So today me and my dad went bass fishing in the upper part of the cape fear river.

About half way through the day a group of three little john boats come by. In the boat in the front, one guy is cranking a handle with red wires dangling in the water. The other two boats were following behind him with nets. They went all day up and down the banks 'shocking' fish out of the water and scooping them up with nets.

I thought this was pretty illegal in NC? Completely gave me a sour taste about fishing there if thats the way people "catch" fish.

[Edited on June 4, 2006 at 8:54 PM. Reason : ff]

6/4/2006 8:54:21 PM

Uhh, is there a chance that they were supposed to be doing that for like a study or posterity?

6/4/2006 9:05:37 PM

the NC Wildlife Commision does that for research, but I'm sensing they didn't look like officials.

6/4/2006 9:10:21 PM

Crocodile Dundee?

6/4/2006 9:56:13 PM

it may have been a count being done by a private firm also

6/4/2006 10:00:42 PM

I heard it was legal in some portions of cape fear but I dont know if I believe that though.

6/4/2006 10:01:44 PM

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"but I'm sensing they didn't look like officials"

i doubt most of them are required to wear uniforms or any distinguishing emblems, but i hear what you're saying.

6/4/2006 10:10:15 PM

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"but I'm sensing they didn't look like officials."

yeah these guys were far from official. More along the lines of loud rednecks.

6/4/2006 11:28:57 PM

that's horrible.

those people should be sent to years in prison

6/4/2006 11:37:16 PM

^agreed

6/4/2006 11:41:52 PM

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"I'm a redneck, and a sportsman. I'm a river guide on the Nantahala River. I don't consider myself an environmentalist, but I'm a conservationist. I want that river and the forests to be here for my children, regardless of how they choose to use it. There's a difference in "redneck culture" and the hicks and criminals that poach, litter, and disregard our precious natural resources. An amazing thing happened today... I (my boat) saw this fat kid throw an empty chip bag into the river... I wasn't in a position to catch it but a kayaker did, a woman in the front of my boat from FL screamed at the kid and he ran away. I always try to keep wherever I am cleaner than it was when I got there."

6/4/2006 11:53:24 PM

if they were doing some sort of finfish assessment, theyd have thrown them back into the water once they have counted weighed and measured them, i used to do this kinda stuff back home with a bay restoration team

we never wore anything special, hell sometimes i was there in my school clothes

6/5/2006 1:52:17 AM

this sounds like something Dick Cheney would do

6/5/2006 5:58:33 AM

Talked to a local ranger today

He said electroshock fishing is legal on certain parts of the cape fear river. He also added that he couldn't express his opinion on it but I got the idea on how he felt about it.

6/10/2006 6:48:51 PM

Who gives a shit. It's obviously a more effective way to fish. There's nothing honorable about waiting around all day if you're hungry.

8/17/2006 10:21:48 PM

Holy crap, you're replying to a thread thats been dead for 2 months just to talk shit?

And yeah I don't see a problem with it...I mean hell why not just use dynamite and make it even easier...

8/17/2006 11:23:58 PM

It's not often that I get to go trolling in an actual fishing thread.

8/18/2006 9:18:32 AM

what a shocking revelation....

8/18/2006 11:07:23 AM

I am trying to find some info on this law and studies done on this sort of fishing.

11/13/2006 6:49:32 PM

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"yeah these guys were far from official. More along the lines of loud rednecks."

Thats exactly what you're dealing with in the lines of state employed technicians. I worked with some hardcore good ol boys when I was working with the NC Division of Marine Fisheries.

Electroshock fishing rarely contributes to mortality.

I'm guessing its state employees from FWC.

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""I'm a redneck, and a sportsman. I'm a river guide on the Nantahala River. I don't consider myself an environmentalist, but I'm a conservationist. I want that river and the forests to be here for my children, regardless of how they choose to use it. There's a difference in "redneck culture" and the hicks and criminals that poach, litter, and disregard our precious natural resources. An amazing thing happened today... I (my boat) saw this fat kid throw an empty chip bag into the river... I wasn't in a position to catch it but a kayaker did, a woman in the front of my boat from FL screamed at the kid and he ran away. I always try to keep wherever I am cleaner than it was when I got there.""

What the shit is that?

11/13/2006 7:06:54 PM