How to catch 19 fish the easy way.

[dennilfloss]

Spare the rod.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Bf0WhvsNk&feature=youtu.be

 

[SunnyD]

Even easier... drop a stick of dynamite into the water. Be sure to bring your net.

 

[dank69]

Kind of reminds me how chicks would react to me when I used to troll the bars.

Also, guy in green shirt = little girl.

 

[Harrod]

That would be pretty cool to go out there with a shotgun and practice shooting skeet with those, since they are an invasive species anyways.

 

[highland145]

My first thought was skeet shooting.


Edit: Guess it was a little late.

 

[preslove]

That would be pretty cool to go out there with a shotgun and practice shooting skeet with those, since they are an invasive species anyways.

Try Bowfishing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_carp

The silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish, a variety of Asian carp native to north and northeast Asia. It is cultivated in China. Pound for pound, more silver carp are produced worldwide in aquaculture than any other species. Silver carp are usually farmed in polyculture with other Asian major carps, or sometimes Indian major carps or other species. It has been introduced to, or spread into via connected waterways, at least 88 countries around the world. The most common reason for importation was for use in aquaculture, but enhancement of wild fisheries and water quality control were also important reasons for importation.[1]
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Diet

The silver carp is a filter feeder, and possesses a remarkably specialized filtration apparatus capable of filtering particles as small as 4 µm. The gill rakers are fused into a sponge-like filter, and an epibranchial organ secretes mucus which assists in trapping small particles. A strong buccal pump forces water through this filter. Silver carp, like all Hypophthalmichthys species, have no stomachs; they are thought to feed more or less constantly. Silver carp are thought to feed largely on phytoplankton; they also consume zooplankton and detritus. Because of their plankton-feeding habits, there is concern that they will compete with native planktivorous fishes, which in North America include paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), and young fish of almost all species.

Because they feed on plankton, they are sometimes successfully used as methods for controlling water quality, especially in the control of noxious cyanobacteria (blue-green algae). However, these efforts are sometimes not successful. Certain species of blue-green algae, notably the often toxic Microcystis, can pass through the gut of silver carp unharmed, and pick up nutrients while in the gut. Thus, in some cases blue-green algae blooms have been exacerbated by silver carp. Also, Microcystis has been shown to produce more toxins in the presence of silver carp. Silver carp, which have natural defenses to the toxins produced by blue-green algae, sometimes can contain enough algal toxins in their systems that they become hazardous to eat.[2]

Sport fishing

Silver carp are filter feeders, and thus are difficult to catch on typical hook and line gear. Special methods have been developed for these fish, the most important being the "suspension method" usually consisting of a large dough ball that disintegrates slowly, surrounded by a nest of tiny hooks that are not embedded in the bait.[3] The entire apparatus is suspended below a large bobber. The fish feed on the small particles that are released from the dough ball and will bump against the dough ball, with the intention of breaking off more small particles that can be filtered from the water, eventually becoming hooked on the tiny hooks.

In some areas, it is also legal to use "snagging gear" in which large, weighted treble hooks are jerked through the water, to snag the fish. In the United States, silver carp are also popular targets for bowfishermen; they are shot both from the water and from the air. In the latter case, boats are used to scare the fish and entice them to jump, and the fish are shot from the air when they jump.

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In North America

Silver carp were imported to North America in the 1970s to control algae growth in aquaculture and municipal wastewater treatment facilities. They escaped from captivity soon after their importation.[5] They are considered a highly invasive species.[6] Silver carp together with the closely related bighead carp often reach extremely high population densities and are thought to have undesirable effects on the environment and on native species.[7]

By 2003 silver carp had spread into the Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio, and Missouri rivers and many of their tributaries in the US. They are now (August 2009) abundant in the Mississippi River watershed from Louisiana to South Dakota and Illinois, and are close to invading the Great Lakes via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.[8] Navigation dams on the Mississippi River seem to have slowed their advance up the Mississippi River, and until late November 2008 silver carp had not been captured north of central Iowa on the Mississippi.[9] Dams that do not have navigation locks are complete barriers to upstream natural movement of silver carp, and it is important that fishermen do not assist this movement by the unintentional use of silver carp as bait.[10]

The silver carp is also called the flying carp for its tendency to leap from the water when startled.[11] They can grow to over 40 lb (18 kg), and can leap 10 ft (3 m) in the air. Many boaters traveling in uncovered high-speed watercraft have been injured by running into the fish while at speed. In 2003 a woman jet-skiing broke her nose and a vertebra colliding with a silver carp and nearly drowned.[12] In another example, a teenager's jaw was broken by a silver carp while being pulled on an inner tube.[13] Water skiing in areas where silver carp are present is extremely dangerous.[14]

 

[Jeff7]

Kind of reminds me how chicks would react to me when I used to troll the bars.

Also, guy in green shirt = little girl.

Writhe on the floor while bleeding profusely? Sounds like you've got some serious issues with women.:hmm:

 

[davmat787]

These Asian Carp are a huge problem in the Illinois River and those connecting to it. If they ever reach the Great Lakes, they could wipe out native species. I know there is an electric fish wall that is hoped to prevent these things from crossing into the Great Lakes. Not sure where it is located exactly on the Illinois, somewhere south of Chicago.

From what I understand, they were imported to control algae, but escaped from the enclosed lake or whatever into the Illinois from a flood.

edit: oops, did not read the wiki above, explains the algae issue in more detail as well.

 

[Ichinisan]

I remember hearing about these fish. I think they're an invasive species or something.

 

[Newbian]

Writhe on the floor while bleeding profusely? Sounds like you've got some serious issues with women.:hmm:

Hey, the abductions don't perform themselves.

 

[DrPizza]

All we need to do is find a group of people who enjoy eating them. Hell, McD's could use them, along with a little artificial flavoring (less than .5% so they can still call them 100% fish), and make even cheaper fillet o'fish sandwiches.

 

[Soccerman06]

Im pretty sure the easiest way to catch a bunch of fish is putting a large electrical current through the water, ie car battery.

 

[BoomerD]

Even easier... drop a stick of dynamite into the water. Be sure to bring your net.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5meXUjqmw8

"You gonna talk or you gonna fish?"

 

[chusteczka]

I have seen these on the Illinois river near where it meat the Mississippi, just like in this video. My brother was brave enough to go water skiing and got smacked by one. I would enjoy standing in the boat with a bat in my hand, swinging as they fly past.

 

[Howard]

That would be pretty cool to go out there with a shotgun and practice shooting skeet with those, since they are an invasive species anyways.

Is your name Dick Cheney?

 

[BoomerD]

Is your name Dick Cheney?

He didn't say he was going to shoot his fishing partner in the face...