Kentucky Lake Asian Carp epidemic !

[the pyromaniac]

I've researched these fish a lot in preparation for the inevitable occasion when they make their way up the Clinch, Holston, and Powell River into Virginia (so I can catch them). Here's a few things I've picked up...

"Asian" carp.
This is not the proper name for them. All carp are Asian carp. The fish being referred to in the media as Asian carp are two separate species, the silver carp and the bighead carp. Silver carp are just that, a solid silver. Bigheads look similar, except that they have some brown mottling like a flathead catfish.

Jumping.
The jumping behavior these fish are famous for is only seen in the Midwest.

Fishing.
The most reliable method I have run across is a Mister Twister curlytail grub in a lime green color, on a jighead. Several reports on the Roughfish forum confirm this.

[brucehampton]

Is there a market for them? Can they be fished commercially? Catfood etc.?
Does the Kentucky Dept of Fish and Wildlife promote their extermination?

Sounds like all snagged should be made land food for coons and coyotes.

[sweetwater]

Is there a market for them? Can they be fished commercially? Catfood etc.?
Does the Kentucky Dept of Fish and Wildlife promote their extermination?

Sounds like all snagged should be made land food for coons and coyotes.

http://fw.ky.gov/asiancarpinky.asp

[Fishin is life]

I've been on ky lake since sunday have yet to see one And saying they only jump in the midwest is incorrect as we had one jump and land on the side of the boat before falling back in last year. Weve seen a ton of fish laying in the middle of the creek/bay channels on the graph this week and most of the locals and guides seem to think theyre asian carp. A general concesus around the lake seems to be that people are all for commercial fishing them Right now theyre a nuisance but if they take off like they have in other places itll be just a matter of time before theyre a major problem

[sweetwater]

We came back from Pickwick Reservoir last week. Did not see any in the lake but the AC's were thick below the dam. Big ones too.