Interesting Article on Asian Carp

[Tim Bromund]

Hope this guy is right. I've heard similar opinions expressed by others as well. We don't have the proper rivers for them to reproduce in, so even if a couple of them do get in, which appears to be a foregone conclusion at this point, they may not be able to take over the lakes as the doomsdayers are saying

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sp ... ays.html?s

Tim

[Capt Vince Pierleoni]

I'm with you Tim. Just hope Lake Erie doesn't work for them as a "River".

[GAMBLER]

If this is the case, we will not have to worry but lake Michigan will. Whats from Keeping the carp from spawning in the river, and returning to the lake to eat. They could migrate back to the shipping canal to spawn (like steelhead, browns, kings, coho, walleye, ect.

[Tim Bromund]

Brian,

From what I've seen in other documentation, these carp need large free flowing rivers at least 30-50 miles long for the eggs to properly incubate, which is why they've done so well in the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio , etc. We really do not have rivers that fit that description in the Great Lakes.

Tim

[GAMBLER]

Tim,

I understand that. I'm talking about the shipping canal that connects the Mississippi to Lake Michigan. The fish could spawn there and leave the river to spend the summer eating in Lake Michigan.

[LongLine]

The question I'd ask this guy is "So how does this specie survive in farm ponds? Not much flow in them?"

I'm afraid I'd have to see some of his "facts" before I believe him.

Tom B.

(LongLine)

[Tim Bromund]

Tom, they live a long time, they just don't reproduce in the ponds.

Brian, gotcha, misread your post.

Tim

[fish or swim]

Over the last few months the scientists have had a chance to review all of the recent Asian Carp claims. It now seems that some political agendas were trying to produce some (or all) misleading stories. No offense is meant to the original post. It looks like they were trying to take us all for a ride.

http://www.freep.com/article/20101010/S ... Asian-Carp