Silver carp found for the first time in St. Croix River

Yessir, two silvers.

I talked to the guys who caught them last weekend.

Andy, a second hand source at the DNR said it was a silver and big head. I wonder if the guy you talked to meant 2 “asian carp”.

Although it takes more then 1 male and one female carp to start establishing a breeding permanent population, I sure don’t like hearing there are any silvers in our waters.

I’ve always said they would be here by now if they were coming, but either way there isn’t a way to stop them. Look at the common carp.

One silver, one big head. Pics on kspt.com.

-J.

FYI, the pic from the story on KSTP.com are not fish from this haul. That is an AP photo of a bighead carp and grass carp. The haul last week did catch one bighead carp and one silver carp, a photo of the latter was posted on the news release.

Joel

Thanks for the clarification Joel.

Brian Klawitter wrote:

Andy, a second hand source at the DNR said it was a silver and big head. I wonder if the guy you talked to meant 2 “asian carp”.

We had that conversation last sunday I believe.

Seiners specifically said they have not caught a bighead this winter, but they did just catch their first two silvers.

Immaterial… We’ll go with what the news reports. No biggie

Brian Klawitter wrote:

I’ve always said they would be here by now if they were coming, but either way there isn’t a way to stop them. Look at the common carp.

Don’t worry, global warming is coming to make your waters more suitable for them.