well it was bound to happen

[Photoz]

SH H H H H H H H H H H H H H!! That WAS supposed to be a SECRET!

[Fish Farmer]

But there's a downside -- it was a grass carp, a cousin of the fish it was mistaken for.

 

And just like that other behemoth, the grass carp is a destructive species that doesn't belong in the Great Lakes.

 

Does it make any difference. Maybe it's going to take a little longer.

Panic or not!

[fishboy]

GRASS CARP, EH? Turn off the panic alarms, go back to normal living . . . fishing is NOT doomed after all? But . . . . this just shows what might be a small insignificant news non-story can do, when it's published, WITHOUT thoroughly checking facts! After while, instead of sheer panic, when one of these stories surfaces, people will just shrug their shoulders & say . .. . "S o o o o??" Just one 'down' side of the monster called the 'INTERNET!' The best way on this planet to spread panic and angst, instantly. The newspaper obviously didn't ask for much confirmation, the reporter needed a story to keep circulation levels up, the guy who caught the carp HAD TO have known what he had, and if not, there are MILLIONS of sources as close as his fingertips that COULD have identified this fish . . . even I can identify a common carp, a grass carp & an Asian carp . . . . howcum a 4th generation commercial fishing V P couldn't? Like I said . . . . . . a slow news day . . . . and a story that caught a few people's attention! My bet is we'll be hearing a lot more in the near future about the 'Asian carp caught in Lake Erie . . . . must be true, 'I SAW IT ON THE INTERNET!!?"

 

 

but Photoz-it's way more fun to wind everyone up with a pseudo-news story-kinda like battling a 40" pike on 4# test.