A group of volunteers recently removed more than 100,000 carp from Lake Mason with a series of nets after the lake’s water level was drawn down to remove weeds over the winter.
As part of a statewide monitoring campaign, the Department of Natural Resources collected smelt from two locations about 30 miles apart in Lake Superior — one near the Apostle Islands, the other off Port Wing. PFAS was detected in samples from both locations.
The invasive Asian carp threaten to upend aquatic ecosystems, starve out native fish and wipe out endangered mussel and snail populations along the Mississippi River and dozens of tributaries.
According to the study, the outlets of the Fox River in Green Bay, the Milwaukee River and St. Joseph River in Michigan would be capable of supporting Asian carp most of the year.
The Yahara Lakes have always been a beacon of joy to Madisonians. Around 60 percent of Dane County residents told surveyors they relish time a…
Carp is not the kind of fish found on restaurant menus in this country, but Hayden Cohan likes to fish them, smoke them, eat them, and give them away.
Near the shore of Lake Mendota, right where Ingersoll Street meets Sherman Ave. there is a huge dredged area; it was about 75 feet deep in the…
Mud Lake in far northwest Dane County should be fish-free within several weeks, with the small lake getting treated chemically to rid the waters of carp.
OUR VIEW: Wisconsin officials should join bipartisan attorneys general in demanding permanent barrier in Chicago canal
Four caught near Prairie du Sac no cause for alarm but DNR stresses importance of following rules to prevent spread of invasive species.
It's the time of year when fishermen across the Czech Republic get to serious business.
Killing the carp in Mud Lake this upcoming winter will be the first step by fisheries experts to restore the fishery on the small lake in far northwest Dane County.
Q: Why are dead carp washing up on the shores of Madison lakes?
Dead carp washing up on the shores of Madison lakes and rivers recently were likely killed by a virus that has been found in area waterways fo…
Recent days have seen numerous reports of rotting fish in area waterways.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has modified operations of its lock and dam in Genoa in an effort to slow the upstream movement of invasive carp in the Mississippi River.
Pity the gar, a homely fish that looks like a needle-nose pliers with fins.
Friends of Lake Kegonsa, a group of homeowners, businesses and lake users, plan to radio tracking data from a group of carp to assist an expensive eradication project that could remove a million pounds of fish from the lake.
It's harvest time for carp — a traditional Christmas meal in many parts of Europe.
Mud Lake in far northwestern Dane County could become a viable fishery once again, as officials plan to kill off carp that have taken over the lake.
Plans for an invasive carp barrier on the Mississippi River near Winona are caught in a dispute between a key scientist and the University of Minnesota.
The koi herpes virus expected to leave thousands of dead carp littering hundreds of miles of the Rock River has arrived in Lake Koshkonong, a state fisheries biologist said.
GENOA -- University of Minnesota researcher Peter Sorensen admits his underwater speaker system is not a perfect experiment.
DNR officials confirmed koi herpes virus is responsible for a carp die-off reported July 21 in Horicon Marsh and Lake Sinissippi and suspect it to be the cause of a July 31 die-off in Silver Creek, a Rock River tributary in Watertown.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The carp invading Wisconsin and Minnesota up the Mississippi River could be stopped — at least for several years.
