Invasive carp in the Ohio?

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Abear
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2012/06/09 00:07:09 (permalink)

Invasive carp in the Ohio?

Not sure but I think this is some type of Asian carp.  I have caught 2 in the last week out of the Ohio river in Rochester .  Sorry it is a bad pic if from a phone.  What type of fish is it?   It left behind a bunch of silver large round scales the size a dime.    (This is my fist shot a pic so i hope it worked)
 
 

 
bad carp by "done", on Flickr
 
  bad carp2 by "done", on Flickr
(fixed it now I see the photo)
post edited by Abear - 2012/06/09 00:29:05
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    spoonchucker
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    Re:Invasive carp in the Ohio? 2012/06/09 00:47:03 (permalink)
    What you have pictured doesn't look at all like an "Asian". But since they are already established in the Illinois, Missouri, and Mississippi rivers. They no doubt are, or will be in the Ohio.

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    Re:Invasive carp in the Ohio? 2012/06/09 06:04:56 (permalink)
    looks like a buffalo carp. not 100% sure on that, but it looks really close.
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    Re:Invasive carp in the Ohio? 2012/06/09 07:33:08 (permalink)
    Yep definitely a buffalo(smallmouth buffalo?), it's actually a member of the sucker family.  And it is a NATIVE species, so no need to worry.
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    Abear
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    Re:Invasive carp in the Ohio? 2012/06/09 09:02:47 (permalink)
    Huh,  Looks like you guys are right.   I have fished the rivers a lot and have never picked one up before,  or maybe i did and just didnt think much of it.  It would be nice if the fish comms web site had some better information (most better pics) to id invasive fish i dont want to release any of the bad fishes.   Thanks again for the help.
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    Re:Invasive carp in the Ohio? 2012/06/09 09:42:28 (permalink)
    I caught a couple of those carp fishing in the Allegheny a few weeks ago. I thought they were quillbacks, looks like I was wrong.
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    Re:Invasive carp in the Ohio? 2012/06/09 11:19:01 (permalink)
    abear, did you go to this site on invasive species?  it lists all of them (to include three versions of asian carp) and redirects
    user to a fact sheet on the species.  I personally think this is a very good source of info and has well defined photos and descriptions.  and a web search will get you more info.
     
    http://fishandboat.com/ais.htm
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    Re:Invasive carp in the Ohio? 2012/06/09 14:00:07 (permalink)
    Asian carp are very hard to catch from what I have seen on tv. They are not the typcial trash eaters like normal carp. They are filter feeders and eat mostly plankton, which is why they are such a problem because they are starving the other species of fish that feed on it.
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