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Topic: How bad are Asian Carp?Posted By: mann1ba
Subject: How bad are Asian Carp?
Date Posted: December-19-2013 at 1:13am
I'm in Mi. I have heard that Asian Carp are making their way towards the Great Lakes region. I've seen the videos, but I'm wondering if anyone on here has experience with water sports in an Asian Carp area and how bad it is. I don't think our legislators fully understand the detrimental impact they could have on the GL region water sports.
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Replies: Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: December-19-2013 at 11:36am
Posted By: kytom2
Date Posted: December-19-2013 at 12:05pm
That how you pick up dates now days, CQ?
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Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: December-19-2013 at 12:37pm
I'm not sure our egislators care about water sports.
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Posted By: JPASS
Date Posted: December-19-2013 at 1:06pm
Thunderdome meets Carp fishing. Love it.
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Posted By: tnplicky
Date Posted: December-20-2013 at 8:22pm
I am in the Peoria, IL area. My family and I do ski & board in the Illinois River where this video was shot. I can't speak to the ecological effects, but I can say we have never been hit by an Asian carp or had one jump in the boat, but we have come close - maybe we have just been lucky. In my experience, the fish are more easily spooked by the aluminum fishing boats with outboard motors running in shallower waters. Skiing in the channel rarely causes them to jump. There are several groups that run bow hunting trips in the area and they get them to jump like popcorn behind their boats, similar to the video above. There have been several attempts to fish them commercially for export and to be used in fertilizers, but none have really taken off to my knowledge. You don't want them, that's for sure, but I am not sure what can be done to stop them. I know they have various barriers in the Chicago area, but its probably just a matter of time before they continue to spread into the GL region.
Posted By: peter1234
Date Posted: December-21-2013 at 10:56am
my favorite part is the guy with the trident
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