Bighead Carp caught on the St Croix

[harvey lee]

wonder if MN DNR will rethink snagging bans once the bigheads and silvers are stacked up below the dams?

I would really doubt that.

That would give many of the so called sportsmen in Mn a good reason to snag any other specie. That would happen.

[harvey lee]

Maybe we could slap some of these AIS stickers on our Mississippi river dams in visiable locations so the carp would know what the law is and what the penaties are for entering our waters. They wouldn't be able to tell the game wardens that they didn't know.

That might work James but I do not believe they can read english. The carp may also not swim by the decal. You would have to talk to them and explain to them they have to leave. Then they would agrue with that and swim away and laugh at this.

[nate larson]

I think the DNR should stop [PoorWordUsage] money away on zebs and use all their AIS dollars to stop the carp. These are a much bigger threat than milfoil and zebs...besides we are too late to do much about them.

[harvey lee]

Both are a huge issue and we can try to fix both. Leaving them alone will do nothing. The carp are here just like all the other AIS. We need to try and do something other than just let either of them go.

The DNR has thier hands tied until the legislature decides to fund some project to try and do anything. No money or funds, no projects.

[nate larson]

I agree that they are both issues. And I agree that our legislative system is slow and broken. I would just like to see us focus our efforts more on the bighead and jumping carp. I don't honestly think the zebs are that big of an issue.

[davidbigreelz]

Sometimes you have to think about the other species besides humans that might be affected. These fish are plankton feeders and they will compete will the other native plankton feeders in the same ecosystem. One of the fish that may be affected is the Paddlefish.