Well I'm I'n Illinois visiting the I'n laws had to get away so I found some ponds that looked good and I caught this weird looking fish around 20 lbs and 3 1/2 to 4 foot long. Here's the pic.

Asian carp?

Looks like good cut bait!!!

Yep
http://sportsthat.blogspot.com/2010/07/asian-carp-invasion.html

I'll try to get one tommorow and try it fir cut bait I cut that one open and it had 2 crappie I'n it? That article said they are like paddle fish??

Must have been hungry!

Weird... I wonder what the heck it is?

Asian carp and invasive.

You did leave it for the critters...yes?

you should also probably contact tpwd and tell them where you caught it.

I don't think he is in Texas.. So not tpwd

It's a bighead carp

is this the same kinda fish? ... this was caught at ft phantom several years ago ... don't know about now but it usta hang on the wall in a bait store on ambler street ... i'm pretty sure this one was over 50#

i used to live off of ambler! didnt ever see a bait store though, mightve been gone by the time i lived there. looks like the same kinda fish tho, shape of the mouth and head, tail, wonder how it survived down here, dont they have a hard time in the heat i thought?

The newest world record blue cat was caught on cut asian carp.

As far as it eating crappie instead of plankton... On the new season of river monsters they had this fish that was attacking men's dangley parts in the water and they didn't know what it was. Turned out it was a pacu, normally it is a vegitarian but it was an invasive spieces to this particular river and since there was not enough fruits and nuts falling off trees into the water it had turned carniverous.

Those Asian Carp are the ones that jump out of the river 10 feet in the air when you run your boat down the river. The sound of the motor throws 'em in to a panic.