Asian carp

im sick of this obama crap with the carp close the gates and keep those sh!$ fish out of lake mish.. i cant stress this enough.

what do you think?

Worst part is there isn't much we can do about it since they reproduce so rapidly (2m eggs per female), grow rapidly, grow to be huge and are filter feeders.

My understanding is that Big Head can be caught with the suspension method. Doesn't matter though, they're still going to wreck the great lakes.

I've caught several while fishing for stripers in the Ohio. Don't see why it would be any different in Lake Michigan once they are officially in

Unfortunately you can't use a hook and line to catch the Big Head and the Silver carp because they are filter feeders.

http://news.yahoo.com/asian-carp-reproduce-great-lakes-watershed-160601193.html Well looks like the attack on the upper Great Lakes will come from two fronts.

planning on visiting chicago and I was wondering , where I can fish for asian carp? Could you please let me know an area and how to fish for them? thanks in advance

Musky Mod That video is awesome. Those guys rule! That could make for a good tv series or competitive sport. Liability issues likely and I'm sure PETA would have something to say on the matter, but if we can't win the war let's make peace (or in this case pieces). I have some great ideas for fighting them, too. Catfish will be eating good at least! Plenty of cutbait for em.

No don't know of any fish at atmosperic pressurethat can survive water colder than 32 F

Well Lake-linkers, if you want to hear a great and inspiring story, do a google on "Pelicans and Asian Carp". Pelicans have learned how to herd and capture Asian Carp. There are some pictures taken in Illinois and Missouri of pelicans with a pretty good sized fish in their pouch. It is said to be a site to behold. One artice I read was titled - "Asian Carp problems? - Bring on the Pelicans".

Maybe the harsh winters will be enough to keep their numbers down and thats why their flourishing in the south hopefully they cant survive in 32 degree or lower water

I live outside of Peoria...and these things have taken over the river. They do commercially fish them, but the price is so low (less than 5 cents a pound), there is little incentive to get them. For a while, the local rumor was that Kraft was buying them and making them into fish sticks...but someone "blew the whistle" and Kraft fearing their reputation of marketing Asian carp as the fish in their fish sticks, made them pull out of the carp market. Downriver in Havana, the there is a company extracting the fish oil from them to sell to some vitamin company...and the remaining fish byproduct is going into fertilizer. The best (and I think only way) to control these things are make them profitable to commercial fish and sell. Put some government price support on this...like they do with corn, soybeans and tobacco...and if you can't create a national market here, ship them overseas. I can't believe with an enormous protein source like this one no one has developed an idea how to capitalize on it...even if the carp are dried and ground down into powder. If the profit is high enough, everyone and his brother will be netting these things...and within a year you will see a significant decrease in their presence in the Illinois River. If not...its over. And don't think some electric barrier is going to keep them out of Lake Michigan. These things are so prolific, all you would need is a few fingerlings making it past that barrier and it is "Katty, bar the doors!!" By the way, their meat is incredibly white (once you bleed them). I have tasted them and they are similar to buffalo...not crappie or walleye standards but not bad. Pretty boney but those who know how to clean them can make boneless filets.

THERE IS NO WAY THEY CAN STOP THE INVASION SUCKS

SORRY 2 SAY THEYR COMING ELECTRO GOOD LUCK GO RIGHT THROUGH

This is the BOMB I am 55 years old and I would do that. Obviously there is already a large population of these fish in your waters. Is anyone commercially fishing for them in your area?

In Peoria, Il. there is a group of unique individuals that have a solution to the Asian Carp. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhfd9dIkXEk