bighead carp in Lincoln Park

carptracker · 02-15-2009, 10:51 AM

More bigheads out of pocket near Lake Michigan. Other than the fact that the fish is clearly a bighead, Director Conlin's response seems appropriate to me.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/bowman/2009/02/asian_carp_in_lincoln_park_lag.html

robow7 · 02-15-2009, 05:23 PM

Duane, are you sure as I can't tellwhere the eye is err was and if below midline?

carptracker · 02-15-2009, 08:06 PM

I'm sure that's not a silver. Mouth is too big. Could possibly be a hybrid, but I doubt it, because of where it showed up. Like Conlin said, most likely came in as a release from the live food trade or as acontaminant in with catfish. Either way, most likely directly from aquaculture, not from the wild. That alone makes it a bighead, because there are not any silvers or hybrids in aquaculture.