Asian Carp threatening Bass populations

[ketchmorebass]

Anyone else see that piece on espn about asian carp in the Mississippi river, apparently there moving up the river and alsoto a threat the great lakes, it showed some pretty interesting footage of how the noise and motion of boat motors cause them to jump from the water, just wondering if anyone saw this piece, what they thought, and if these fish are actually as great of a threat as they made them seem?

[hookset0888]

yea i saw that this morning. at the beginning it said that a lady almost died because one jumped and hit her in the head and knocked her into the water. i hope they dont get into the lakes and ruin em because i wanna move up near lake erie after i get out of school so i can catch some good smallies

[hershey]

Saw it. They should find a better method of catching them than sticking out puny nets hoping for one to jump in by chance.

[Rich]

I read somewhere-think it was Bassmaster-that they are setting up an electrified fence of some kind to stop the progression. Not sure if that is the case or not-hope it is and it is working..

[prokidfishermen16]

someone musta been keeping them as pets near me and released 3 koy (i think thats the name), anyways they loook like huge goldfish, and their each at least 8 pounds.

ive throw everything at them and nothing hits... obviuosly there vegetarians, but i always forget to bring a salad with me .

[Bassin_Dude]

get those outta your lake/pond...those are not good for the enviroment....result to snagging if you have to.....they are an evasive species.....

[prokidfishermen16]

this is the second year they are there. i dont think theyve reproduced since i still only see 3 of them.... but i hear they like tomatos corn and even cornflakes,

so maybe ill give thata try

[keeb]

its not boats that force carp from water they do it by themselfs. and they are pretty skiddish so i would see that a lady would get hit in the head to many more times.

[Bassin_Dude]

ya...but you need to get them outta there...you never know what it is doing to the other species in the pond....



as for them asain carp.....i say we all get together with bowfishing gear and have our way with them!! OFF WITH THEIR HEADS! ;D

[prokidfishermen16]

its crazy they will swim and stop like 5 feet in front of me and act like im not ever there as a i throw all types of lures at them.

[prokidfishermen16]

and what i m real surprised about is that the big pickeral in the lake havent taken a chunk out of them yet

[zman]

Big Koi are worth big $$$. Say for a 10 pounder you could get like 500$ or more easy.

[Bassin_Dude]

well in that case.....hey pistol mind if i come up and do alittle snaggin? ;D

WTL, if you find one of these fish.....will they take one dead...or does it have to be alive? just wondering.....

[prokidfishermen16]

hmm 500 ehh, my friend was telling me that but i didnt believe him.

id rather not snag em then and try so veggies to get em to bite,

but then id need a fish tank... and how the hell doyou ship a live fish to someone ?

seems like too much for me

[Rich]

they are an evasive species.....

02, I think you mean "invasive" species. Bass a lot of time are an evasive species-they evade our hooks ;D

[Bassin_Dude]

i knew that... : ;D pistol...im almost sure you will get the money if they are dead......there really isnt a way to ship a live fish....but i would figure a way for $500 8)

[prokidfishermen16]

why would someone pay 500 for a dead fish ?

[zman]

Koi were created by the japs to be ornamental pond fish, and thats why they are still worth so much today. If they die, its fertilizer - they are only worth cash alive. Just how you get the money out of them might depend, we have a water garden store here in town that I'm sure could point me in the right direction were I to happen on to some of the large koi - they have a few there with 1000$ price tags swimming around.

[coolman]

Yes Koi are big dollars in the industry down here in Fla. I speak from experience! If you could get them you got some money for the bait money! One other thing I would check to see if your state will offer rewards to turning in some of these fish! Some states do offer rewards to help stop invasive species it only like 10 or 20 but that can be alot for some of the teens on here like me!

[prokidfishermen16]

yeah 10 or 20 bucks isnt much of an insentive to me.

but 500 is

but going to the trouble to get a tank large enough to keep a big koi alive and being able to keep the water oxygenated in the tank while fishing and transporting the tank full of water in my car, then finding someone who would even want the thing, and then somehow getting it to them seems like a problem.

i am curious if they will put upa good fight though, cause most carp dont really fight, obviously its not a carp but i think their related?

[Bassin_Dude]

well then you and me are different there...i would get a cooler....get a portable bubble pump thing(puts oxygen into water, not sure the name)....put the fish in it.....(o ya, first find a place that will take these) then drive to the place and give it to them......i think its worth it for 500$ cooler are 30....those little bubble pumps are 20.....drive to the place and caching!!

[Bassin_Dude]

hey chris...you know anywhere here in fla that you can find these bugger swimmin around? i need some moola lol

[prokidfishermen16]

well for the right price ill tell you the lake and exactly where they like to hang out

[Infisherman1]

Heres a solution to the Asian carp problem.

[bassmaster1983]

My buddy has a small pond in his yard stocked with Koy. The will feed on worms and other insects. Some say carp are fun to catch but I think any kind of carp are bad.

Bob