The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Friday that officials caught 296 silver carp, 23 grass carp and four bighead carp in what the agency called the largest single capture of invasive carp in Minnesota to date. DNR staff think it is likely the fish moved upstream and didn’t hatch in Minnesota waters. Read the full story by WCCO-TV – Minneapolis, MN.
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