OT: Casting The Line ** Was: Drawing The Line

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Yo Marcia,

 

Sorta old one this is .. but I reckon I'll answer. ;-)

 

> Butch, how I hope fishing back at home is up to your expectations.

 

Thankee ma'am .. I expect it will be. I've fished on and off over the

years when I visited folks I knew back home .. still pretty good

fishing there and Good Lawd Willing .. it'll continue. :-)

 

> In WA, commercial fisherman are rapidly becoming extinct and there

is very

> litle left over for the recreationist. Our lake, even though it is

restocked

> annually gives up fewer and fewer fish every year. The (primarily

Native

> American) effort to restore the wild salmon in the rivers is just

beginning

> to fruition, but with a continued human population growth,

deforestation is

> bound to impact habitats yet again.

 

Plenty of recreation land where I'm heading .. a very low population

because there is no industry and the shoreline is far too long and too

rugged to get crowded. The shoreline is probably 85% desolate .. and

the lake is getting close to 70 years old already.

 

The only commercial fishing we have in the Tennessee Valley Authority

system of lakes is Catfishing .. and that is only with trot line so

they will never make a dent in those rascals. Kentucky Lake is never

stocked except naturally by the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. Its

an old reservoir .. not actually a lake .. and its so deep in places

that entire towns are 100 or more feet below the surface.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Lake .. " The lake holds records

for the largest of three species of fish ever taken in Kentucky: White

Bass (5 lbs.), Buffalo Carp (55 lbs.), and Yellow Perch (1 lb., 4 oz). "

 

http://www.explorekentuckylake.com/henry/attractions/attractions.htm

 

http://www.explorekentuckylake.com/henry/whereis.htm

 

http://www.explorekentuckylake.com/henry/

 

http://www.explorekentuckylake.com/lakesarea/history/history.htm

 

Kentucky Lake Fish Species

http://www.explorekentuckylake.com/lakesarea/fishing/speciies.htm

 

Each year they have a festival called the " World's Biggest Fish Fry " .

http://www.explorekentuckylake.com/henry/history/fishfry2003/fishfry03.htm

 

The reservoir (created in the early 1940s) is close to 200 miles long

as the crow flies and has roughly 2,200 miles of shoreline.

 

Next to it is Lake Barkley (also a reservoir) which is around 120

miles long and with over 1,000 miles of shoreline.

 

Between the two is the famous " Land Between The Lakes " National

Recreation Area, with 170,000 acres of undeveloped, uninhabited land

situated on a peninsula, 300 miles of beautiful, untouched shoreline

420 miles of country roads, 200 miles of hiking trails, live wildlife

exhibits, a planetarium, 19th century working farm, OHV area, back

country camping, horseback riding/trails, and much more. Many of the

endangered species of critters in the USA live in that area.

 

That is just sorta touching on it. I was raised around 50 miles from

there and spent a lotta time on Kentucky and Barkley Lakes while

growing up and when I came home on leave. When there are no longer

fish to catch in Kentucky and Barkley Lakes .. America will be in deep

kimchi. ;-)

 

I plan to settle in Paris, TN .. small town of 9,800 or so .. near the

lakes. Like I said, that entire area is sparsley settled .. reason is

there is no industry and that is good! Gotta drive 35 miles to the

nearest fair size city .. Clarksville, TN .. and then another 10 miles

or so to get to the nearest military base, Fort Campbell, KY. But all

one could need is in Paris .. tri-county hospital, good schools, a

nice sheriff, great shopping, VFW, American Legion, pit barbeque joint

and 3 chiropractors ;-).

 

The area is kinda dangerous for driving at night .. too many deer ..

and lots of wild turkey, quail, rabbit, ducks, geese and other forms

of wild life .. lots of wild land in the area.

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com