Earlier this week I read about a rogue Bighead Carp that was pulled from the Lower St. Croix River. For those of you that personally know me, I’ve been working on launching Bob Lake – an apparel company that is launching more than boats. We’re launching an invasive movement against aquatic invasive species.
For more nearly a year, this fashionista has been researching and creating designs about aquatic invasive species, hoping to instill fear into your hearts that these monsters disguised in seemingly harmless aquatic species are planning to take over our American waters! Pike Up! This is really, really bad.
Last week a commercial fisherman netting for buffalo and common carp caught a 27-pound Bighead Carp just north of the St. Croix's confluence with the Mississippi River. Oh Carp! This is really, really bad.
It was the seventh bighead carp found in eastern border waters since 1996 but the sixth since 2003. DNR officials stressed the fish appears to be a loner that swam north and there's no indication yet of a reproducing population in Minnesota portions of the Mississippi or St. Croix rivers.
Hey, who is kidding whom? Like all aquatic invasive species, Bighead Carp are extremely prolific and these guys are going to cost us tax payers big bucks. Unless we all get serious about Stopping the Spread, it’s just a matter of time before these river bullies are invading our Great Lakes.
Oh Carp! Stop the Spread!
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