Why are all the unemployed from 500 miles around not headed for MD. to go get a few bushells of Snake Heads and claim a $200 gift certificate from the state ????
Darn the kids and I would just get a freaking stick with line and some chicken necks and sit on the bank in VA and pull in washtubs of blue crabs and sell them in the Ghettos for spending money.
There has to be some way these Bass eating monsters can become a staple on dinner plates.
Major problem with these critters, the can wiggle about on dry land for 4 days at a time going from lake to lake. One cannot just catch the damn things one has to behead them for a kill.
Great lakes has a problem with ---is it Asian Carp-----have to catch the damn things--re-name them and make them taste good.
I suggested to Hubby we load up the Jeep with tent and head for MD and fish our ass off for a week or so. Some one will get $200 bucks why not us. Sort of a working vacation.
So far I do not know if one has to use a pole or line to get the suckers, can deep nets be used, we know all other species can be caught in the nets BUT we can restock our lakes when then the fish from hell are removed.
Make them taste good and by golly, much unemployed will have a dream job. If we can make Lobster with a bit of butter and lemon taste great, we can do so with invasive species.
If not to taste appeal to Americans, how about Asia, A fantastic idea for any sea food company that can find a buyer and see the opportunity here.
Lemons are one thing, lemonaid is great. Seize the day, wipe out the enemy with capitalism and self reliance.