HOW TINY BATH ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER TURNED AN INVASIVE-SPECIES INTO A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT By Becca Fanning, Video by Austin Keating and Becca Fanning, Aug. 23, 2017 – Randy Stockham turned the throttle, his left arm braced as he dodged an airborne fish and steered around a fallen tree to catch the lead boat. With 10 minutes left in the first heat of this year’s Redneck Fishing Tournament, his team was on track to bring home the gold. In the boat, Stockham’s crew worked in sync, knees bent and nets in the air as hundreds of Asian carp leapt from...