A firefighter and archery enthusiast is making some extra cash with a novel if m...
PEORIA, Ill. - A firefighter and archery enthusiast is making some extra cash with a novel if modest contribution to the ecosystem of the Great Lakes - taking paying customers out for boat rides on the Illinois River to hunt invasive Asian carp fish with bows and arrows.
As he pilots his specially outfitted boat along the Illinois River about 100 miles downstream from Lake Michigan, Wallick’s patrons test their archery skills shooting at carp with harpoon-like arrows as the silvery, muscular fish leap several feet out of the water in the vessel’s wake. “The name of the game is try and knock them down as much as possible and keep them from getting into the Great Lakes,” Wallick told Reuters in an interview.Their catch pales in comparison to the numbers taken annually by commercial fishing boats working under contract for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
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