Is this the most contaminated lake in Tennessee to fish in?

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@chiefhookumpullum4581 3 жыл бұрын

Mr Billy I know all about getting skuned but keep going ....really like the history of the waters in your parts crazy stuff I don't blame u for not eating them

@calistan5431 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I found your channel im a local here and didn't know about that. Hoping to see more content from you! I found your channel by looking for reviews on the Okuma Guide Select A rods!

@tedheiskell1349 Жыл бұрын

The reactor facility first mentioned was never operated. It is known as the EGCR (Experimental Gas Cooled Reactor). The facilities and stuctures were built years ago and then the project was cancelled before was completed. They actually reused the dome for other non-nuclear research projects.

@markdishmon681 3 жыл бұрын

Great info brother. Heck I been feeding my family that crap!!! Never again. Thanks Billy

@wolfryan3178 4 ай бұрын

i believe they were using it to make nuceluar or something or acid i dont know

@amandafannon6919 Жыл бұрын

I have lived on melton hill for over 40 years, ate fish from there on a regular basis, spent countless hours swimming and just about any activity that can be done at the lake. And we also have well water that my family and I have used since our property was bought in the 1970's, have harvested deer just about every year since the early 2000's and ate them, and have also harvested several deer from Oak ridge draw hunts. I have no doubt about the info you have given but my family hasnt had any kinds of health problems from the lake Oakridge, and i dont know anyone personally that has. That being said i know of people who have worked in certain ares that have had problems.

@Capt_Billy Жыл бұрын

The contamination map I saw showed the ground water under the lake being contaminated in about 10 or so years from 1996. It hasn't been seeping into the lake that long (less than 17 years). I do know that Prostate cancer has spiked around it. I would say it was not as bad as Tellico which had contamination coming from multiple old transformers dumped in it. After removal things are getting to the point of being edible again.

@Jimlogger066 9 ай бұрын

I caught a channel cat there about 12 years ago it had 2 heads never seen anything like it the head wasn't fully developed but you could tell what it was

@Capt_Billy 9 ай бұрын

Wow!

@wolfryan3178 4 ай бұрын

i belive u man these waters are weird

@bassblastingthemideast4774 3 жыл бұрын

As a man who lives 3 mins for Melton hill lake I can say that I have seen some weird stuff in that lake but I do remember I caught my Pb crappie off the end of that intake. 3.4 lbs! And on the same bank I caught a 12 on carp last week.

@bassblastingthemideast4774 3 жыл бұрын

I remember that bank very well, further down the lake from that bank there is a big dome like building right? That used to be a lab?

@Capt_Billy 3 жыл бұрын

The dome building was a test nuclear reactor.

@bassblastingthemideast4774 3 жыл бұрын

@@Capt_Billy, ohhhhh, thank you, I didn’t know what it was! I just assumed it was a lab 😂

@wespeacock793 3 жыл бұрын

I have several resevoirs I feel safe to take to take some keepers but my favorite rivers are "do not consume".

@AlexRomanFlorida 2 жыл бұрын

You should have tested the ph of the water

@Capt_Billy 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting idea. I may do that next time I am on that lake.

@Fishing4Reel 3 жыл бұрын

My mom worked at Y-12 during that time. I believe the Mercury was used to extract Lithium 6 from natural Lithium.

@Capt_Billy 3 жыл бұрын

No wonder they needed so much. That means most of it ended up helping create Tritium if I am reading the process correctly (Mercury to Lithium 6 to Tritium). The process must of been very sloppy back then to leave raw mercury in the creeks and ponds around the plants.

@Fishing4Reel 3 жыл бұрын

@@Capt_Billy just between you and me, I've been in the environmental lab business for 30 years. I know there used to be a drain pipe that ran into the creek over there that had Mercury settled in the bottom of it. One time they sent a robot down that line looking for leaks and dislodged a great deal of Mercury into a place that I will not reveal. It was not a creek or any public waterway. The Mercury was contained, but there was a lot of it settled in that line. At one time I believe they dumped raw Mercury or at least leaked Mercury right into the stream over there. In those days they just did not know how dangerous it was.

@Youre_Right 2 жыл бұрын

I remember like 20 years ago when they found thousands of barrels from K-25 dumped into Melton Hill.

@Capt_Billy 2 жыл бұрын

...and people still eat the fish downstream from that lake.

@Youre_Right 2 жыл бұрын

@@Capt_Billy Yeah I’ll eat fish out of Norris, but downriver from Oak Ridge…No way.

@guitarest452452 2 жыл бұрын

Chemco created a basin for wastes (Zinc, Cadmium, Lead, and who knows what else) that held 1000+ Gallons of water, and when the basin filled to the top it was automatically pumped into Long Lake via a secret pipe hidden underground that ran from the contaminated basin straight into the freshwater lake. This was happening for over a decade until 1996 when the secret pipe was discovered. It's said the basin was emptied 900+ times into long lake over the decade. There are still extremely high levels of heavy metals and toxic waste present in Long Lake, Horseshoe Lake, and Cahokia Creek. There were legal percussions and Chemco Lane is a superfund site but the land, those lakes, streams, ponds, creeks, sloughs, and rivers are ruined forever. It's really fucking sad.

@Capt_Billy 2 жыл бұрын

So many companies do this it's astounding. No wonder people around waterways have more medical issues than people not living near them.

@arewethebadies 5 ай бұрын

I have a friend who works for TVA, his job is to monitor the Nuke waste that was put into 50 gal barrels and dumped into Melton Hill and Watts Bar. The Waste is not a problem as long as it sits there. It just does not need to be disturbed. I would never eat any fish from Melton Hill. I believe the official line is to limit consumption to one meal a month for most fish if you are an adult. Crappie are the cleanest. Pregnant women and children should avoid all fish. Bottom feeders are to be completely avoided.

@Capt_Billy 5 ай бұрын

I didn't even know about the barrels until recently. A lot of people fear radioactivity however it was not the most prevalent contamination of the area. Solvents were. I wish I could find that map again they showed us. I am quite certain the DOE keeps it locked up and away from the public. The only radioactive concern was the unrestricted access a pond had to the Clinch river. A pond where they dumped things that pinged radioactive. Like a desk, wood, part of roads, by the train car load. That video is the next one in this series. This video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXaymIawfqyApsUsi=3J4rqDTIO2NQdxZx

@jszorc3488 3 ай бұрын

Very doubtful about the 55 gallon barrels being dumped in the lake!!!

@Capt_Billy 3 ай бұрын

@@jszorc3488 There is more than you can imagine in the majority of our lakes.

@jszorc3488 3 ай бұрын

@@Capt_Billy No drums but runoff I agree!!!

@Capt_Billy 3 ай бұрын

@@jszorc3488 There is groundwater contamination too. As stated in this video as a teen we were shown a contamination map by a DOE person and it showed where the solvents would be in the future. Which was directly under where we were fishing. This was around 1996 and the map showed 10 years in the future. They wanted us to write a puff piece about cleanup (I was in a business writing class) and this map happened to be next to their cleanup efforts (impossible to clean up grown water!).

@danthompson1467 3 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing what they use to do . And now it’s really out of control

@tama0889 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know buddy, sounds like “catfish Dave” is telling you some Tall Tale fishing stories lmao. I highly doubt he’s never caught a catfish under 50lbs in said spot.

@TheNick08332 3 жыл бұрын

Mercury is used in refining minerals lots of time

@arewethebadies 5 ай бұрын

Catching the fish is no problem. I fish in both lakes all the time. If you have ever seen what is happening in Ukraine with the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site you know that most of the animals that are there are doing fine. You can go there and walk around as long as you don't dig in the dirt. It is the same with the waste at the bottom of Watts Bar and Melton Hill. Leave it alone and don't go digging around the bottom of the lake. Don't eat the catfish or for that matter any fish. They do bed down every spring but most of the waste that was dumped was in the deeper parts of the lake. He told me there is very little movement of the waste as long as it is not dredged up. I always wonder about the guys that dig around in the lake putting in docks. I would think most of those areas are OK being near the shore.

@tristancase8546 3 жыл бұрын

Lol id eat out of Melton Hill just not catfish or bottom feeders, pan fish and bass good to go in my opinion

@jobyshaw5459 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with a little mercury

@Capt_Billy 3 жыл бұрын

Its my understanding it makes the meat taste sweet. Lead does the same thing.

@davidryan2669 9 ай бұрын

Why are you fishing there if you know all of this? ??????

@Capt_Billy 9 ай бұрын

I actually rarely fish the lower end of this lake where the seepage is. Also, you only live once and as long as we don't ingest the toxins (eat the fish) is not bad to handle the fish, at least for now.