Battling invasive fish with bows and arrows

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  1. Chinatown

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  3. Vic Firth

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    Unfortunately the Illinois river is full of them.
     
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    I'd love to net some and release them in golf course ponds.
    That's a good hobby for retired truckers; travel the USA in a motor home and net those fish and release them all over the USA.
    Lake Tahoe is a good start. Then the Florida Everglades.
    That would make some great fishing behind the Hoover Dam.
    My home state of Tennessee has some nice big lakes.
     
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    I’m sure the Illinois DNR would love to give you some, LOL.
     
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    The DNR needs to shlt or get off the pot already when it comes to these piece of shlt Asian Carp.
    If these monsters make it into The Great Lakes, its all over.
     
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    Yes it’s really a sad thing. I’ve been on the river and seen them, better wear a helmet!
     
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    One species of them is already in the Great Lakes. One theory of how they got there is some eggs made it through the electric barrier in Chicago.
     
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    Wow I hadn’t heard that.
     
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    Evidence of Asian carp in the Great Lakes is nothing new, but their growing presence has raised concerns. A study published last year found that carp could make up one-third of the fish population in Lake Erie, should they continue to migrate to the lake and reproduce.
    Invasive Asian carp are present in three Great Lakes. How ...
    www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0130/Invasive-Asian-carp-are-present-in-three-Great-La…
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    The Great Lakes Asian grass carp invasion has already begun
    https://www.mlive.com/news/2017/02/great_lakes_grass_carp_invasio.html
    Feb 09, 2017 · Asian grass carp have invaded the Great Lakes and the time to act is now. That's the conclusion of a Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) report on grass carp, 48 …
     
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    They won't take a hook with bait, they filter feed on plankton. You have to snag em, or net them, or catch them when they jump, and they are big fish. Great eating, but you can only eat about the middle third of the fish because of all the bones.
     
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