Bart Durham Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 Article from Chicago Tribune: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/environment/ct-brandon-road-asian-carp-20210202-gpksnlzlvbgfnmuty6qcciwa5m-story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay D Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 Just read that. I was reading an older thread regarding Hickory Creek, and someone had mentioned the Pilcher Park dam was potentially blocking the movement of carp upstream. I hadn't considered Asian carp. Hickory Creek flows into the Des Plaines right at the base (just below) of the Brandon Rd. Lock and Dam in Joliet. I'm not sure of the potential of an Asian carp migration through shallow riffles, but that would be one potential argument against the removal of the Pilcher Park dam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Durham Posted February 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 Good point Jay, same logic my apply to the Channahon dam on the Dupage River and Dayton dam on the Fox river. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark K Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 Does anyone know how far they have made it yet? Are they already in the Des Plaines? The electric fence on the Sanitary and Ship Canal is at 135th Street (Romeoville Rd.) and visible from the bridge over it. I don't know how true this is but someone told me that you can see them from there. Also east of there are is 12 miles of physical fencing (from 135th street to Romeoville rd. to at least Willow Springs rd. ) that the Army Corp installed. I think this is to keep potential invasives in the Des Plaines from getting into the canal. . Are they already there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay D Posted February 6, 2021 Report Share Posted February 6, 2021 The article states that they haven't made much of a migration past I-55. I'm guessing they're in there. I know one was caught out of the Kankakee a few years back, maybe 5 or 6 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark K Posted February 6, 2021 Report Share Posted February 6, 2021 17 hours ago, Jay D said: The article states that they haven't made much of a migration past I-55. I'm guessing they're in there. I know one was caught out of the Kankakee a few years back, maybe 5 or 6 years ago. Yeah, it says no major moves. If the only thing holding them back in the CSSC is the electric fence then yeah they would have access to the DesPlaines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev-mo Posted February 7, 2021 Report Share Posted February 7, 2021 On 2/5/2021 at 9:45 AM, Mark K said: Does anyone know how far they have made it yet? Are they already in the Des Plaines? The electric fence on the Sanitary and Ship Canal is at 135th Street (Romeoville Rd.) and visible from the bridge over it. I don't know how true this is but someone told me that you can see them from there. Also east of there are is 12 miles of physical fencing (from 135th street to Romeoville rd. to at least Willow Springs rd. ) that the Army Corp installed. I think this is to keep potential invasives in the Des Plaines from getting into the canal. . Are they already there? the 2018 Des Plaines basin survey from the idnr/iepa says no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill sheridan Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Two weeks ago about a dozen guys were netting carp in the Starved Rock pool in Ottawa. I stopped and watched them for around 15 minutes I asked one of them if they had made dent in the numbers. He answered That there was no end to the carp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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