09-02-2010, 10:29 PM
Ah but smoked sewage, with cajun blackening spice, NOW you're talkin good eats! Mmmm kitties....
There may be agro-runoff in there (as with most all our rivers, lakes, reservoirs) but I believe it's brown because of all the damned carp flipping, flopping and churning it all up. Not any untreated sewage.
Had a 50gal fishtank - with a carp (Koy) in it, along with SilverBarbs. Always messy, cloudy water. Took the Koy out, and the water settled and cleared - even w/o the cleaning it desperately needed. The SIlverBarbs were schooling fish, and patrolled constantly, but the Koy dug in the gravel. Point being - the fish made a big difference to the environment.
I'm not saying I want to drink the water straight out of there (but nor would I out of clear-looking Logan river - g*g*g*giardia), but I haven't noticed any foul flavors in the fish I've caught/consumed. Heck - the trout from warm Wellsville pond probably taste scummier than the cats from Cutler.
Thanks to Fishnma for confirming - there's a good variety of fish out there to be found. I'm due for more exploring! Might even take my son's little inflatable...since I don't have a canoe.
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There may be agro-runoff in there (as with most all our rivers, lakes, reservoirs) but I believe it's brown because of all the damned carp flipping, flopping and churning it all up. Not any untreated sewage.
Had a 50gal fishtank - with a carp (Koy) in it, along with SilverBarbs. Always messy, cloudy water. Took the Koy out, and the water settled and cleared - even w/o the cleaning it desperately needed. The SIlverBarbs were schooling fish, and patrolled constantly, but the Koy dug in the gravel. Point being - the fish made a big difference to the environment.
I'm not saying I want to drink the water straight out of there (but nor would I out of clear-looking Logan river - g*g*g*giardia), but I haven't noticed any foul flavors in the fish I've caught/consumed. Heck - the trout from warm Wellsville pond probably taste scummier than the cats from Cutler.
Thanks to Fishnma for confirming - there's a good variety of fish out there to be found. I'm due for more exploring! Might even take my son's little inflatable...since I don't have a canoe.
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