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Engineering firm trying to electro shock invasive carp from Twin Cites lake
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| JULY 7, 2022
| JOHN LAURITSEN
Posted on 07/07/2022 6:20:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Fish that can be turned into fertilizer.
And there are so many they literally just jump into your boat!
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posted on
07/07/2022 6:23:18 PM PDT
by
airborne
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To: nickcarraway
Electroshocking fish to remove invasive species and count desirable species is routine. Done properly, the electroshock does not kill the fish.
I have seen it done by the DNRs of several states.
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posted on
07/07/2022 6:24:21 PM PDT
by
jjotto
( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
To: nickcarraway
Goldfish are a type of carp.
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posted on
07/07/2022 6:25:45 PM PDT
by
marktwain
To: nickcarraway
I have driven by the lake in Robbinsdale (I live nearby) there are some GIANT goldfish in that lake. You can see them from the street as you pass by.
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posted on
07/07/2022 6:31:03 PM PDT
by
READINABLUESTATE
(It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.)
To: airborne
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posted on
07/07/2022 6:31:47 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“...see whether we in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.”)
To: READINABLUESTATE
You can see them from the street as you pass by...35 years ago.
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posted on
07/07/2022 6:33:20 PM PDT
by
READINABLUESTATE
(It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.)
To: nickcarraway
I would rather carp was crap and the word lake was not in the title. The invasive crap are the Somalis infesting the Twin Cities.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I’ve seen videos of them jumping out of the water and knocking boaters out as they drive by.
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posted on
07/07/2022 6:36:00 PM PDT
by
airborne
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To: jjotto
Rotenone works better. Just kill them all and restock.
The gov boys live area spraying!
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posted on
07/07/2022 6:37:48 PM PDT
by
9422WMR
(45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
07/07/2022 6:38:42 PM PDT
by
airborne
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To: 9422WMR
Yep. I’ve seen rotenone used. And also plain old mullein, which does not kill the fish like rotenone. (Mullein is illegal for catching fish everywhere in the US, AFAIK)
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posted on
07/07/2022 6:45:42 PM PDT
by
jjotto
( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
To: airborne
Wow, incredible. Are they checking to see if there’s anything good to eat in the boat?
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posted on
07/07/2022 6:49:34 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“...see whether we in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.”)
To: 9422WMR
Rotenone works better. Just kill them all and restock.Yup!
Take a sustainable population of the native fish, wipe out any others, and re-introduce the farmed natives. Of course you'll have to factor in habitat/pH/spawning grounds, prey, etc.
Blaze the lake/river, and get the trash out.
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posted on
07/07/2022 6:56:15 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In the conflict between the stone and the stream, the stream will always prevail.)
To: jjotto
“I have seen it done by the DNRs of several states.”
The company I worked for back in the 80s/90s built some electro-shock gear for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife for population studies. The fisheries biologists would come by to pick up the orders and share stories with us.
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posted on
07/07/2022 7:03:58 PM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
To: ProtectOurFreedom
“They go airborne?”
Go to YouTube and look them up. Insane.
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posted on
07/07/2022 7:07:57 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: airborne
1) they’re friggin’ HUGE.
2) The boat driver suggested a shotgun. I concur.
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posted on
07/07/2022 7:09:01 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: dljordan
I watched the YT vid that “Airborne” provided in #11. Just incredible.
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posted on
07/07/2022 7:09:14 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“...see whether we in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.”)
To: T-Bird45
The ones I’ve seen were big metal hoops with generators/batteries providing electricity. Dropped into areas with large fish populations found with what looked like ordinary fish finders.
Very large (20+ lbs.) carp and 10+ lbs. northern pike were notable.
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posted on
07/07/2022 7:32:57 PM PDT
by
jjotto
( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
To: nickcarraway
Very very old news. Decades old.
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posted on
07/07/2022 8:00:53 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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