The misbegotten waif thread a/k/a The Fray V2

[Relique du Madde]

Living in what is essentially a beach frount desert all I have to say is damn that looks insane.

I thought somone on the boat was tossing fish at that guy up untill that one scene where dozens of fish lept out of the river. Seriously, I didn't know fish can leap out of water that high.

 

[Rhun]

Living in what is essentially a beach frount desert all I have to say is damn that looks insane.

I thought somone on the boat was tossing fish at that guy up untill that one scene where dozens of fish lept out of the river. Seriously, I didn't know fish can leap out of water that high.

Where are you at, Relique?

 

[Scott DeWar]

boating hazard

Living in what is essentially a beach frount desert all I have to say is damn that looks insane.

I thought somone on the boat was tossing fish at that guy up untill that one scene where dozens of fish lept out of the river. Seriously, I didn't know fish can leap out of water that high.

Rhun: i think he is in Texas, south west area.

as for the fish, yes this is real. These fish are a boating hazard. Their spiny fins can easily cause serious harm to a boater. They have the strength to easily jump over the head of a full grown person.

Here in Missouri on the river there have been some very serious occurrences of these fish knocking large heavy grown fishermen out of their boat and into the water, and knocking the wind out of them. This can be deadly to someone with out proper flotation devices. They eat all of the vegetation of the local sturgeon and gar population. Both of those fish are edible , but are reducing in population, while the Asian carp apparently are not. All of these occurrences are reports by conservation agents/law enforcements that i have spoke with my self.

This is a very serious infestation.

These fish are actually being researched for recipes for feeding large cats in zoos. There are more then a few teams on this here at UMC.

At least catching them is easy: loud buzzing sounds like propeller motors attract them. They fly out of the water and into boats all of the time.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Orange County California.

Don't let the TV fool you, southern California is practically a desert and would look like one if it wasn't for all the water we are draining from the Colorado River and High Sierras. The only rivers we have out here were concreted over and/or have no boat access (the few with boat access have limited access) . Only lakes are man made (in parks), or requires you to pay money to access.

 

[Scott DeWar]

of course: ORANGE curtain. orange county. forgot that. The mojave river is mostly untouched, but is more of a creek in size. The Kern is a cold fast moving river but not likely to be infected by A. Crappie. The ocean is a bit poluted now by radiation from japan, so that is out.

 

[Rhun]

rhun: I think he is in texas, south west area.

way off!

 

[Rhun]

Orange County California.

Don't let the TV fool you, southern California is practically a desert and would look like one if it wasn't for all the water we are draining from the Colorado River and High Sierras. The only rivers we have out here were concreted over and/or have no boat access (the few with boat access have limited access) . Only lakes are man made (in parks), or requires you to pay money to access.

I'm originally from California, though I lived in the Bay Area. But Utah is basically high desert, so I know exactly how you feel. With that said, we've still got a lot of lakes and reservoirs, mostly in the mountains.

 

[Relique du Madde]

You know what's funny, I was about to say I'm not sure where I'd rather live, in a desert that snows late in the year, or one that hardly rains but is next to a beach.

Then I remembered that the desert I live in is heavily taxed and ran by complete idiots while the people who run your desert are reputed for their forward thinking (in terms of planning for future disasters). So you win.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Gosh, I feel awful for having to live in theland of green trees and lawns-farms of wheat corn and other crops-lakes ponds streams and rivers aplenty-so very deprived of life i am.

 

[Relique du Madde]

You should feel aweful.