Carpocalypse

A 20-pound bighead Asian carp has been caught just six miles from Lake Michigan, past an electronic barrier designed to keep the fish from entering the Great Lakes.

It's the first time such a fish has been found upriver of the electronic barrier, officials with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources confirmed. There is no barrier between where the fish was found and the mouth of Lake Michigan.

LINK (via: Minnpost)

Carp Barrier Breakdown

An electric barrier near Chicago designed to prevent Asian carp and other species from migrating between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River system had a 13-minute power outage.

LINK (via: The Chicago Tribune)