if you put it in the water only 3 hooks.


Regards

I know, crazy Tn law. Yet a crankbait with three treble hooks is legal while an Alabama rig with 6 single hooks is not. The crankbait has 9 possibilities of hooking the fish vs the A-rig's 6. I really have never understood the fuss by the TWRA on this.

[agelesssone]

Originally Posted by Saltwaterwalt

I know, crazy Tn law. Yet a crankbait with three treble hooks is legal while an Alabama rig with 6 single hooks is not. The crankbait has 9 possibilities of hooking the fish vs the A-rig's 6. I really have never understood the fuss by the TWRA on this.

Walt, let's take it to extremes....2 guys in one boat spider rigging 8 poles each. Each pole has 3 jigs. How many hooks are in the water? Versus an Arig with a total of five hooks possible.
Even if a guy was trolling 8 rods with Arigs, he's still only got 40 hooks in the water.
Dumb law for sure.

[MagnoAndrade]

Some people eat them but only when they're small(under 10bs), when they get too big there's too much fat.

We can always adapt the "shower" and remove 2 hooks.

I am going to Lake Barkley in Sept, looks like they are plague there - Will post the results here.

[Blackdog]

I duck hunt in Dover off of Lake Barkley and we have had them jump in the boat on several occasions while blind building in late summer/early fall. Catch them all!

[SalmonDaze]

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

That law applies period.....only 3 hooks....has nothing to do with the specie....if you put it in the water only 3 hooks.


Regards

Incorrect.

See page 9 for the exception. I use a sabiki.

http://www.tnfish.org/files/Tennesse...ationsTWRA.pdf

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by SalmonDaze

Incorrect.

See page 9 for the exception. I use a sabiki.

http://www.tnfish.org/files/Tennesse...ationsTWRA.pdf

No...I wasn't incorrect at all. His pics made well aware of what type of rig he thought about using. They all looked like some sort of a U-rig...A-rig. I am sure any TWRA officer would have thought the same. His thoughts weren't about using multiple jig heads on a line....or a sabiki rig. I am well aware of the law. My comments were made as to the rigs he was displaying..


Regards