Let Them Eat Carp

Illinois says it wants to deal with the problem of invasive Asian carp by grinding them up into fish sticks and feeding the poor.

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Carp Attack

A small drainage ditch in the flooded Spoon River.

Carpocalypse

                                 Coming soon to a bayou near you

If the current flooding along the Mississippi River were not bad enough, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist and Asian carp expert says the fish are likely to show up in places where Mississippi flood waters intruded.

“We may now be finding them in lakes, ponds, bayous, anywhere the river water went. Those things will be full of carp now.”

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Scientists Test New Asian Carp Gun - Peoria opts for Wolverine

The war against invasive carp has escalated from electric fences to high velocity water cannons.

Meanwhile in Peroria.

Asian Carp meets an episode from Jackass. (Via: Deadspin)

Sheilds up and give me more power!

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it might need to increase the voltage on the electric barrier built to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes.  LINK

Aerial Bowfishing Greatest Hits

A montage of fish slapping goodness.