From St. Paul, Mn to Spring Valley/Ottowa Illinois where this was filmed. Picked this up off another site. Must see video of those damn Asian flying carp. I honestly did not think it had gotten this bad.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060718/MULTIMEDIA/60707016
-J.
It’s nice to see them throwing an invasive species back into the river…
On a side note, they look like a skeet shooter’s paradise. 
How fun would that be skeet shooting flying carp?
It goes against everything I was taught about gun safety though. 
Too bad you can’t make an alternative fuel for cars and trucks using carp! 
I’ve been advertising the idea of skeetcapin’ ever since I first seen a video like this.
you are right Blue……..It is nice to know that the DNR is throwing the species back into the water! 
Totally bizarre to say the least. The bad thing about this is I’m 5 hours closer to this than you people up in the cities but it is still a 2-1/2 hour drive on a good day from Dubuque. I haven’t heard of any caught this far up the Mississippi yet. I love to bow fish but going after these fish would bring a whole new meaning to bow fishing. A guy would need to be pretty quick on the draw. After watching this video I think a baseball bat would work better than a fishing pole or a bow and fish arrow. I do know a guy who caught one during a tournament down at Spring Valley.
Eyehunter
the things are crazy and quite honest a sight to see…in the spring we go to iowa and misouri paddlefishng and there everywhere
looks like it would be better then skeet shooting
While these fish are a sight to see during their aerial assaults the mess they leave behind is beyond belief. I fish the Spring Valley area on a regular basis and have had the unfortunate experience of seeing these fish up close and personal. In a span of less than 5 minutes we had 10-15 of these fish in the boat and the blood and slime left behind took hours to get rid of.
Try explaining to the wife that the fish were just jumping in the boat when she asks how the he.. you made that mess in the boat. She really had a hard time believing that we had the fish jumping in the boat. It looked like a first class crime scene. The blood washes out of the carpet much easier than the slime. I have since learned how to avoid them for the most part.
To bad the virus that was attacking them did not kill them all off.
John
Why don’t they employ some of the commercial fishermen that were put out of work due to fish markets closing and pay them to catch these stupid things?
Has anyone heard if they’ve done any damage to the native species. Any fish counts of other fish species after these fish have been in the river a few years.
I have not heard any numbers, but I can tell you the sauger bite has really slowed the past couple of years. Most of the IWT guys believe that they have had a real adverse affect on the native species. I spoke with a DNR official a couple of weeks back that thought they should have some data on native species by the end of the summer.
As far as commercial fishermen there are a few that are getting them but the market is not that large. The couple I have talked to have had to have special nets made due to the weights that they catch. They are still trying to determine the cost benefit.
That’s too bad. It’s going to change things. Seems like ospreys and eagles should have an easy meal?
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Why don’t they employ some of the commercial fishermen that were put out of work due to fish markets closing and pay them to catch these stupid things?
Commercial fishermen are netting them. It seems there is quite a market for these not only for fertilizer but as an ethnic food.
I saw a program recently on commercially netting these and the fisherman in the program said his annual income has more than quadrupled since the carp have become plentiful. If I remember correctly he was netting over 1500 pounds of them each day.
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you are right Blue……..It is nice to know that the DNR is throwing the species back into the water!
They probably would need a collecting permit to keep those fish, which requires a lot of paperwork BS. Besides, what difference would it really make? You see all those fish jumping in the video
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