Asian Carp

[ChrisCarter]

Illinois took my idea and made a practical use for asian carp.

Illinois launches Asian carp anti-hunger program - Yahoo! News

[Crappiegirl1]

Illinois took my idea and made a practical use for asian carp.

Illinois launches Asian carp anti-hunger program - Yahoo! News

I hopped over here from the Florida forum, to make a comment when i saw the title. This area of the Illinois River is where i was born and raised. It served a lot of commercial fishermen with carp, catfish, etc. a great bass fishing area as well.i, myself fished it for years and boated it. What has happened with the Asian carp has been a disaster. To eat them would be great, except there are so many millions of them now, that it would never solve the problem. To commercial fish them out and do a large fish kill and restock is the only solution to getting rid of them.You can not even SAFELY boat on the river now with your familys for fear of a flying fish hitting one of your children .

[logs]

I hope these things don't make it to N.C.

[MightyMom]

That is how they got started.
Some asian resturant here in the states had them imported for his pond behind the resturant to raise to feed to his customers. Then there was a major flood and the carp exscaped.

The asian carp are in the Missippi river through out the north eastern USA,

They grow twice and three times as regular fish and they are eating off all the game fish as we know it.

They get upwards of 10-12 lbs in about 2 years, and get even bigger
Here is a video (ONE OF MANY) of guys using bow and arrows to kill them off

YouTube - ‪Aerial Bowfishing???‬‏
YouTube - ‪Bow Fishing Asian Carp, Relentless Pursuit‬‏

Do a google search for asian carp, or invasion of asian carp






It wont be long before they are in Texas, unless the eastern US can figure out how to stop them

The carp were brought here in the 1970's to help keep catfish farmers ponds clean, it was the floods in the early 1990's that washed them into our waterways.


Asian Carp Invasion Part I - YouTube
Asian Carp Invasion Part II - YouTube

[Hanr3]

Asian Carp optimum spawning temperature is 26c. Lake Michigan never gets over 25c. They could survive int eh Great Lakes, but they couldn't spawn there.

FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture*Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

Great Lakes Average GLSEA Surface Water Temperature

[jaxsprat]

As per the FAO FIShing -------site
Spawning temperature is generally between 18 ºC and 30 ºC, with an optimum of 22-28 ºC. The eggs of silver carp, like all Chinese carps, are non-adhesive. After spawning, the eggs begin to absorb water through the egg membrane and swell until its specific gravity is slightly greater than that of water, so they can stay at the bottom (in the case of static waters) or float halfway in mid-water (in flowing waters) until the fry hatch. So with even warmer temps at shorelines, inlet rivers & harbors they will do some spawning.

[fishhunter1]

I hate them fish if you have ever been hit by a 15 pounder in the head and almost being knocked out at night out trying to run trotlines like I have a Morgan Point you'd hate them too. I say get rid of all of them.

[Spawn]

Some got into bee lake last year when the delta flood started, they released some gars to try to get rid of them. I think more will be needed to stop them

[Codyology]

I don't want them in georgia. but i really want to shoot a boat load full with my bowfishing bow, aerial style. or with a baseball bat it would be like hitting mailbox in a car but legal. I guess they don't care how you get rid of them.

[perchplucker]

We use them for catfishing on the MIssouri River some. I always thought why don't they use them in making canned cat food. Been smacked several times by them. Hate them things. They make a mess when they land in your boat.