With our 3 pounds of brains, which is 2 percent of our body weight, let’s brain storm about the Asian carp. I think there is a simple solution to this problem. Two things to keep in mind, are we smart enough, and how much money will it cost. This same logic could be applied to other problems we have.
What we have now are 50 people with 50 ideas. I might as well add my ideas to the list.
I have four solutions:
• Each town along the Illinois River take small boats and throw dynamite into the river, where there are no houses. The dynamite concussion will cause the fish to come to the surface to be picked up for fertilizer, cat and dog food and food for people. Why not, we see people eating insects, rattlesnake, turtles, etc. They tell me there are many bones in carp, then grind the meat up real fine and add herbs and spices to it. After all, when you are hungry you will eat anything.
There’s a lot of food value in fish, calcium, phosphorous, vitamins, iron and omega 3, perhaps this will help our food pantry. Give it a fancy name "Carp Delight".
• Take small boats with sharp shooters, armed with heavy steel BB’s and shoot the Asian carp as they jump out of the water. (Use shotguns).
• Take nets and put them one-half mile apart across the river and drag the two nets at each end toward each other to bring the trapped carp to shore.
• Since there are no good fish in the river, drop sunken poison pellets into the river. The carp are in bottom feeders. Do this in half-mile or so in intervals. Then pick the fish up for fertilizer (waste not).
Perhaps, these ideas are dumb, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Give a pessimist enough rope, he will hang himself; an optimist will start a cigar factory.