Brook trout stream in Smokies sabotaged
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Topic: Brook trout stream in Smokies sabotaged
Posted By: alabamatoy
Subject: Brook trout stream in Smokies sabotaged
Date Posted: 17 June 2010 at 12:26am
From David Borum, the SFWDA Legislative Affairs guy:
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Posted By: 50Willys
Date Posted: 17 June 2010 at 12:47am
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Better close the fish hatcheries for ruining the brook trout environment!
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 17 June 2010 at 12:59am
How can it be illegal to introduce a fish BACK into a stream and how the hell do you designate a stream just for a specific type of fish? Do they get memo's? Did the rainbows get an eviction notice? Saying "restocking" and "back" implies the fish were there to begin with or am I missing something here? Who cares if they are "competing" for food and habitat. It's nature and survival of the fittest. It's how this planet came to be since creation. Anybody want to call that number and mention TU as a suspect?  |
alabamatoy wrote:Posted By: bluetoy
Date Posted: 17 June 2010 at 1:13am
Drake, rainbows are not native to that area. They are an invasive species to the native brook trout. But...... the offroaders killed all the brook trout at tellico........
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Posted By: scoutman
Date Posted: 17 June 2010 at 2:40am
So who is going to help out the poor fish that are getting ELECTROSHOCKED! Oh the horror of it all....
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Posted By: RL-RRC
Date Posted: 17 June 2010 at 3:05am
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Posted By: 98TJ
Date Posted: 17 June 2010 at 3:25am
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The obvious solution is to ban all the fishermen sabatures from any and all national park and national forest waters (including Tellico).
The fishermen sabatures did the exact same thing to the largest natural high mtn lake in the US, which is Yellowstone Lake. Fishermen illegally stocked Lake Trout into the lake and now they are eating up all the native cutthroat.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 17 June 2010 at 4:07am
I agree. Because just like those who participate in offroading, they are all the same.  None of them respect the land and resources and are only out there to fish for their own personal amusement. They should be banned from access to any and all rivers, streams, tributaries, seas and oceans.[yes that is full of sarcasm] BTW... is there a TU forum where we could get their point of view on the matter because I'm sure there is an active thread on this. It would be interesting to see their responses. |
Posted By: alabamatoy
Date Posted: 17 June 2010 at 5:03am
http://www.tu.org/ - http://www.tu.org/
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Posted By: mrscj8lvr
Date Posted: 17 June 2010 at 5:16am
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Posted By: cj8lvr
Date Posted: 17 June 2010 at 5:34am
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I'd kinda like to try the "electroshock method" on Marysue Hilliard. There's a thought.  I think it's her and her "administration" of the Tellico district that is to blame, not TU. Policies that trickle down from Ken Salazar. ------------- ___/| [_\__\], l___l__L-O|||||O_ _()_)__()_)___()_) Jake White Owner of CartoTracks.com Trail Maps Past RCRC - VP Past Nat'l CJ-8 Scrambler Owners Association President |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 29 June 2010 at 7:12am
| 1200 native brook trout vs 11 rainbows. I know brook trout are somewhat smaller than rainbows, but I like their odds here. |
Posted By: 98TJ
Date Posted: 29 June 2010 at 7:30am
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In ten years, it will be all rainbows and no brookies. ------------- 1998 TJ 4.0 5spd Atlas 36" Swampers RE4.5 ARB's 44/44 2015 JK Rubicon, mostly stock |