In the United States, carp are mostly considered “trash fish.” These non-native bottom feeders were introduced to our country centuries ago and have adapted and thrived so well that they exist in ...

There are two perceptions of common carp among anglers in the United States. One group believes that carp are dumb and that nothing could be easier than going after them. They believe that learning ...

Scientist Jim Lamer holds an invasive silver carp on the Illinois River. (Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco/WNIJ-Northern Public Radio) Buy Photo Midwestern states are ...

In late July, a team of researchers set out on the Mississippi River near La Crosse to lay a new kind of trap for invasive carp. The researchers hope it will prove to be another tool to fight the ...

Black carp, such as the one seen collected from a lake in the middle Mississippi River in Alexander County, Ill., are invasive to North America and threaten important native species. U.S. Fish and ...

Okay, I know that most folks out there have very sound opinions of certain fish species. Their minds are made up and we are not likely to convince them otherwise. But to me, some aspects of fishing ...

Ian Russell is enjoying some of the best winter fishing he has ever ...

Invasive carp are not yet common so far upriver, and the agencies hope to keep it that way. The floating feeders will dispense food four times a day, then commercial fishers will go out to the feeders ...