Carp Madness - Commercial Fishing Tournament

Asian Carp, brought over from the far east to aid in cleaning commercial fish ponds in Arkansas. It seemed like a good idea at the time; however, it all went bad when the Mississippi River flooded in the 1970's and they escaped into the wild. Now they are taking over rivers and lakes along the Mississippi, Ohio and connected waters. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is addressing this problem and one possible solution to that problem in this edition of Kentucky Afield TV.
**UPDATE*** Two Rivers Fisheries in Wickliffe, KY is taking a run at the Asian Carp market. With an abundance of Bighead and Silver carp in nearby waterways, the fish market is set to process and sell these fish for consumption. Commercial fishermen have often said if you pay us for the invasive carp we will catch them and that is exactly what is happening in Western Kentucky. Watch the video here:
• Asian Carp Processing ...
Other shows Kentucky Afield has on the Asian and Bighead Carp...
-Bowfishing for bigheads, how to clean them and several recipes:
Part 1: • Bighead Carp Bowfishin...
Part 2: • Bighead Carp Bowfishin...
-Kentucky State University's plan to market these fish:
• Kentucky Tuna
-Bowfishing at night for bigheads:
• Bow fishing at night f...
-More indepth interviews with Fisheries Director Ron Brooks on the problem:
- • The Asian Carp Issue i...
- • 1 19 13 Ky Afield Radi...

[@Hhfgdrghvdsddfj]

Around 20 years ago, I was working with inland fisheries management. The guys told me the previous year, they did a huge carp kill (common carp, big ones) on a lake. A farmer said he'd take it for his field. Somebody had the idea to back up a big truck at the public boat launch, and run all the carp through a wood chipper. They said no one ever saw so much blood. Bees everywhere. The water turned red. It was August and very hot. People were throwing up. They said you could smell it from far away. Even better, the launch was right next to the public swimming beach. The truck was of course not watertight, and there was a blood stain on the roads all the way from the lake to the farm. I wish they'd do that again.

[@davidstone9467]

Hhfgdrghvdsddfj that’s the best story I’ve heard all week

[@wahidtrynaheghugh260]

I’d love to see a video

[@yewtreecot6919]

That’s disgusting

[@grommike3726]

Thank you for that story!

[@LaoSoftware]

The zoos and animal shelter would love this fish.

[@willperryman4559]

It’s truly hard to believe how far we still have to go to bring back Kentucky Lake to the status it deserves to rise up to...

[@funch357]

Glad to hear Kentucky is an *innovator* at something! You rock! Stop viewing Asian carp as a pestilence & view them as a RESOURCE for making $$$$ -- fertilizer, pet food, people food and EMPLOYMENT!

[@fishfuxors]

If you ran for office, I'd vote for ya.

[@drpk6514]

Turn them into a blessing. Make fish cake and make them food for schools, prisons, homeless people,,,, until people develop a taste for it. Then you wont be able to get enough of them... not even for cat food... Kentucky did it with chicken, they can do it with their fish too.

[@debbybailey1809]

Awesome idea! The fish can be used for many things.

[@HardinProuductionsOriginal]

No you fools. We need to get rid of these fish, they're destroying our waters

[@brucelittle3958]

Cool and very worthwhile project! Last time fished at KY lake there was a drought and my favorite fishing hole was dried up! You guys and gals ROCK! I do realize this video is dated but it is good to see where this all started.

[@watertothepeople]

Good work! Gov. should just go on doing this every day. Paying this fishermen to get as much of this carps out as possible. This will still cost less than the damage this fish do and will do if nothing radical is done. Even if there is millions of pounds in a lake, if one boat can catch 10'000 pounds a day..do the math..this is gona reduce them quickly!

[@dboenish]

5:57 - 5:59 Thank You for the great interview!

[@whitebuffalo4641]

Thanks to all the commercial fishermen who worked so hard to make this successful.

[@sherlytle1057]

This should be a yearly competition at every lake America has. Carp Madness 2021 I can't wait to watch!!

[@andrewhull863]

i commercial fished in alaska, and we were lucky to get this many fish with a 40 ft boat and a 150 fathom net

[@samuelpollock8858]

They should higher ocean liner boats to go there and just completely wipe out the population of fish in that lake

[@dogguy8603]

@@samuelpollock8858 naw tell mainland Chinese people that carp here can cure ED lol

[@wildlifefreq]

I kept a silver carp that jumped in our boat one day while working on the West Fork White River in Indiana (they're a huge problem in Indiana as well), brought it home, cleaned it, and grilled it. It's VERY good meat, but kind of a pain to cut the bones out of. I just left the bones in, and after the meat was cooked it was very easy to pick off the bones. I agree with a lot of the other people saying they should take these fish and grind them up to turn them into fertilizer, fish food, or something like that!

[@herbssecondson]

wildlifefreq

[@ecnalted1]

My mom would pressure cook them, pull out the big bones and make fish patties and then fry them up.

[@dhdhlee9449]

Ted Lance Holly carp. Your mom has just come up with the next big thing, Kentucky fried Carp.

[@lancaster5077]

Ha ha - yes 'KFC' - why not bring in some alligator garfish, they could grow huge on these things (and Catfish ?).

[@patreed2921]

wildlifefreq @

[@SquatchMan123]

These tournaments should be held every weekend,great job guys. Let’s create a profitable market.

[@phineasjwhoopie4615]

Back in the early 90's I remember seeing so many carp at a Lake Mead dock that it looked like you could walk on them like wet solid ground. I can easily see how they have become a huge problem today. This is a great solution. More tournaments! Put a bounty on them per fish and help many people earn a living from it.

[@jonathanjames3612]

5:59 "that feel goooood"

[@garrettfobes1091]

Jonathan James lol

[@Hoosierkid1327]

I came to the comments for this 😂

[@2msvalkyrie529]

I'm from UK . I Love Kentucky / Tennesee accent !!

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Problem solved in one two three 1) human food, 2) pet food, and 3) plant food.

[@captainggttv3243]

Truck Taxi still have to catch them idiot

[@SOCORROGM]

soil additive

[@homermcclain7694]

I totally agree with you and they aren't hard to catch

[@blank1778]

Truck Taxi these are the easiest fish to catch! I let my dog run out and catch a few dozen every weekend. He sure loves his frozen fish popsicles

[@kentuckymonkeys]

@devin g what kinda dog do you have? That’s crazy lol

[@artemizlogan8305]

Invasive carp were originally imported from Southeast Asia to the southern United States to help aquaculture and wastewater treatment facilities keep retention ponds clean. Flooding and accidental releases allowed these fish to escape into the Mississippi River system and migrate into the Missouri and Illinois rivers. The Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois rivers are all connected and therefore fish swim freely between them. The Illinois River is also connected to the Great Lakes by a manmade connection, known as the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. 1963: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service imports grass carp from Eastern Asia to Arkansas for federal research on controlling aquatic vegetation in aquaculture ponds. 1966: First believed escape of invasive carp into U.S. waters, in Arkansas. 1970: State of Arkansas begins stocking grass carp in weed-choked waters throughout the state. 1972: Bighead carp are first brought into the US by a fish farmer in Arkansas to improve water quality and fish production in aquaculture. 1973: Silver carp are introduced into the US for phytoplankton control in culture ponds and as fish food. 1973: An Arkansas fish farmer who ordered grass carp unintentionally receives the nation’s first shipment of black carp. 1974: The Arkansas Fish and Game Commission report extensive stocking in more than 100 public or semi-public lakes with over 50,000 acres stocked with more than 380,000 grass carp. 1976: Silver carp, stocked in sewage ponds, escape into wild during flood. 1976: First wild sighting of invasive carp in Arkansas. 1980: The first report of silver carp swimming in the wild. 1981: The first record of a Bighead carp caught in natural waters when an individual was caught on the Ohio River below Smithland Dam, Kentucky. 1982: Carp considered “established” in the wild in Arkansas.

[@charlespinson6693]

Thank ALL of you for these efforts! GOD Bless

[@Kywildcatnation]

Great job guys thanks for all the hard work that was put into this event. Every little bit helps.

[@HoosierOutdoors]

Kudos to Kentucky for taking a proactive approach to this invasive species! I hope that Indiana follows suit.

[@stickwithit7670]

Thanks for putting the effort in guys, high five to Ron for putting this all together. i would dread the day i catch or see one of those up near Niagara. thank you for this video, and im sure much more has been done since. just takes one pioneer. Fish on!

[@achikavengergarohills3048]

We wish we can have carp madness...we would have camped fished, fried, boiled , dried, fermented,curried each fish have a good time and made money too...jeez America is a land of excess... God really blessed you people😀

[@Quetzachapin]

Amazing work by ALL fishermen. I wish they all got some money back for all their backbreaking work.

[@MLCAgaming]

West Tennessee's fishing legend, our boy Steve Caksackkar!! 3:06

[@sherlytle1057]

Low man on the totem pole? WTH? I'm just a chick from Vegas and even I know commercial fishermen are the backbone of the fishing industry. Bravo to all who participated and who are helping get rid of Asian carp! God bless! 💘

[@Kac210]

These fishes are a huge blessing far more than a problem.

[@estilosouk]

That's an amazing number of carp being caught there. In the UK fishermen will pay hundreds of £'s and camp out on the lake bank for 3 or 4 days at a time to catch 1 or 2 carp.

[@RicTic66]

Different species of Carp Dublin. 👍🐟🎣 But if you could isolate a lake and stock Carp that reach 100lb it would definitely attract the big fish boys. Trouble is even isolated fish stock have the habit of infiltrating the main water ways. The amount of common Carp and signal Crayfish in our smaller rivers and streams confirms that.

[@wantsome480]

I'm a fisherman from Michigan. I am dreading what these things are gonna do to the great lakes. The great lakes coastline is larger then the east coast and west coast of the US combined. We're gonna have a serious from these fish in a few years. Fishing is a way of life for me. I'm gonna have to relocate to another state.

[@SovereignMind69]

They should close the chicago canal and call it good

[@dlr441]

Several years ago I was working in the telephone business. Every morning and evening we would all gather in the "gang room". Carp fishing would occasionally come up. One of the men had caught some good sized carp over the weekend. He came in on Monday with several containers of smoked fish and told everyone to help themselves. Come evening there was a goodly amount of talk about how good the fish was. Finally several guys asked him what kind of fish it was. He said first please tell me your if it was good or not. Of those who had tried it most thought it was. That's when he told it was Carp. The honest guys were surprised. Personally, I thought it was better than smoked salmon. Of course it can be fried same as most fish. I hope the folks can establish a carp for food business. If so everyone will profit.

[@unsafe_at_any_speed]

40 ton in 2 days! Man that's a lot of carp. Kudos to the fishermen!

[@JohnSmith-ki2eq]

Someone needs to build a cannery there now!, how frickin funny would it be if Asian carp from KY helped to buy back some of that US debt the Chinese bought.

[@trainsmusicandmore877]

John Smith. Illinois is already packaging it.

[@gg_rider]

Fish idea good but why do you care that China exported GOODS to the people of the United States in exchange for nothing more than owning a balance statement on a spreadsheet maintained by the Fed? Why do people believe that it's bad for America that foreign countries own lots of United States Dollars, and at the same time are worried to death that foreign countries in the future might not seriously want to own so many USA Dollars?

[@adamsmith8660]

@@gg_rider Because unlike yourself, people are ignorant and don't understand what is really going on! They just repeat what they've heard from their team and shit on the other team, meanwhile we never make any progress.

[@b_rad5678]

There is one in Ballard County.

[@timothyenoch5352]

@@adamsmith8660 And the sad part of it is... you're absolutely right about this.

[@Andysfishing]

Nice full length video, very informative. Andysfishing

[@jjoser62]

Did they trow the fish away?

[@fletchersmith6848]

Hi Andy I'm Subbed to you love ur vids

[@boypobs5716]

Andy's Fishing Wil

[@jasperpowell8959]

Haha didn’t expect to see you here Andy

[@ldwithrow08]

There has got to be a commercial market for these fish. I doubt if a fresh fish market would absorb enough fish to make a difference, but the pet food industry, fertilizer industry and manufacturers of protein meal for livestock feed should be able to absorb a whole lot of fish.

[@dariusvilla5680]

Here in South Florida, invasive freshwater fish species that can have tasty fillet are Mayan cichlid, which I've caught on rod and reel with bread balls, as well as Oscar and Guapote. The FWC had their way of keeping these invasive cichlid under control while also giving a good freshwater sport fish to local South Florida anglers, like myself. They introduced Peacock Bass in the canals of South Florida in the 80s. A commercial fishery on Mayan Cichlids and invasive cichlids with good fillet, similar to these carp tournaments can be a great idea here.

[@MOREENGINEERING]

Very informative video. In Australia our problem is European carp. Bought in many years ago by Europeans I believe. Our ones are bottom dwellers and stir up the bottom mud and in some areas have starved the water of Oxygen, making the water useless. By the way, people from Europe say the meat tastes great. Aussies say it taste like SHoneT. Mushy. Yuk!!

[@RonBand01]

It is mealy or mushy as you say. I don't know about the Asian carp... never tried it. I'm sure it will make great fertilizer.

[@RD-kq3ml]

Just send those carps here in south east asia. We gonna pay top dollars for that big heads.

[@yummychips_]

yes you will... The price will sky rocket trying to delivery it in a timely manner. Planes charge by weight and its hefty. Ships are cheaper, but you need freezers for longer trip.

[@noorijanze]

Send to any to bangladesh india or pakistan they are gonna love it

[@theoxmountaingang2585]

@@yummychips_ could can it

[@captraykelly]

Interesting video. Learned a lot. Great tournament. Good to eat. Never knew that. Congratulations to the winners.

[@chuckguerin8141]

Thank God for these Men!

[@K20tae_]

(KFC) Kentucky fried carp

[@atilasozen5981]

Tae b Q

[@chingsaechao7995]

Tae b

[@butlerproman]

Not a bad idea. If the meat is as good as they say, then marketing is the key to exploiting the resource and possibly keeping their numbers in check. If they could be packaged in an appealing way and become a popular food it would dramatically increase consumption. I think a fast-food type approach would reach a bigger market than the gourmet meal or sit-down restaurant approach.

[@YerluvinunclePete]

Sounds tasty!

[@dhdhlee9449]

Tae b it might just be better tasting and healthy than your average KFC.

[@sgt.guardsman2221]

The States need to do more of these "Tournaments".

[@PMJ4EVERR]

Strangely I feel giddy and happy and I haven’t been drinking. Yippeee!!! I’m so happy for the fisherman. Food and fertilizer. What do they eat that make them grow so big? AMEN HALLELUJAH THANK YOU JESUS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROVISIONS.

[@TheRealMB220]

I just found your channel by this video. Subscribed!

[@fubarmofo6969]

Lmao they let that Mexican guy say few words then cut it off lmao “Da feee guud” lmfao

[@Briguy1027]

Heh, as a sportsfisherman, we have all sorts of quotas, etc. So we can't destroy a fishery. With commercial fishermen on the job, I see no problems with them getting in there and just gathering tons and tons of fish = profit and bringing that population down to nothing or at least a steady state in no time. I also see a bigger market for the fish themselves -- those fillets look pretty darn delicious.

[@harrycock3705]

"It feel goood"! LMFAO! I kept watching it over and over again!

[@minizt]

thanks for sharing the story, loved it

[@jesushimself00]

Howd it feel when you took your first bong hit? Me: 5:58

[@Tacoman_04]

Lol watched it 5 times

[@TheYota86]

@@Tacoman_04 me too

[@SecretaryBootyyJuice]

Jack Jahnke same here, I was cracking up! Lol

[@Tacoman_04]

@@TheYota86 it feel gouud

[@kentuckymonkeys]

He could be a meme

[@quakeroats6792]

If Asian Carp can survive in climates that see hot weather as well as snow then it would be the perfect fish to raise in African countries. Low maintenance, grows fast, and multiplies quickly. They are invasive in the US but other countries could use them.

[@dhdhlee9449]

Quaker Oats you bet. The carps are found everywhere in Asia and Europe. Different species of carps for different climate regions. It has been the food for Asians and Europeans for centuries.

[@joshuavanderschaaf5145]

That's smart bring it somewhere else so it can escape and destroy that ecosystem. That's thinking there. Jesus Christ your stupid

[@dwightpruitt6809]

Here in Washington state I fish 5 months each year for Northern pike Minnow (squa fish). I recieve an 8 $ bounty for each fish over 9 in.long , paid from a little known division of our fearless government called "the BPA"

[@ssweeps]

I used to use fresh corn kernels to catch carp. My mom used to eat smoked carp in Minnesota...

[@elkhunter8664]

" We're gonna need a bigger boat". Good job guys.

[@mikeomalley9204]

wow 40 tons in 2 days, looks like 99.9 percent of fish are still out there

[@codynapier1001]

Mike O'Malley wow 40 tons in two days? We pull that up in a single bag on the fishing trawler I work on in Alaska

[@Nick75au1]

@@codynapier1001 in a 100 ton trawler, these guys are in jonboats

[@thatguy22441]

I bet if we'd stop spending so much money on the Drug War (which is a lost cause) and start offering a bounty on Asian carp of a dollar or two each, the problem would go away very quickly.

[@redradio69englebert99]

@@thatguy22441 If we would quit starting wars, think of the money we'd have.

[@amapparatistkwabena]

@@codynapier1001 Yeah, and you're on a trawler in the ocean--and they're on a relative piece of crap on a reservoir.

[@CatholicCrossBearers]

As a kid in Minnesota, I lived on a lake. There were six other lakes within walking distance of the lake I lived on. If I caught a carp or even a catfish I would either leave it on the shore or take it home an fertilize the garden with it. When I was about 35 years old I tried catfish. I love catfish now and it is one of my favorites to catch. I would be more than willing to try and eat a carp. But I would want a professional such as the chef from Louisiana to prepare it for me. If my first experience is good I could be a regular!

[@jameslanning8405]

Way to go Kentucky on that carp madness! And seeing these fish being harvested, only makes me want to get one, just to see how they taste! Maybe asian carp can be the new slamon! And like the guy below me says, you got enough fish there to help feed a bunch of hungry people someplace!

[@Dakarn]

Imagine if McDonalds started using them for Filet'o'Fish. lol

[@intrepid5592]

Why not. they're tastier than tilapia...

[@dhdhlee9449]

Dakarn you don't know if they have already been mixing them in.

[@dhdhlee9449]

prosickguys9 GT are you sure? Well, I'm from China and I can tell you those tilapia bred in the salty meshes near the coast definitely taste better than the carps. Even though in general, they both taste pretty bad. Because they are essentially still freshwater fishes.

[@JackWilliams-nk8jd]

@@dhdhlee9449 Carp would probably be better made into a patty than what McD's already is offering...

[@uralbob1]

Great idea! No joke! They could probably make a profit selling them for half the price of the current sandwich. Of course, they'd never do it.

[@TBConl]

Just found this clip from 6 years ago. Is any other state repeating this tournament? Has Kentucky done this every year since?

[@YaBoiSwank]

TBConl takes 5 seconds to look up

[@simonpaynter5027]

Awesome Well done Great stuff Great catch Great video That's looks like fun That's awesome Love ya work

[@gamla65]

Now we need a foodtruck festival with this carp. Who comes up with the best recipe. Fish & chips Carp chouder, what ever

[@jparker12004]

They should sell the Carp to the Chinese restaurants. They love eating carp...

[@stephenbolton2258]

They love eating anything.

[@KensGarage.]

@@stephenbolton2258 yep thats prob the reason the virus is out

[@benclark4489]

This is racist

[@rahman9749]

@@benclark4489 its true. Chinese have less restraints when it comes to picking your food

[@wt1370]

Ben Clark how is it racist to state a fact. They eat bats and primates? Nuf said

[@SPQR1777]

The two dudes who came in with the first boat load need their own reality TV show ASAP!

[@jilbrown8338]

Right on fisherman

[@Miko36019]

There's a lot of ways you can prepare the Asian Carp we make sardines and we dry them in the sun for 48 hrs seasoned with salt .then fried them taste like Michelin star restaurants. Just regular stuff you do with a regular fish fry ,stew

[@JPswOhio]

the best idea since sliced bread!! this seems like a win,win situation for everybody!! thanks for producing one of my favorite shows on tv! and im from ohio!!

[@ssoma151]

This is crazy, i keep hearing about no food for farmed fish? Cant this be food for them?

[@nealthomson9505]

This would be the ideal food for those fish farms but why do that. Why not just farm these fish right there out the river. . .

[@chrisfromontariocanada7978]

"Dat feel good"... Lmfao omg I'm dying laughing 😂 5:57

[@lyubakavideo]

Great Work! Awesome Video! Deadliest Catch meets Bottom Feeders Commercial Ice Fishing

[@jimfarris3543]

Great video I live in Oklahoma and I have learned a lot from this

[@weitzfc1]

some asian markets , bighead goes for about six dollars a pound.

[@rickcowell4756]

I have eaten smoked carp and they are very good.

[@HeadHoncho727]

And saltwater fish go for 8 bucks or more

[@homermcclain7694]

I agree why not catch and reselling to the Chinese market but then our government would get in the middle of it and f*** it up again

[@johncuervo3019]

@@homermcclain7694 they already ship them back to China for consumption.

[@homermcclain7694]

@@johncuervo3019 we should expand this fish market and our own economy and culture

[@DL-wk6vq]

Very informative and inspiring. I may become a fisherman when i grow up

[@simongsmith]

That is my goal.

[@michaelshoffner6584]

enjoy all of your videos

[@sonofeloah]

Seems that now, in 2019, that most of the asian carps are being exported to asia, mostly to china and thailand. Yet, it could be processed as a food resource here in the states if folks would stop with the prejudices and try it. I can see a potential market of canned smoked asian carp.

[@tustudyis4life51]

Unfortunately most see it as a trash fish. Instead of realizing like all meat it is in how you prepare it. Preconceived notions keeping minds closed preventing education everywhere it appears. Thinking we already "know" is the best way not to grow. I'm glad I'm just smart enough to realize I'm an idiot. That will keep me learning and growing into old age. Hope who ever reads this is smart/humble enough to see how little they truly know, and continue to learn learn as far into old age as possible. Question everything with luck you can end up wiser

[@richardmullins2534]

If they taste good eat em'. I know the market wont like it as it will drive down the price of other fish but it'll give the other species a rest from commercial fishing and time to flourish while making a huge dent in the asian carp population. Plus why waste good meat on fertilizer and fishmeal?

[@gregoryhunts3006]

Hell yeah... Pay these guy's well to get rid of em all.. PLEASE.. Them damn fish need to be dealt with..

[@garyfinger294]

And just who is paying for the fishing? If this is state sponsored they the tax payers are paying.

[@brianreed7736]

Lobster and crab bait problem solved!

[@marlenecardinahl9346]

We fried carp when Iwas a kid and smoked fish R great

[@markf6743]

No Asian carp where I live, but I wouldn’t mind trying it. Great video.

[@marksadventurechannel8471]

I think that a good way to start getting a head start on these fish would be if the states and feds would get together and agree to not tax any proceeds that these commercial fishermen gain from exotic invasives and their removal. If we, as a people, can make it appealing to get rid of these pests, them more people would join the fight.

[@andrewcullen8635]

I always understood that the problem with Carp is they are muddy Fish? Before you can et them they have to be held in ponds of fresh water for a few days to get rid of the muddy taste which normal fisher men are not prepared to do. If you go to Asia they buy them still alive and keep them in fresh water until ready

[@rodcoombs2158]

the muddy taste is in the fat not the flesh

[@LOKJazz]

22:30 WOW Even Burgess Meredith was there!

[@lindabingham394]

ice fishing season over for grumpy old men

[@JG40061]

Great video, very informative

[@Spittin_Bars]

We need to get some scientists to look into creating a poison that only effects Asian Carp, or some way of sterilizing these fish. Or possibly we could just clear the river of all fish then restock it with natural species. In Alaska we have fish traps that constantly catch fish using only the current of the river, no people needed until the container is full of fish. That is another way we could solve this problem.

[@kevinjamieson7899]

If they jump all over as u drive the boat , why not have a net that floats on top of the water . Then u can drive up and down the net and as they jump up or jump on top of the net. Just an idea...

[@drpk6514]

Turn them into a blessing. Make fish cake and make them food for schools, prisons, homeless people,,,, until people develop a taste for it. Then you wont be able to get enough of them... not even for cat food... Kentucky did it with chicken, they should do it with their fish too..

[@travishalford5223]

Good ol country boys out there working hard and trying to help our natural ecosystem

[@Homarus07]

Lobster Bait.. Awesome in the spring. Send some up our way to Maine.

[@RacerEckss]

Do this twice a week till they're all gone!

[@thetobaccoguy1751]

5:58 LOL!

[@MasterAquatics]

Too funny!

[@garrettfobes1091]

Da feel goo

[@fredmclaughlin8234]

I heard they were trying to cross the jumpers with electric eels, so the fish can jump into a frying pan and cook themselves

[@mrzjohnson4]

Hands Free Fishing... I LOVE that dude haha good on you man

[@oldfish64]

What did they do with the fish they caught? I hope they can keep them down, but they're here to stay. I hope they can alleviate hunger somewhere. I have targeted Kentucky spotted bass.Most people consider them a nuisance fish, and there is no size limit or number limit on them in many places. They're easy to catch and great eating.

[@johnschade8084]

Problem is they are just throwing them away there is so much they could do with these fish , there useing them for compost

[@newdogatplay]

@@johnschade8084 thats not throwing them away ,,its repurposing them,i say anyway they use it is a good way compost fertilizer or food products ,as long as they are fishing them into extinction,believe me theys enough of them that this fishingg turniment never touched 1percent of them innthat lake alone ,if they did that for 3weeks it still likely wouldnt be one percent of wats inbthat lake ,

[@kmaassociates7999]

Dec. 2019 If memory serves, Kentucky also has a no-nonsense kill rule for its wild pork invasion.

[@unsaltedlife5998]

I bow fish and eat jar and bighead they aren’t bad , love shooting them it’s so much fun plus I get a little time with my bow. Nice to see others taking them out. If everyone tried them they would be on the menu in most restaurants.

[@A1AAdventures]

Holy Carp! That's alot of fish. Great vid

[@NaruBATTLES]

They can end hunger, send them to Africa.

[@zacharyjensen867]

That feel goooooood

[@tsfcancerman]

We did the same with trout in a water with a small river to get population down by setting nets across the water and river and scare fish into the nets by runing beside river banks on foot with sticks we slapped on the river, so there would be more food for the fish so the fish could become bigger cause they had only stayed at around 10 inches max for a long time cause not enough food, and within 5 years they started growing when we did this each year.

[@shawneliason790]

5:58 That feel goood. Way to go Jose!..

[@Zacboy95]

All that comes to mind is "Merica"

[@Stubones999]

What happened to the 40+ tons of carp that were caught in the tournament?

[@cappystrano1]

They let them go in North Carolina lakes and rivers.

[@5.7hemi79]

@@cappystrano1 yeah they released a bunch of dead fish. That's completely logical.

[@therugburnz]

I'd eat them fish three times a week. I heard they are hard to clean but from what I saw in another documentary it's not to bad even at a commercial plant. The plant had to be set up for Asian Carp but it was going fast. They used all the inedible parts to make organic fertilizer. The were making good money.

[@lmvcnn]

What about fish skin mercury into soil as fertilizer?

[@Grandizer8989]

What is sustaining the carp since there are so many of them?

[@nachito5841]

What about turning them into some kind of fertilizer?

[@marlenecardinahl9346]

Careful infood gardens- yrs ago used some beans tasted like fish

[@marlenecardinahl9346]

I’d pickle some

[@marlenecardinahl9346]

Use to pickle suckers

[@garynorden1117]

@@marlenecardinahl9346 I use to take suckers

[@Russ92]

3:04 Steve Caksackkar...what a lastname lmao

[@ferratilis]

I'm thinking that he's trolling them with that name.

[@MLCAgaming]

omg thanks for pointing that out i had missed it lmfao

[@rickfloss4035]

I worked at a protein rendering plant and we would get hundreds of those totes full of carp. The carp were rendered into protein meal for pet food companies and sold by the ton. Easy money

[@gregormiller4037]

Has a program been established since 13' and has the commercial fishing aspect of catching these carp continued?

[@therugburnz]

I saw a documentary last night about a fishing/processing operation in Illinois making a million off just Asian Carp. It is viable it seems but the catch no pun intended is to greatly reduce the populations through overfishing before they get to the Great Lakes. In places south of Kentucky they probably can't overfish them any time soon so it could sustain more business owners and help protect other commerce like tourism via sport fishing and maintaining "natural" fish populations like Buffalo Carp and Bass. Conservation is difficult. Economics is difficult. Now add them and square it. That is how hard this is going to be.