lowe
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The following write up was taken from the In Fisherman Catfish Insider 2008. It was associated with an extensive article dealing with flathead catfish, which was written by Dr. Hal Schramm.
[ I've been listening to stories about "teleponin' catfish" for 30 years. Funny how it was always the storyteller's uncle, second cousin, or in-law doing the cranking. Well, all those violators should head to Columbus County in North Carolina, where a fishing license and a $10 special device permit allows recreational anglers to use hand-crank generators to catch flatheads in 30 miles of the Cape Fear River, 10 miles of the Black River, and the reaches of the Lumber and Waccamaw rivers.
This one-of-a-kind fishery was the result of local legislation and was not supported by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. An evaluation found no evidence that recreational electrofishing reduced either invasive blue or flathead catfish, yet the electrofishing continues. Yes, politics can be very local and often trumps good biology.
Flatheads ravaged the blackwater streams of South Carolina just as in other coastal states. In response to declining redbreast sunfish populations, well-meaning legislators ordered the stocking of 1 million redbreast fingerlings yearly into the Edisto River. Their recruitment is strongly influenced by environmental conditons, so it is too early to tell whether this solution will have a positive effect.
Georgia DNR is full speed ahead on reducing flatheads in the Satilla River, where they were introduced in 1996. As in other coastal rivers, red breast sunfish and bullhead populations abruptly declined, and channel catfish appear to be on the downward trend, too. One full-time biologist and two technicians have been hired to thin the flathead population. Although other population-reduction methods are being evaluated, the team has been electrofishing intensively since March 2007. By the end of September, they had removed 4,142 fish weighing more than 24,000 pounds, and Satilla anglers have been supportive of this program.]
[ I've been listening to stories about "teleponin' catfish" for 30 years. Funny how it was always the storyteller's uncle, second cousin, or in-law doing the cranking. Well, all those violators should head to Columbus County in North Carolina, where a fishing license and a $10 special device permit allows recreational anglers to use hand-crank generators to catch flatheads in 30 miles of the Cape Fear River, 10 miles of the Black River, and the reaches of the Lumber and Waccamaw rivers.
This one-of-a-kind fishery was the result of local legislation and was not supported by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. An evaluation found no evidence that recreational electrofishing reduced either invasive blue or flathead catfish, yet the electrofishing continues. Yes, politics can be very local and often trumps good biology.
Flatheads ravaged the blackwater streams of South Carolina just as in other coastal states. In response to declining redbreast sunfish populations, well-meaning legislators ordered the stocking of 1 million redbreast fingerlings yearly into the Edisto River. Their recruitment is strongly influenced by environmental conditons, so it is too early to tell whether this solution will have a positive effect.
Georgia DNR is full speed ahead on reducing flatheads in the Satilla River, where they were introduced in 1996. As in other coastal rivers, red breast sunfish and bullhead populations abruptly declined, and channel catfish appear to be on the downward trend, too. One full-time biologist and two technicians have been hired to thin the flathead population. Although other population-reduction methods are being evaluated, the team has been electrofishing intensively since March 2007. By the end of September, they had removed 4,142 fish weighing more than 24,000 pounds, and Satilla anglers have been supportive of this program.]
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