Against The Carp

The Ohio Patriot says that a concerted movement under control of the state fish commissioners is to be made tor the destruc i ion of the Germán carp in the rivers of Ohio this spring. It has been found that the carp feed upon and destroy the eggs of other fish, and since their introduction bass and other flsh which delight the true sportsman are diminishing in number. This move might well be emulated in the streams of Michigan. The carp is a grass feeder and destróyer of spawn and frog; and although growing to a large size is coarse nieated, full of. bones, tastes of the mud and is altogether undesirable for food. Since their introduction into the streams of Michigan they are not only having a similar effect upon the fishes of our streams, hut it is reported they are destroying the roots of the wild rice in the marshes. and thus indirectly making the hunting grounds less valuable. War should be declared unon the carp the same as it has been