Where are the carp?

The Prior Lake Spring Lake Watershed District has partnered with WSB & Associates to tag carp in Spring Lake and Prior Lake. The first 15 carp were tagged in the Fall & Winter of 2015-16 and the remaining 15 carp will be tagged in Spring 2016. The tags allow the District to track the movements of the carp and identify the areas where the carp congregate. Knowing areas the carp like to gather will permit the District to target these areas for management of the invasive carp.

Several classrooms at local area schools have chosen to “adopt” a few carp and will be closely following the movement of their fish. This provides the students an opportunity to be engaged and learn more about the impact of invasive species like carp and factors that impact the health of our lakes.

You can follow the locations of the tagged carp in Spring Lake and Prior Lake on the map below. Note: Not every tagged carp was located on every date as a result of site and weather conditions.

Map showing the locations of carp with radiotags on various dates. Note: To view the legend click the double arrow in the top left hand corner of the map. To view the attributes of an individual point, click on the point.

Where is my fish?

Several classrooms at local area schools have chosen to “adopt” a few carp and will be closely following the movement of their fish. This provides the students an opportunity to be engaged and learn more about the impact of invasive species like carp and factors that impact the health of our lakes. Check out the map below to find your classroom’s carp!

Note: Not every tagged carp was located on every date as a result of site and weather conditions.

Find your fish! Map of the locations of the carp named by local area classrooms.  Note: To view the legend click the double arrow in the top left hand corner of the map. To view the attributes, including the fish name, of an individual point, click on the point.

Funding for this project was partially provided by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency through a Grant from the State’s Clean Water Partnership Grant Fund.