The fishing tournament targeted a species seldom, if ever, the focus of such fishing contests: grass carp — aka white amur - a native of Asia and a voracious herbivore that can grow as large as 60 ...

Originally from eastern Asia, the grass carp has been making itself at home in the Great Lakes region. The invasive species has been breeding in tributaries on the west side of Lake Erie, and may be ...

A box filled with live bighead carp and grass carp was confiscated at the U.S. border by a team of Ontario wildlife officers. The carp were raised in the U.S. and being smuggled into Canada, where ...

It has a B-movie-monster’s name and a reputation to match. Hydrilla, a fast-growing aquatic weed native to Asia, has been rampant in many North Carolina waterways since its discovery, near Raleigh, in ...

An Idaho man made the catch of a lifetime when he caught a grass carp weighing nearly 70 pounds, Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) officials announced on Tuesday. Riley Farden of New Plymouth caught the ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Invasive grass carp have reached three of the Great Lakes and pose a significant environmental risk there, but time remains to prevent them from getting out of hand, according ...

(WTOL) - A genetic analysis conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey recently confirmed that newly-hatched fish collected from the Maumee River during the summer of 2018 are grass carp. The USGS says ...

Today's Fishing Q&A is about the difference between spinning reels and baitcasting reels, what are good baits for grass carp, and how to fish in areas where there is a lot of debris. Question 1: So I ...

NEW PLYMOUTH, Idaho — A New Plymouth angler has set a new state record after landing a massive grass carp while bow fishing on the Snake River. According to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, ...

Frank Reynolds arrowed the same fish two days in a row. (You can see the wound in the fish's side where his first arrow tore out.) Photo via Facebook The second shot was the charm for Frank Reynolds, ...

MIDLAND, MI — An invasive species of carp capable of reproducing has been found in mid-Michigan’s Tittabawassee River for the first time. Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel on March 17 ...