Clean And Clear Catawba, by Alice Battle – July 20, 2012
When navigating on the water, its pays to keep your eyes open to
unusual circumstances. This happened to
a group of volunteers on an annual Big Sweep trash pickup on the lake.
A dead fish was observed floating on the water. The occupants of the boat decided to
investigate since the object looked like a pretty good size fish.
As the boat came along side the fish, a smaller fish could
be seen sticking out of the mouth of a bass.
The bass was definitely dead. He
was netted out of the water, and the smaller fish was removed.
Much to everyone’s amazement the smaller fish was
alive. It was tossed back in the water
and swam away. This was obviously a case of the eyes being bigger than the
stomach on the part of the bass.
About Alice Battle – Alice lives
on Mountain Island Lake has served on numerous groups devoted to protecting the
lake, including the Duke Energy Relicensing stakeholders group. She currently
is Lakekeeper for the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation.
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