Keep Fish From Table Rock?

[lv2fish]

Thanks, Craig, for providing links to current facts...

[Martin]

Sorry, I agree with powerdive on this small issue.....Quillback's post IS funny, but very realistic sounding.....Not a huge deal. Or maybe add some more "laughing icon's"......lol

[mclothier1]

It only applies to black bass. This from the MDC website:

Lab testing done by the Missouri food safety commission has found that black bass over 15" caught from Table Rock lake, contain unacceptablly high levels of Mercury, Lead, Asbestos, and chlorade. Lab rats, upon being fed small portions of Table Rock origin black bass, developed serious cancerous tumors and expired at an early age. The state of Missouri strongly recommends that all black bass caught in Table Rock lake be immediately returned unharmed to the lake, and should not be used as food by humans or their pets. Consumption of black bass from Table Rock lake could result in serious health issues or even death.

j/k

For those that dont know... j/k means he is JOKING.

And even if someone did take this serious, it would turn them into c/r fishermen, I dont see the problem?

Bottom line... Get the facts!

[Feathers and Fins]

When I saw Asbestos i bout spit my coffee on the screen. That was a classic write up... But this thread did get me to reading a little bit and having to wonder if the toxins are actually present.

It is known that after a lakes filling ( dependant on size and current if any ) that Mercury Lead and other toxins will be in the lake some from as simple a source as decaying plants in the lake. So with that in mind I have been trying to determine with TR's age and that it has current what the actual and most recent toxin levels are in the water and in the fish currently...

[abkeenan]

It only applies to black bass. This from the MDC website:

Lab testing done by the Missouri food safety commission has found that black bass over 15" caught from Table Rock lake, contain unacceptablly high levels of Mercury, Lead, Asbestos, and chlorade. Lab rats, upon being fed small portions of Table Rock origin black bass, developed serious cancerous tumors and expired at an early age. The state of Missouri strongly recommends that all black bass caught in Table Rock lake be immediately returned unharmed to the lake, and should not be used as food by humans or their pets. Consumption of black bass from Table Rock lake could result in serious health issues or even death.

j/k

If you thought this was serious then you are one dense dude.

[vonreed]

If you thought this was serious then you are one dense dude.

I didn't think he was joking till I scrolled down. I just figured it was another Catch and Release Extremist at work again trying to scare people away from eating fish, lol.

[rangerman]

There is a portion of Rainey Lake that has warnings on the bank about the consumption of fish due to high mercury levels...Where the hell did mercury come from in the middle of the wilderness. All lakes have some level of intoxicants, I just avoid the lakes that look dirty... it makes me feel safer.

[Champ188]

I used to partake heavily of intoxicants but gave that up going on 6 years ago.

[dtrs5kprs]

I used to partake heavily of intoxicants but gave that up going on 6 years ago.

Think LOZ is really the worst of the intoxicant lakes...

[exiledguide]

There is a portion of Rainey Lake that has warnings on the bank about the consumption of fish due to high mercury levels...Where the hell did mercury come from in the middle of the wilderness. All lakes have some level of intoxicants, I just avoid the lakes that look dirty... it makes me feel safer.

Paper Mills have polluted many "wilderness" lakes the mill at International Falls did a pretty good job. Same problem in Arkansas.