ExiledInIllinois Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 No Fish Story: This carp could eat up Lake Michigan I know that all traffic has been stopped (for five days going back to August 17th) at Romeoville so they can turn up and test the juice! There has to be a "silver bullet" like they found with the lamprey problem after opening the Seaway back in 1959. Isn't there a natural predator for the Asian carp? Then there is this: The Asian carp escaped from fish farms in the South after flooding in the early '90s, Gaden said. "They've been making their way northward ever since." I guess the South is getting the North back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I've read that those things - when agitated by the sound of boat motors - start jumping out of the water, and have actually concussed boaters and fishermen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 I've read that those things - when agitated by the sound of boat motors - start jumping out of the water, and have actually concussed boaters and fishermen... Ya, that is the scary part. They don't even have to feel "trapped" and they "jump"... I heard they fish them down river in Illinois with flat decked Jon boats and 55 gallon drums to throw them in when caught... They use a bow with a line on the harpoony thing and then shoot them out of the air when they jump. I guess you can take as many as possible. I am just waiting for PETA's response... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Ya, that is the scary part. They don't even have to feel "trapped" and they "jump"... I heard they fish them down river in Illinois with flat decked Jon boats and 55 gallon drums to throw them in when caught... They use a bow with a line on the harpoony thing and then shoot them out of the air when they jump. I guess you can take as many as possible. I am just waiting for PETA's response... Yes, I am surprised Mr. Radecki doesn't just keep a crossbow under his front seat to deal with the 'jumpers' Anyway, I'm not even sure how the Fish & Game Warden would respond to this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 Just got a tow boat and asked the pilot some questions... I guess dry cargo is making its way through the electric fence, but it needs a helper boat on the head (front). No chemical or oil tows are allowed through and no pleasure boats until the testing is complete. I wonder why no pleasure boats? Could it be because they are not metal hull? Grounding issues?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 Yes, I am surprised Mr. Radecki doesn't just keep a crossbow under his front seat to deal with the 'jumpers' Anyway, I'm not even sure how the Fish & Game Warden would respond to this... No doubt! What better sport for recidivist drunks! Oh, he would probaly need one of those glowing tracer things for the 0400 Chippewa crowd and 150 pound test for the occasional hockey lightweight who hates to play defense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 Actually, on second thought... They should allow the fish to come up here and to the lake! Here is my reasoning... I am getting tired of having to tell people to cut their wake. On busy days, they may be 50 boats leaving and 50 entering (passing each other)... People rip out of the joint and make the water look like a tempest hit! Somebody is going to get killed... One time I had a Donzi split the difference between two cruisers with high fly bridges... Almost turtled both crusiers. My logic is that if the propulsion of the boat makes 60 pound fish fly out of the water, people will slow down (well at least the boats behind other boats ). Anyway, the video of the carnage that would ensue would be priceless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 No Fish Story: This carp could eat up Lake Michigan I know that all traffic has been stopped (for five days going back to August 17th) at Romeoville so they can turn up and test the juice! There has to be a "silver bullet" like they found with the lamprey problem after opening the Seaway back in 1959. Isn't there a natural predator for the Asian carp? Then there is this: The Asian carp escaped from fish farms in the South after flooding in the early '90s, Gaden said. "They've been making their way northward ever since." I guess the South is getting the North back... Bring back the tin and the cadmium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 Bring back the tin and the cadmium. We got 60 pound regular carp here! I don't know what the fuss is? The Great Lakes were a sterile enviro early on from the glaciers... Very few fish... Everything you see in it is mostly because of humans. Zebra mussels turned out to be semi-winnable and they really cleaned up the water in spots. We have a big green-algea bloom now (probably because of the cooler temps?)... I guess it would serve as prime fish food! Anyway... I get my boss' all pump up and in a lather by saying: "You know what the last line of defense is? You guessed it... US! They just might have to close us down... Throw down the submarine nets!" That's how they found the silver bullet for sea lamprey after the Seaway opened... Stop the upstream breeding (kinda with what you said), then they can't return and prosper. Anyway... I hear it is a fiasco down there by the barrier... Only dry cargo can get through and they have to be helped by another tug on the front of the boat... All pleasure craft and chemical tows are stopped... I guess if you rub against the wall, sparks fly! A muti-billions dollar industry has been stopped for days now because of this. I don't think the poor guy from Green Bay hit him when I told him the news (he is heading to Mobile, Alabama)... Kinda like heading to California, only to be stopped and stuck on I-80 for an undeterminable amount of days (going on 5 now). Oh, well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 Here is a real time update! I got four barges sitting in front of me right now. I was just taking to the deckhand about the fish barrier... Supposedly it is something like 2 volts DC per square something (ft? inch?)... I have to look it up at the Corps site... But... Supposedly the deckhand said that he could feel tingling in his feet (like when they fall asleep) when on deck (steel hull)... Right through his safety shoes (steel toes probably don't help?)... Wow... That is phucked up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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