A commercial fisherman in Illinois caught a 109-pound bighead carp last week while fishing ... The species is considered highly invasive due to the disruption they cause to native food chains, ...

Bighead carp are nearly nonstop eaters that regularly reach 40 pounds and can top 100 pounds. The disruption of food chains would have an “enormous” impact, Flanagan said, ...

Voracious eaters, bighead and silver carp disrupt food chains and lower water quality, outcompeting native species for food and space. Bighead carp can weigh over 100 pounds and eat up to 20 ...

Illinois fisheries biologists have searched the lagoon where an angler caught a 38-pound Asian bighead carp June 5 and say it appears the feared invader was alone. Illinois Department of Natural ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois fisheries biologists have searched the lagoon where an angler caught a 38-pound Asian bighead carp June 5 and say it appears the feared invader was alone.

In addition to screwing with the food chain, the carp are despised by fishermen. ... Silver and bighead carp can live for decades, eating pounds of plankton every day.

“Carp are perfect food in a lot of ways,” said Garvey. Silver carp are relatively low in contaminants, as they eat the very base of the food chain where toxins haven’t had the chance to ...

Scientists are employing creative measures, too, such as using unmanned kayaks to gather data at the Emiquon Nature Preserve so fishermen can target over 150,000 silver, bighead and common carp ...

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) says a Bighead carp weighing 118 lbs., 10 oz was caught at Grand lake of the Cherokees. Skip to content KFOR.com Oklahoma City ...