Being an avid angler/fly fisherman and running the fly fishing/tying/rod building websites that I run the Asian carp issue is one myself and many other anglers & guides in Michigan have been trying to get something done about for years before the Great Lakes ever tested positive for them. Back when the Illinois river first started getting hit hard with them we knew it was just a matter of time till they reached the Great Lakes. We've been writing letters, calling/contacting all the appropriate state officials for years now but not much at all has been done to prevent this on the states end so far.
The big problem with Asian carp is that they grow so damn fast, breed like rabbits, and a small group of 10 can quickly turn into 1000's in no time flat. Then the other problem with them is that they are filter feeders. They sift the water filtering out micro organisims which creates two problems. One is that they take all the base forms of life out of the water in the food chain because they are filter feeders so everything in the area starves and dies when the food chain collapses. And because they are filter feeders they do not take lures, flies, bait which prevents them from being caught on rod & reel.
The only thing that is still "good" about this is that they have only shown up in the DNA tests that the DNR have preformed on the Great Lakes. Which means that to this day they still have yet to have an actual fish body turn up in the Great Lakes. And the DNA tests have actually been showing positive for them for the past 3-4 years now. The bad part is when an actual fishs body does show up, well it's already close to being too late at that point.
