Larry Golkin, I have to say, your idea of employing fishermen is much too simple and makes too much sense for the government to ever consider it! That would solve both the fish problem as well as the unemployment problem. Naaaa, it'll never happen, it would be too easy. Fred Tug 44 ---------------------------------------- From: "Larry Golkin" <larry@golkinlaw.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:46 AM To: great-loop@lists.samurai.com Subject: GL: Asian Carp and Closing the Loop Hi Folks: I have resisted responding to this topic for a long time as it was my most sincere hope the loop would not close over a fish. I do have a solution nobody has suggested. Send out a flyer: "Hello all unemployed Americans who love to fish - want to get paid $10.00 per hour for 8 hours per day, 5 days per week to fish for Asian Carp? The US Government and the Army Corps of Engineers will pay you and will supply you with all the bait and poles, hooks, line, and any other tackle you possibly need. All you have to do is fish. We'll even cut you a deal on quality domestic beer. Meet just south of Chicago, but anywhere between Mobile Bay and the Great Lakes would do." Get it? Catch the invaders, eat them, and solve the problem. This would be far less costly than a rail, a lock, or the inestimable damage to the economy caused by closing one of America's major shipping arteries. Besides, my wife and I will be starting our loop trip from Corpus Christi next November and would like to be able to say we completed the loop. We will be trucking our boat from Channel Islands, California. Hope to see many of you and make your acquaintance. Larr "Abreojos" Roughwater 41 Channel Islands, California _______________________________________________ http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/great-loop

My neighbor in Minnesota said we should wait until the river freezes, drill holes in the ice and stick outboards motors in the holes. Since the noise of outboards make them jump, they will jump, hit their heads on the ice and die of massive head injuries......makes sense to me....;-) Steve & Liz Kemper mainship34@gmail.com http://mvshingebiss.blogspot.com currently at anchor during our first loop at Stump Pass (north of Ft. Myers)...and hoping we can complete it without using a big truck...would that count as a loop??? On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:53 AM, fred@tug44.org <fred@tug44.org> wrote: > Larry Golkin, > > I have to say, your idea of employing fishermen is much too simple and > makes too much sense for the government to ever consider it! That would > solve both the fish problem as well as the unemployment problem. > > > Naaaa, it'll never happen, it would be too easy. > > Fred > Tug 44 > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: "Larry Golkin" <larry@golkinlaw.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:46 AM > To: great-loop@lists.samurai.com > Subject: GL: Asian Carp and Closing the Loop > > Hi Folks: > > I have resisted responding to this topic for a long time as it was my most > sincere hope the loop would not close over a fish. I do have a solution > nobody has suggested. Send out a flyer: > > "Hello all unemployed Americans who love to fish - want to get paid $10.00 > per > hour for 8 hours per day, 5 days per week to fish for Asian Carp? The US > Government and the Army Corps of Engineers will pay you and will supply > you > with all the bait and poles, hooks, line, and any other tackle you > possibly > need. All you have to do is fish. We'll even cut you a deal on quality > domestic beer. Meet just south of Chicago, but anywhere between Mobile Bay > and > the Great Lakes would do." > > Get it? Catch the invaders, eat them, and solve the problem. > > This would be far less costly than a rail, a lock, or the inestimable > damage > to the economy caused by closing one of America's major shipping arteries. > > Besides, my wife and I will be starting our loop trip from Corpus Christi > next > November and would like to be able to say we completed the loop. We will > be > trucking our boat from Channel Islands, California. Hope to see many of > you > and make your acquaintance. > > Larr > "Abreojos" > Roughwater 41 > Channel Islands, California > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/great-loop > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/great-loop > --

The Asian carp do not go after bait as they are plant eaters. However, they can be shocked with electric current or noise to get them to jump. Have seen people with bows on the front of pontoon boats hunting them here in St. Louis. Great sport. Did hear of a person that wanted to build a special boat that would harvest and load the fish to be used for pet food or fertilizer. He could not get the funding to build the boat as the price per pound would not work. Seems that maybe some Federal and state money would subsidise the costs and make it work. The other option would be to breed a fresh water shark that only had a taste for Asian carp. Problem would take care of itself. Rob OA 486 On Dec 30, 2009, at 8:53 AM, fred@tug44.org wrote: > Larry Golkin, > > I have to say, your idea of employing fishermen is much too simple and