GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The next time you reach into your minnow bucket to thread a shiner into a hook, take a second look. Are you holding a juvenile Asian carp? The Michigan DNR is asking anglers to ...

They wouldn’t be among the prettiest fish. In fact, some folks would say common carp are just plain ugly. These giant members of the minnow family were native to Europe and Asia, and were ...

Yes, when minnows are collected for bait shops, some invasive species like Asian carp do get mixed in with other minnows commonly used for bait. Illinois DNR Assistant Director John Rogner said ...

"We're concerned that carp minnows could be in bait shops or could be transported as bait at fish processors, fish markets, and retail establishments," Goss said. Early this month, an Illinois ...

Golden shiners, a shimmering live bait favored by winter walleye anglers, are at the center of an escalating policy dispute between bait shops barred from importing the minnows and fisheries ...

Multiple species of invasive Asian carp could wreck the Great Lakes. Trump memorandum commits federal government to action, urges states to move ahead.

working out commercial fishing deals to havest the fish and sell their meat to China and other Asian countries and even checking whether bait shops are unknowingly spreading the fish by selling Asian ...

The DNR only started closely monitoring those loads for Asian carp minnows a few years ago, when it became evident the giant fish were creeping closer and closer to Lake Michigan. The carp are now ...

Goforth tested electrical fields on three model species - zebrafish, goldfish and fathead minnows - which are in the same family as Asian carp and have embryos that are similar in size. He found that ...

Angler Rafal Wlazlo landed a new record carp from Lake Lillinonah on May 25. The 45-pound, 8-ounce giant is the largest ...

They said he also was selling legal fish species such as channel catfish, largemouth bass and fathead minnows. Grass carp are among several carp varieties imported from Asia that have spread in U ...