I Got some images that our wildlife agency wants to see
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I ran the jet up to Walterhill Dam today and saw some Mexicans with cast nets. They stopped when the saw the boat so I floated on down, parked, and got the camera out with the big 400 on it and made my way back through the woods to where they were. I first got some good shots of the tags on their truck, my phone was dead. Then I walked down pretending to shoot the Dam. They asked if I was a photographer to which I responded “Why,, yes,,, as a matter of fact I am. Now look into the camera, hold that fish up high, smile real big, and say TWRA!” They were excited to be the subject of a real photographer so they were showing off the great catches of fish as they dropped them in the bucket. Oppps that was a Shad throw him back, here put this undersize Crappie in there and this Bass and here’s a nice Stripe.
Needless to say I’ll be sending the images to the guys in green. I’ll get them up here too.
Walter Hill over by the landfill off HWY231? Theres fish in there? I never caught jack on the fly rod when fishing from the bank. (not much casting room in the first place)
Good job. This is the type of activism we need. TN has a hotline to report poaching.
Individuals with information about poachers or poaching activities can contact the TWRA by calling one of the regional offices from 7:00 a.m. until 12:00 midnight, seven days a week.
Telephone numbers for reporting poachers are as follows:
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http://instagram.com/chad_simcox InstagramNeal I bit the bullet and laid the cash out for a 70-400 F4-5.6 Sony G lens. It isn’t super fast but it more then makes up for it in all the other areas. It’s one of those lenses that makes images that look better then they did in real life somehow. It hurt like hell to shell out more for a lens then I paid for the body but I haven’t had any second thoughts at all since I first attached it to my camera. Its an amazing piece of glass and testament that Sony is on the right path and capable of producing glass that rivals any out there.
Right now all I carry is my Zeiss 16-80, Sony 70-400, a 100 macro, and that covers most everything I could ever want to cover. I do plan to add either a 200 2.8 or 70-200 2.8 later for sporting events and such.
I had some shots of the most awesome golden overcast sunset I’ve ever seen, complete with geese, my Lab and some fly fishermen
“I never caught jack on the fly rod when fishing from the bank.”
Now you know why 🙂 When the water gets up and early spring everything that spawns heads up river as far as they can go. This is the stopping point for the east fork.
I have the local TWRA officers cell number but it isn’t any good if the battery on my phone is dead..
A kid that was in my sculpture class at MTSU told me he and his friends had caught some large carp on fly rods during their spawn just below the dam.
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http://instagram.com/chad_simcox InstagramI’m not buying the ‘they needed the food’ argument without evidence. I am 100% confident those are upstanding, hardworking dudes. I am sure they have employment, whether it’s legal or not. But the simple truth is, enforcement of game laws south of the border is not what it is in this country. They might well not know what the law is here; in fact, if I was the warden, I’d probably let them off with a warning the first time (and an instruction to get their tags renewed).
But I’m guessing there’s other things in play here too, like not having licenses at all. Everyone knows you need a license to fish – that’s true of all the other countries south of us too. Given that, these guys were just flat breaking the law. And when you get caught breaking the law… sorry, you just can’t flout the game laws. We have enough trouble with that as it is.
Zach
Thanks for posting the TWRA numbers.Some guy had his whole family down at nice mill a few weeks ago.Wife and kids in on the action.Casting nets,sein nets and a few rods.Had all the bases covered.Pretty rough watchin them man handle a gar out of the net.Just a typical good ole’ boy day at the river
Truth is, when you get your license you should be given a regulation book that informs you of the game laws. Therefore these people should have no excuse to not know what the law is.
Lee your logic may be accurate, but there are plenty of NGO programs to assist people in that situation.http://society6.com/grainfarmer Fly Fishing and Landscape open edition Photography prints.
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