Tweet LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas will receive a share of $25 million being distributed in 2020 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to states in the Mississippi River Basin and the Great Lakes region to better manage and … Continue reading →
Tweet Invasive carp removed from the Little Sioux River watershed. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources removed 18 invasive carp from the Little Sioux River watershed near the Iowa border in southwestern Minnesota July 8 during a capture operation. The operation … Continue reading →
Tweet State Record Breaking Carp Caught This week Brenden Burnham caught a 35 pound, 3 ounce carp (click here for photo) at Virginia Lake in Reno breaking the state record for carp! The previous state record was 34 pounds, 10 ounces set … Continue reading →
Tweet Randy Zellers Assistant Chief of Communications LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Game and Fish Commission hatcheries produced and stocked more than 9.3 million fish during 2019 to improve fishing conditions for Arkansas anglers in 2019. Tommy Laird, AGFC Assistant Chief of … Continue reading →
Tweet Tagged fish will provide important research data The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has implanted a small tracking device in a silver carp captured on the St. Croix River Tuesday. This is the first time the DNR has tagged … Continue reading →
Tweet Latest fish captures do not indicate reproduction The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the capture of a bighead carp (pictured right) and two silver carp, and detection of a third, tagged silver carp, within the past several … Continue reading →
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TweetCHANNEL CATFISH STATE RECORD TO BE VOIDED; CATRUSH 2019 TO BEGIN PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota fisheries biologists are voiding the state’s oldest record fish, a channel catfish caught by Roy Groves in 1949. The record will be opened due … Continue reading →
TweetMADISON – State fish records have been falling fast this summer but none faster than for an invasive species shot with a bow and arrow and hauled from the Mississippi River. Michael Mahnke of Waukesha shot a 38-1/4 inch, 34 … Continue reading →
Tweet LITTLE ROCK – Fish jumping into the boat sounds like a dream come true for some anglers — until you’ve experienced it firsthand. That’s exactly what’s happening on some Arkansas lakes connected to the Mississippi River, and it’s causing … Continue reading →
Tweet This Bighead Carp is an important reminder to anglers to obey shad collecting regulations in areas with invasive Asian Carp. If you accidentally transport juvenile Asian Carp they can grow into a giant like this and produce over 1,000,000 … Continue reading →
TweetEvery year NDOW holds events across the state to encourage people to get out and fish for carp. In this week’s Nevada Wild, Public Information Officer Ashley Sanchez and Conservation Education Chief Chris Vasey sit down with carp fishing enthusiasts … Continue reading →
Tweet The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources captured two bighead carp May 11 during a search on the St. Croix River to recapture a tagged bighead carp they have been tracking as part of an invasive carp pilot project. The … Continue reading →
Tweet April can be the best month of the year to fish in Arizona. The water temperatures are ideal for waves of spawns. Bass and crappie are spawning and monster flathead catfish will be moving in shallow to spawn as well. Continued access to … Continue reading →
Tweet PRAIRIE DU SAC – With state fisheries crews recently catching four Asian carp on the Lower Wisconsin River and finding another dead along the shore, anglers who catch one of the invasive carp species are reminded to keep the … Continue reading →
Tweet The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will open a special commercial fishing season on Lake Chicot to target Asian carp from Nov. 1-Dec. 31. Asian carp, particularly silver carp and bighead carp have been a nuisance to many waters … Continue reading →
TweetZebra mussels were confirmed in river reservoir last year Surveys by the Department of Natural Resources have confirmed zebra mussels in a western stretch of the Minnesota River. Because there is no significant natural or human-made barrier that could prevent … Continue reading →
TweetLegislature gave DNR authority to use new research tool The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has captured a bighead carp and, for the first time in the state, tagged it to learn more about invasive carp. After a period of … Continue reading →
Tweet Thousands of common carp died last month in Waseca County’s Lake Elysian because of a virus likely introduced to Minnesota waters by the release or escape of ornamental koi or pet goldfish. A joint effort by the Minnesota Department … Continue reading →
Tweet Most anglers will fish for a lifetime and never catch a fish large enough to claim a state record catch, but one bowfisherman managed to arrow two records in the same outing. Jimmy Ruple of Greenbrier arrowed a highfin … Continue reading →
