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To: Neocon who wrote (1151)2/2/2004 11:24:19 AM
From: PROLIFE  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 6227
 
Believe it or not, The Rio Grande river, in Texas, has become the same way. I would not eat fish from it, unless it was lower down in the lakes. Too much Mexico pollution.



To: Neocon who wrote (1151)2/2/2004 11:27:00 AM
From: redfish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6227
 
I understand the river used to be pretty bad but it has been one of the cleanest urban rivers for a long time.

There was never much heavy industry in the area, so the biggest cause of pollution was human waste, which clears up relatively quickly. People look at the muddy water and assume it's polluted.

The fishing while I was there (1990-1996) was actually better than here in Florida. I caught largemouth up to eight pounds fishing around the Columbia Island Marina (right behind the pentagon) in my kayak. There is a little creek there where the water gets too thin for motorboats that was really productive.

One thing that was strange is that I could absolutely not get the largemouth to hit a live bait, nothing but artificials.

Upriver the smallmouth fishing was good, though they tend to be pretty small.



To: Neocon who wrote (1151)2/2/2004 9:50:03 PM
From: goldworldnet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6227
 
Lake fishing is all I have ever done. Texas only has one naturally occurring lake. The 200 plus others are man made. I'm sure river fishing must be a lot different.

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