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 ...

Hoping to manage hydrilla, a non-native aquatic plant, the city of Austin on May 1 released 2,790 sterile grass carp into ...

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 ...

FERRIDAY, La. (KLFY) — Biologists with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries landed a big surprise during a routine fish sampling in Concordia Parish recently. During standard spring ...

Bacon Creek Park in Sioux City, Iowa, harbors a small reservoir that was created in the 1960s, and it’s a popular fishing spot for city residents. Local angler Jacob Mackey, 26, has been targeting ...

NEW PLYMOUTH, Idaho (Gray News) - An Idaho 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 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Researchers have fresh evidence that invasive grass carp are swimming and spawning near the mouth of a river that flows into Lake Erie. Their next step is figuring out how to stop ...

The June 25 article “Iowa’s Great Lakes being choked by vexing weed” gives the impression that curlyleaf pondweed is a problem confined to Dickinson County. Not so. Curlyleaf pondweed is a problem in ...

Officials said Farden’s catch shattered the previous archery record of 39.5 pounds while also surpassing the current grass carp rod and reel record of 46.7 pounds. Coincidentally, Farden’s grass carp ...