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(98.68.150.136) | Fished Nickajack today and saw something that really irritated me. We were fishing across a spawning flat and my partner got hung up in a gill net. In the small section we could see there were several dead bass stuck in it. Who knows how many more were there that we couldn't see! Does anyone know what the law is for these things? |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 311
Location: Middle Valley
(68.59.212.170) | I don't know the laws but hate them. I've heard they can put them anywhere but a navigatable channel. One very very small thing in defense of the netters, is that usually have them out of the water early, to avoid boats getting tangled in them. |
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Posts: 120
(206.74.89.82) | me an my partner was down there last weekend an they were all over marion co park we could see several big LM about to pop with eggs in the 5-6 pd range dead caughtr in them they were streched from one side to the other catching every thing moving very sad there should be some kind of law there is no sport in that thats just my opinion
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 311
Location: Middle Valley
(68.59.212.170) | I really don't think it's supposed to be a sport. It's a living to them and while I hate it, when I see the netters, they look so rough, I feel sorry for them. |
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Location: soddy daisy
(98.68.177.154) | when i find one they wont find it again
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Posts: 4729
Location: Hooterville or Ooltewah
(98.249.113.120) | Oldman - 2/25/2012 7:02 PM
when i find one they wont find it again
Oldman, there is a song called "Mack the Knife" that comes to mind for some reason!?
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Expert
Posts: 1700
Location: victoria, named after the queen..near whitwell
(75.136.25.171) | several years ago i ran into one just south of the freeway.. i was wide open an was running around 40 mph , when i hit it it was under water an was not marked in any way that i could see, well it was like dropping the anchor.. it scared me pretty bad...an when i trimmed my motor up my old xx case took care of the problem ... on my return trip it had a hole that you could have driven through... or was it two seperate nets..dang i dis-remember, i have slept since then.. 
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Posts: 4729
Location: Hooterville or Ooltewah
(98.249.113.120) | Way to go Tommy! 
Edited by elwestb 2/25/2012 8:37 PM
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(98.68.157.29) | Looked like there were two nets. One was marked, one wasn't. After we moved across the cove another boat ran in and got tangled up. The net owners had shown up by that time. To make it politically correct, they got into a heated argument.
They did not pull out the nets.
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Expert
Posts: 4537
Location: Ooltewah, Tennesse
(98.249.85.165) | If you run across a net and find gamefish entangled in it, take out your cell phone and take pictures.
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Protecting the Environment
Posts: 1688
Location: Mother Earth
(184.174.154.29) | There are gill nets out between possum creek and sale creek... I hit it last Saturday morning
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Posts: 688
Location: Soddy Daisy, TN
(67.167.168.248) | Captain Hazmat - 2/25/2012 9:32 PM
There are gill nets out between possum creek and sale creek... I hit it last Saturday morning
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Veteran
Posts: 166
Location: Birchwood, TN
(69.246.157.21) | Captain Hazmat - 2/25/2012 9:32 PM
There are gill nets out between possum creek and sale creek... I hit it last Saturday morning
They run alot of nets of nets up that way. I run into one or two every year. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 603
Location: Palmer, TN
(206.74.219.195) | Bassinal, Was it a white with red Skeeter you saw run into the net? That was Hank and I. He was fishing the Grundy Co. High school tournament and I saw the net just in time to throw it out of gear. Luckily I was able to push it off the prop with the net. The guys with the net were close. Hearing horror stories before about dealing with net fishermen I was worried what would happen when they came up. Fortunately they looked young, in their 20s and they were friendly. They said they had tried to waive us down before we hit. We weren’t wide open so I guess that made the difference.
Both looked like they needed some money. They said they weren’t doing very well and said the most they had was carp. (Where are they going to sell those?) One guy had on an Army t-shirt. I had on my Desert Storm hat. So maybe that’s why there was a little mutual respect. The floats/buoys on the top of the net were faded. Made it lots harder to see. Just glad for all it turned out with no problems.
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Veteran
Posts: 229
Location: Hixson
(68.59.210.66) | I duck hunt with MJ and we do run into a few up that way. Pretty scary when you hit them in the dark. Its definatley like stomping the brakes! PIA to get out too! |
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Veteran
Posts: 205
Location: Jasper, Tennessee
(159.245.32.2) | I seen a group of comercial fisherman below nickajack dam this weekend, spreading nets all the way across the main river channel every 200yds or so, they must have put out 8-10 rows of them. I cant stand them and everyone I get into gets diced up like onions. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 333
Location: RED BANK,TENNESSEE
(68.169.161.113) | Gill nets and the rigs are in the same classification no sport to them just throw them out and kill fish. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 422
Location: Dunlap Tn
(75.201.222.148) | i talked to a guy at the gas station of hwy 60& 58 who was netting for paddel fish and he sells the meat and eggs to some place in new york.season closes in april if I remember rite.I also saw some guys netting in running water on nickajack and they were keeping the carp,thats what it looked like anyway |
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Member
Posts: 40
(67.172.109.174) | i seen some up by the possum creek rope swing, they where loading up the paddle fish |
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