Absolute horse****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Greed is ruining everything!!!!!!!!! sellout everything for the almighty dollar!
The local discontent with our area being exploited for tourism is growing very quickly! Try taking your family to the lake on the weekends here during the summer... most locals have stopped boating for fear of being run over by the hundreds of drunks on the lake from out of state, try finding a place to hunt... thanks to a transplant from out of state land leasing promoter none of the locals have a place to hunt...try going off roading... due to the large crowds coming here from out of state landowners are stopping all offroad riding...
Last edited by nightbasser; 10-03-2020 at 11:17 AM.
"Luminous beings are we not this crude matter." Yoda
"Luminous beings are we not this crude matter." Yoda
"Luminous beings are we not this crude matter." Yoda
Oh ... my....some truth in the above....that and a dollar won't get ya a cup of coffee though.....sadness
OOOOOOOOOOOO's....talk to the big boys and get a participation award...ease the pressure
They released those fish, right?
Yep , but the fish & wildlife started out saying they were doing a tournament mortality study in 50 degree water. Why weren't they around all summer doing them on the weekly tournaments? It was all a crock of sh*t & blowing smoke up everybodys asses. Charlie Evans flat out told me that if the Fish & wildlife hadn't reduced the size limit that they(FLW) wouldn't have came back. Who really gives a shit about them being here to start with & if they are they damn sure need to obey the lake rules set forth by fish & wildlife like the rest of us do.Now big bass bonanza is here next weekend so theres another huge tournament here that Pulaski County & the Citys of Somerset & Burnside will lobby to have back every year. The citys & county are willing to exploit the lake for all they can get out of it without anything in return. How about cleaning around it when it's down, helping with the cost of restocking fish in it & running all over it clkeaning up the trash that gets into it everyday? They care so much about it. Yeah right. For the record i like tournament fishing, but i absolutely believe any tournament that comes here should abide by the same rules everybody else does every other day of the year.If they can't go to a 12" size limit lake so they can make that good tv they're worried so much about.
Terrible stench off this whole deal!!! Follow the money!!! To Hades with all true outdoorsmen that shell out hard earned money for licenses and abide by fish and game laws. Rules for thee but not for me!
Last edited by nightbasser; 10-04-2020 at 10:04 PM.
"Luminous beings are we not this crude matter." Yoda
I am more upset with KDFW than the local tourism commission. Think about it...its the tourism commission's job to do what they can to attract tourism so in essence they are doing their job. The job of KDFW is to protect our natural resource and here is where we have a huge failure. If people can't see who dropped the ball then it was KDFW ...I have no ill will against tourism. Do I like to see local lakes crowded with out of town people, no but they have the same right to use the resource as I do but when KDFW reduces the size limit for select events suddenly the out of towners get special privileges over the regular public and this is something I do not agree with. I am glad when local mom and pop shops see out of town $. I fully understand that out of town money is what keeps a lot of the businesses a float and the books in the black. Buy no means do I want to see them struggle because I hope they thrive but not at the expense of lowering regulations on our natural resources.
KDFW is suppose to set regulations and protect our natural resources. If someone wants to come fish Cumberland then buy all means you have the right to do so BUT we should all abide buy the same regulations. This has been going on with large events since 2017. XFLW, BASS and even a few other select organizations has gotten KDFW to lower the size limit multiple times between 2017 and now so they can hoist an event. Imagine how many out of state license's KDFW has sold over the years to out of state people who are only coming to KY because the tournament organization they fish with is going there because they got KDFW to lower the size limit. It's a two fold $ deal. KDFW makes money lowering the size limit and the local economy makes $. Again I hope the local economy thrives but not at the expense of KDFW selling out our natural resource.
I agree though the KDFWR are sacrificing the resource for a dollar!!
Last edited by nightbasser; 10-05-2020 at 05:05 AM.
"Luminous beings are we not this crude matter." Yoda
"Luminous beings are we not this crude matter." Yoda
The KDFWR is housed under the Dept of Tourism.
Here is something else to think about too!!! the number of striper guides has doubled or tripled over the last year and a half... if you think they arent also targeting smallmouth with their no skill live bait tactics then you better think again!!!!!! Plenty of proof on bookface if you want to look. Cumberland was once a trophy striper fishery but it never will be again! Why because of the almighty dollar once again and no one wants to work for anything these days and put in the effort... sit in a stand and kill a deer when it comes up to eat the pile of corn you poured out... catch a smallmouth or striper on live bait... just so you can get your pic on bookface. Sportsmanship and honor have gone by the wayside to collect a dollar or be a social media hero!
"Luminous beings are we not this crude matter." Yoda
Get a large group together & head to Frankfort for the Fish & Wildlife Commission Meeting. Next meeting is Dec. 4th, I believe.
https://fw.ky.gov/More/Pages/Commiss...ing-Dates.aspx
The incessant tourneys and stripper guides do take a huge toll on smallmouth here no doubt. A lot of clients expect cooler full of fish no matter what flavor. Looks like green fish taking a beating a dale by the recent pictures of stringers full of fish. Never fails no matter where u are- when a lake cycles up like dale and Cumberland- meat heads quickly arrive and beat it down
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