Thursday September 18, Tucker River Fellows went to TNACI propagation facility and half of us were cutting carp meat and buffalo (not the furry kind) meat off the ribs and chopping it into pieces a square centimeter big.
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| Freshwater buffalo |
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| Common carp (image from Kathlina Alford) |
The other half was counting 52 pieces out into bags to bait the trot lines with. The trot lines are 400 feet long, have 50 hooks per line, and are used to catch Lake Sturgeon.
Sturgeon are caught in the Tennessee River in the following reservoirs: Nickajack, Chickamauga, Fort Louden, Holston/French Broad and Watts Bar. Once a sturgeon is tagged it is known as an individual and is never re-tagged. In November last year, Watts Bar and Fort Loudon were "hot spots" for lake sturgeon.
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