all out carp assault

[Flaco651]

An all out carp assault happened on 10-26 on Swan Lake in Nicollet County. The full story is on the DNR HSOforum.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Can you imagine that stench! I'd like to check out the carnage firsthand. Sounds like quite the undertaking. Did they say what they do with the carcasses?

[Flaco651]

I didn't see anything about what they are gonna do with the carcasses. That is a good question though, what will they do with them?

[DEADhead]

filet-o-fish

[GottaGo]

I don't know if this allowed or not, but the star tribune has a picture of what some of the lake looked like at http://www.startribune.com/531/story/772090-a772097-t3.html It's pretty impressive to think of how many fish must have been in that lake.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Yikes, I get the dry heaves just looking at that picture...I wish it was a better picture, they dont look to be all carp.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Yeah, I'd like to see some better photos. Looks like some bullheads in there and other fish. It's too bad they had to do that, but hopefully, the lake will make a speedy recovery.

[lotsofish]

The last DNR survey for that lake was in 2001. They caught a lot of bullheads and some green sunfish. Also caught fathead minnows in the trap nets, but nothing else.

I thought I read a story recently that said fathead minnows were bad for wetlands and marshes, so I guess eliminating them might be another benefit.