Just a quick heads up on a StarTrib article that came out yesterday regarding the carp status on Long Lake; New tools in fight to remove carp

They referenced 1,000 carp were removed at the electronic fence located by the trestle bridge over Rice Creek and another 7,000 via the box nets.  That's approximately 80,000 pounds of biomass and took quite a bit of human muscle to fill boats and load the carp into trailers ~ a much worse job than our annual Clean Up Day (which is scheduled for the Saturday after Labor Day, btw!). 

I visited the landing while they removed the box netted carp and took a picture of one of the trailers ~ yuk!

We're lucky to have focus on our lake and we hope these mitigations will continue to improve water quality.  I'll keep you posted as I learn more.