(Nexstar) – You are not getting An additional salary in AugustBut you can earn a little flour if you are working with a rod and reel.
In many states, anglers can be paid to catch some species of fish. Payouts range from a few dollars to six-ups, depending on the type of fish and how many are caught.
In states with the Mississippi River and its tributaries, the bounty is placed on a black carp.
Like the three other species found in the US, black carp was brought from abroad to stock aquaculture ponds, US Agriculture Department saysInvasive carp-black, biche, grass and silver- “are rapidly growing and vast feeders that get out of native fish and leave a mark of environmental destruction in their wake.”
To help combat this, the aggressive carp is offering a reward on the black carp caught in the Regional Coordination Committee, part of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Mississippi River Basin and the surrounding areas. The bounty for the carp caught in Illinois and neighboring states was recently expanded to additional areas.
This is part of all “Keep, cool, call” initiative,
Nashed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, $ 100 per fish bounty is available to make Black Carp capture eligible, available up to $ 1,000 for each angler monthly. Carp should be caught Mississippi River or its tributaries Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Canasus, Kentki, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Sauth Dakota, Texia, Westernia, Westania, Westernia, Westenia, Westenia, Westenia, Westenia, Westinia, Westenia, Westinia, Westinia, Westinia, Westinia, Westinia, Westinia, Westinia, Westinia, Westernia
Should you catch that you consider a black carp in any of those water, wildlife officer asks that you keep fish; Pay attention to the place in which you caught it and gave details about the residence in the area; Take pictures of its head, mouth and its length; And record what gear and fodder you have used. Fish should be killed humanly and placed on ice or in a freezer, officials say, because it is illegal to have a live carp in your possession. Once you enter the necessary information and store the fish, you would like to call your local authorities to report a catch.
Although not part of that program, Utah has started a similar effort to remove the carp from its Utah lake. The great carp hunt The competition runs through November of this year, offering teams of five Anglers monthly two-day programs, as much as possible to catch the carp, Nexstar’s KTVX Tell me,
For each carp caught, the teams earn entries in a monthly rough of $ 1,000 cash. Hunt’s rules also determine that every month the team removing the most carp from Utah lake will win equipment or gear. In the entirety of Hunt, the most carp catching team receives a cash prize of $ 10,000.
Is based on Latest tallyThis year about 3,500 carp is caught as part of the hunting.
near Idaho, OreganAnd WashingtonAnglers have received thousands of dollars in reward payment to catch a native fish species, which have been asked to damage the other.
Authorities started the Northern Picmino Sport-Inam Program in 1990 to knock the fish population, known for eating millions of young salmon and steelheads before they are able to make it at sea.
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, which conducts the program, says that the overall goal is Big, Old Northern Pikeminnow From Colombia and Snake Rivers. Each northern picamino, which measures a length of at least nine inches, depends on when caught during a five -month season, it can be $ 6 to $ 10. Fish found that already young salmon can be implanted tags $ 200 or $ 500 one piece, based on specific tags.
In 2024 aloneAccording to officials, an angler created more than $ 164,000. In the top 20 Anglers, the average number of fish caught was 4,677, which was about $ 47,286 per participant prize payment. Additional details can be found on the program Website,
Anglers in Idaho are also able to cash On incentive programs Lake Pend Oral and its tributaries were caught in the south thorn of the Snake River in the rivers and its tributaries for the lake trout and volley.
Even if your aggressive catch can be exchanged for cash, you should confirm with local wildlife authorities whether you need to report it. They would probably also suggest what to do with fish, which, in most cases, should not be returned in water.
