Engineering Firm Trying To Electro Shock Invasive Carp From Twin Cites Lake

By John Lauritsen, CBS Minnesota

July 8, 2022

There are efforts to reduce invasive fish populations on Twin Cities lakes by a process called "electro-shock."

"We were catching them by the buckets. Five-gallon buckets. We couldn't even count them there were so many," said Jordan Wein of WSB.

Last year, it was open season on goldfish at lakes in Chaska and Robbinsdale. The former pets had been released into the water, where they multiplied and squeezed out native fish.

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