CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced the removal of one silver carp from Lake Calumet in the Chicago Area Waterway System. Lake Calumet is about seven miles from Lake Michigan. The fish was captured last Thursday by gill netting and electro-fishing crews following a reported sighting of an invasive carp by a member of the public. The silver carp weighed approximately 22 pounds. The silver carp capture has triggered a response to determine whether additional invasive carp could be present. This is the third time a bighead or silver carp has been captured above the electric dispersal barriers. A silver carp was captured in the Chicago Area Waterway System below T.J. O’Brien Lock and Dam in 2017, and a bighead carp was captured in Lake Calumet in 2010.
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