If mods want to move this - I'm OK with it...Please do...
I wasn't really sure where to post this :grin:- Hunting, Flyfishing, or the Bass & Panfish board? Maybe it should go on all of 'em! I know something like this was posted awhile ago, but this is new. The Asian Carp have invaded the Illinois river
(IN Illinois...) and destroying the habitat, so what do folks around there do? Make lemonade out of lemons!!
My dad told me about the "Redneck Fishing Tournament" just outside of my hometown in Illinois river. The rules are simple - Anything goes - you just can't use a rod!!
The last one they had a couple weeks ago - 70 boats in 3 hours got something like 1800 Carp!! :shocked:
Also - there is a new sport/guide out of my hometown in Bartonville who is taking folks on GUIDED trips to bow hunt for these things WHILE they're in the air!
Last thing, there is some show on The Outdoor Channel where a newlywed couple travels around and did this exact trip.
Below are a couple links... The videos are just hysterical! There's a newspaper article also about it...
Now - Do I post on all three boards?
Sorry - I posted here because I flyfish now and when I saw the videos, I realized why I love Oregon so much...No offense to anyone - I love it there, just doesn't fit my lifestyle now.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n2002871.shtml
From the Peoria Journal Star:
BATH - Aggressive silver carp that have made recreational boating on the Illinois River a frightening experience also present an opportunity - scary fun. A real-life Fear Factor.
Enterprising people in Bath, a remote river town south of Havana, last month organized a Redneck Fishing Tournament and plan another one Sept. 10.
It's a bring-your-own-boat tournament, where a boatload of people compete to see who can get the most Asian silver carp to jump into their boats. The winner takes all of the $10-per-boat entry fees.
The silver carp cruise beneath the Illinois River in schools, and leap out of the water at the sound of a boat motor.
"You can't throw them back," said Betty DeFord, manager of The Boat Tavern in Bath. "We're going to eradicate the Asian (silver) carp."
The July tournament garnered about 200 silver carp, she said, in only five boats. Organizers hope to double the number of boats and silver carp in September.
DeFord said she recently took a group of friends out on the river to see the silver carp jump and wasn't disappointed.
"It slimed all four of us. There were 30 (silver carp) in the boat," she said.
The jumping carp leave a residue of slime and blood wherever they land.
The group had to shower and change clothes before the party resumed, she added.
Fly Fishing - Well, sorta!!
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