Asian carp may be in Lake Michigan

Another wonderful import from Asia. If I catch one of these things and then throw it back in the water will I be charged with 'Nipper-tipping'?

Oh oh, watch out for flying fishies. Those are the ones that jump ten feet out of the water in schools, and hit boaters. And get ready for native stocks to start to disappear.

How much electricity would it take to kill everything in the lake?

That's always an option

Oh great cant wait for it to hit the streams and rivers draining into Huron.....

Hopefully the lampreys do a number on them and then dont explode in population also... Oh wait some of these fish are big enough to survive a few lamprey attacks, great

Does anyone here know why they were ever imported to begin with?

fish farms, that got flooded by the river, and then carried the fish into the river

That's terrible. Then the fish farms from which they orginated from should be held responsible for this. Rivers flood all the time and the Mississippi is one that has very regular flood issues so safeguards should have been in place to prevent this from happening.

Why was the Asian carp being farmed to begin with anyway? For food? What's so special about it?

yea food it makes great for cultivators easier then doing trout i hear

The Asian carp can flourish in rice fields and even sewage ponds which is why it is popular in Asia. With a few million Asian immigrants in the Mississippi watershed it's perfectly logical to expect them to use the farming practices they're familiar with so putting carp in the rice fields is to be expected.

American rice farmers typically run tilapia in the rice fields while the Asians run Asian carp.

Hmmm, tilapia, now that's good eating!

Hmmm, tilapia, now that's good eating!

Agreed.

This things can be nasty. I live right by the lake and I always hear fisherman complaining about them. I need to get my fishing license soon

Check your local regs, you might not need a license to take carp.