Bill Kiene semi-retired
06-05-2007, 08:29 AM
http://www.illinoiswaters.net/heartland/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17718
Not catch-n-release.................even dangerous?
"The silver and bighead carp are alien invaders that are cousins, but only one of these Asian carp jump. The silver carp are the airborne missiles of the Illinois River and are originally from Asia. They were brought over here with the thought of controlling the pollution and debris that are in the farm ponds that raise catfish. They are used as filter feeders. They use their gill rakers to filter food from the water which moves through there gills and catch plankton and not other fish. Mother Nature decided to change the location of these fish and freed them from there ponds in Arkansas using the flood of 93. The Mississippi River overflowed her banks and released the couple hundred fish that now some 14 years later grew in the 100 millions.
Now the reason Asian Silver Carp jump isn’t so complicated. Two years ago in the summer of 05 on the Illinois River, Chris Brackett was doing some Bowfishing for some big heads by the dam above Pekin IL. Brackett drove around looking for some bigheads to shoot and these little silver fish kept jumping behind the boat and the simple reason that they are scared of the boat and motor. Chris loving to shoot anything that moves had told all the guys there that he would shoot one out of the air. The boat erupted with laughter, 12 shots later history was made and a new sport was created.
EXTREME AERIAL BOWFISHING"
Not catch-n-release.................even dangerous?
"The silver and bighead carp are alien invaders that are cousins, but only one of these Asian carp jump. The silver carp are the airborne missiles of the Illinois River and are originally from Asia. They were brought over here with the thought of controlling the pollution and debris that are in the farm ponds that raise catfish. They are used as filter feeders. They use their gill rakers to filter food from the water which moves through there gills and catch plankton and not other fish. Mother Nature decided to change the location of these fish and freed them from there ponds in Arkansas using the flood of 93. The Mississippi River overflowed her banks and released the couple hundred fish that now some 14 years later grew in the 100 millions.
Now the reason Asian Silver Carp jump isn’t so complicated. Two years ago in the summer of 05 on the Illinois River, Chris Brackett was doing some Bowfishing for some big heads by the dam above Pekin IL. Brackett drove around looking for some bigheads to shoot and these little silver fish kept jumping behind the boat and the simple reason that they are scared of the boat and motor. Chris loving to shoot anything that moves had told all the guys there that he would shoot one out of the air. The boat erupted with laughter, 12 shots later history was made and a new sport was created.
EXTREME AERIAL BOWFISHING"