October 15, 2009
Where These Fish Are Jumpin’, Arrows Are Aimed
New York Times
October 13, 2009
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BARTONVILLE, Ill. — The sound and vibration of a boat engine make the fish fly.
The Illinois River and other waterways flowing into the Mississippi have become infested with invasive Asian fish species, commonly called silver carp, which can turn a leisurely ride on a johnboat into the aquatic version of the running of the bulls. The carp jump out of the water by the hundreds, sometimes soaring 10 feet in the air and often landing in the boat. They have loosened fishermen’s teeth, broken their jaws and left them scarred.
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