Recruiting Football Talk VII

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Lloyd_Christmas said:
I've sold and shipped a lot of golf clubs and had the best luck with USPS. The problem right now is that they have opened this new processing center and shut down four others ones...so everything is going to this one center instead of whichever one is closest to the final destination. They're under-staffed and apparently had little training, so it's creating a bottleneck. If you look at the reviews on Google for USPS Atlanta RPDC, it's full of reviews from truckers saying they have to wait up to 24 hours to be in and out of this place. It's been a cluster all in the name of saving money and being more efficient (LOL) according to Louis DeJoy...the mastermind of this stupid plan. The first RPDC they opened was in Virginia and they had horrible delays there but didn't seem to learn from them. I think one opened in Houston and has been bad as well. Seems like the real plan is to tank USPS.
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They're in business bc of 'last mile' rural routes. Other than that, you cannot run and maintain a business selling .35 stamps.
 
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SoilVol said:
They do eat smallmouth but not in numbers that makes a difference. Not anymore than people are taking out.

Look at the New River in SW Virginia and West Virginia. It's simultaneously a Top 5 Smallmouth and Top 5 Musky fishery in the south, if not the country for a pure river system. Look at northern rivers with phenomenal smallmouth and musky fishing like the upper Mississippi. The problems with smallmouth in NE TN are not the muskies.

You also have to look at heavy competition with browns. Habitat issues if you've got a bunch of Didymo covering the rocks preventing quality reproduction. Another nonnative eating eggs or something. Because smallmouth and muskies coexist in great numbers and quality all over the country.

Also, this is how I know it's their stance about $$$ and not native fish... they told me. (Pretty sure they deleted the comment after because they got roasted)
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The people running those agencies are idiots. Most have never done anything outside, but know how to read books extremely well.
 
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Well since this is the fishing thread and we're talking about rivers, I used to catch lots of redeyes in the Holston River in Hawkins County but they completely seemed to disappear right about the time the river otters showed up. I have always assumed that river otters must love them. I wonder is the smallies are also low in numbers for the same reason?
 
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Fun coupon VOL said:
The people running those agencies are idiots. Most have never done anything outside, but know how to read books extremely well.
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An attorney friend of mine says its one of most crooked entities in the State. Not sure how true that is. Could be that theyre basically constrained to night hunting as their most egregious offense (conjecture). One would think it difficult to prosecute these cases, ergo planting evidence helps the cause.
 
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SoilVol said:
Muskies aren't killing the smallmouth. Loads of research on their diet shows they prefer roughfish like redhorses, herrings, young carp, etc. Also, they're being stocked with fingerlings from Tennessee fish. They breed them at the hatcheries in TN and stock them.

Smallmouth are suffering from the introduction of Florida bass both for competition and interbreeding but the TWRA won't admit that because Florida bass are their dirty pleasure. It's my 1 major gripe with the TWRA: how they manage fisheries with introducing non-native species at the detriment to natives to make money. Alabama bass are also causing a problem with this, and they're quick to tell everyone that Alabama bass are the worst thing in the world. Reality is Florida bass are having the same impact, if not worse, because they're dumping millions of them into East TN. The difference is that Florida bass get bigger than Alabama bass and that's all they care about.

You can say goodbye to pure smallmouth in 20-30 years unless they start stocking them by the millions every year to ensure there's pure ones.
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Do they hire people from the NCAA?
 
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drvenner said:
Corbin lost his big loophole advantage he had for years with recruiting. He has been getting his comeuppance and will continue to do so.
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He could quit like Saban and lie like Saban that it was over "moral" "qualms," I guess.

That allegation that both the NCAA and the SEC have refused to touch about a baseball team using illegal cameras is thought to be Vandy or Arky.
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Have you ever been to Waterville, North Carolina?

There are really nice streams , Brown Trout heaven it takes a 4 wheel Drive to get to the area but it's the clearest mountain stream I've ever fished in. Beautiful.
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You know I said earlier that I "fish" the seafood section. Well, that's not entirely true: Sometimes I fish in restaurants 😂 and some of the best trout I have ever tasted was in a little place in Bryson City, not too far from there, that had fresh trout daily. We stayed there when we were hiking the Smokies and I ate it 2 or 3 days in a row.
 
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How much would you pay for a season pass to watch every game Tennessee plays on TV, regardless of the network? You get no other games, just every UT game. What would that be worth? $80-$100/season? Would you buy that or rather just spend the $80-$100/mo on something like youtube tv?
 
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In case you want to do some reading or support groups helping to preserve redeye. FyI they are non-native. Introduced in the 50's, but are unique to the south.

www.mossyoak.com

Species Profile: Redeye Bass

A growing community of anglers has rallied behind this small bass and heralded the Redeye as the finest experience one can have with a fishing rod in the South.
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REDEYE BASS CONSERVATION EFFORTS
The greatest threats to the Redeye Bass are hybridization from illegally introduced fish, habitat loss, and stream pollution. In waters where it is not native, the Alabama Bass has been illegally introduced in Georgia and South Carolina and hybridized with native Redeye Bass. This hybridization is a real concern because if it is left unchecked, we will lose the unique attributes of each fish and thus lose our black bass diversity forever.

Fortunately, groups such as Native Fish Coalition, Universities like Auburn and Clemson, and citizen science volunteers are working to identify genetically pure populations and studying how to best protect their future. We can help as anglers too. Never move fish around and put them in waters where they do not belong. Always wash and dry wading gear and boats to prevent the spread of invasive species. Keep riparian buffer zones around creeks, streams, and rivers in your area that prevent bank erosion and sedimentation. Together, we can ensure that the Redeye Bass keeps swimming well into the future.

For a more in-depth look at Redeye Bass, their genetic composition, and finding each in their individual drainages, check out a great book by Dr. Matthew Lewis. Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters explores in great detail each fish and how they differ from each other and their black bass counterparts.
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