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       Trying to get state of North Carolina to restore sauger to Frenc
       h Broad River.
       By: NCsauger Date: December 18, 2016, 9:48 pm
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       Hello from NC. trying to get the wildlife folks to stock sauger
       into the French Broad where they have been extirpated years ago.
       Thanks for looking at my proposal.
       Restore reproducing population of sauger (Sander Canadensis) to
       the French Broad River.
       Sauger are a native species to the French Broad River but
       pollution, silt and dams over the years largely eradicated the
       fish from its restricted range in the Tarheel State. The
       Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is currently trying to
       re-establish sauger into that portion of the French Broad River
       above the Douglas Reservoir.
       The North Carolina portion of the French Broad River below
       Redmon Dam in Madison County has a resident population of
       walleye and it has been guessed larval walleye are outcompeting
       larval sauger where they coexist above Douglas Lake.
       Three dams (Craggy, Capitola, Redmon) in North Carolina prevent
       the migration of native fish to certain portions of the French
       Broad however no viable populations of sauger exist currently
       even if the dams were removed. But again, the TWRA is stocking
       fish just across the state line.
       I recommend the Wildlife Resources Commission look into the
       possibility of restoring a reproducing population of sauger
       above the Craggy Dam in Woodfin. This would restore a native
       species and provide a limited sport fishery in this stretch of
       river.
       In the 1960s the WRC attempted stockings of sauger into the
       Catawba and Yadkin Rivers outside the fish’s native range. These
       stockings were ultimately unsuccessful.
       I further propose a change to the statewide regulations on
       sauger. Current regulations are 8 fish with a 15 inch minimum
       size. Most sauger 15 inches or greater are mature females. The
       current limits focus harvest on mature females and not smaller
       males or immature fish.
       I recommend , in conjunction with stocking, the following
       changes to the sauger regulations:
       1)
       2)
       limit in the Tennessee portion of the river above Douglas Lake.
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