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* From a press release…
BATH, IL — More than 7,000 invasive carp were removed from the Illinois River this past weekend and hundreds of people watched Asian carp cooking demonstrations during the 9th Annual Redneck Fishing Tournament.
“Every year I’m amazed at how many people turn out,” said Betty DeFord, who organizes the tournament. “More and more people are being made aware of the problems these fish create.”
Four, 2-hour fishing heats spread over Friday and Saturday netted 7,126 fish. The Sushi Slayer team from Washington, IL took first place with 531 Asian carp. Schafer Fisheries hauled away the fish to process into fertilizer.
Tournament proceeds will help homeless veterans through the Veterans Affairs hospital in Danville. More than $1,700 was raised through raffles. The Sushi Slayers and other top finishers donated their winnings to help the cause.
* The Senate Democrats’ communications director John Patterson was part of a team that caught over 300 flying carp. He’s posted a video of the experience…
Man, that place was fragrant on Sunday. Whew. I met some cool people, though, and traveled there with an old friend who texted me this morning…
Thanks again for an epic unrepeatable weekend!
Ain’t that the truth. Still dragging today. Oscar is worn out too.
* On to the caption contest. Yes, it’s late in the day, but hopefully we’ll still get some solid entrees. I mean, how many times do we get to mess with Patterson? Here he is holding a giant flying carp that a member of his team netted right before it flew into somebody else’s face…
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:25 pm
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“If your beef is this big, then you can carp about it…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:32 pm
This year carp. Next year state legislators.
Comment by Bill White Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:34 pm
JP: “This really isn’t much different than my day job. Have someone else grab stinky, ugly ideas out of mid-air and then I foist them off on the rest of the public.”
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:34 pm
“Hey, Rahm, here’s your Chicago pension reform…”
Comment by Commander Norton Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:35 pm
“Next time my message doesn’t get across to you, you’ll wake up next to this. Capisce?”
Comment by Anonymoiis Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:35 pm
“It means Mike Jacobs swims with the fishes.”
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:36 pm
“My carp just are your Mushroom …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:36 pm
It’s a Sicilian message. It means SB1 sleeps with the fishes.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:36 pm
“My carp just ate your Mushroom…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:36 pm
I love the football helmet.
Comment by Bill White Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:38 pm
- 47th Ward -…
You owe me a new shirt. Wow, well done.
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:38 pm
“I never should’ve borrowed Mike Frerichs’ gloves.”
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:38 pm
Oh, knock off the crap. Got it. That makes much more sense. Stupid auto correct.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:39 pm
“Fisherman not to scale…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:42 pm
Hello, Rauner campaign? I’d like to make an in-kind contribution.
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:42 pm
These aren’t gloves!
Comment by Dave Dahl Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:43 pm
What band geeks look like when they’re all grown up.
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:46 pm
…nah, this is just the appetizer…wait until you see the main course!
Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:47 pm
Carpnado 2! Patterson saves the day!
Comment by Wensicia Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:49 pm
“Hail Mary…Full of grace…”
(h/t to - 47th Ward -)
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:50 pm
Carpe diem!
Comment by train111 Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:50 pm
Patterson was the kind of guy that rooted for bad guys in the movies.
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:51 pm
After three days in its belly, they did The Lord’s bidding and went to Ninevah..
Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:51 pm
Ok, who left this in the backseat of Cullerton’s car?
Comment by Demoralized Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:52 pm
“Okay, pretend I’m a hot girl. Now what do you want to do?”
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:53 pm
First came Squeezy, the Pension Python. Not to be outdone, the Senate Dems today unveiled Stinky, the Invasive Revenue Sucker.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:54 pm
“Where’s my ‘Madi- Knife’?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:54 pm
“Whaddaya mean, it’s too big to wrap in a newspaper?”
Comment by Arthur Andersen Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:55 pm
47th is on fire today. lol
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:56 pm
Let’s just say you might want to skip the fish tacos in the Stratton this week.
Comment by Michelle Flaherty Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:57 pm
An invasive, disgusting and smelly bottom-feeding menace. Also pictured: a large Asian carp.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:59 pm
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and he becomes Communications Director for the Senate Dems”
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:59 pm
Flaherty that made me laugh - for a couple of reasons.
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:59 pm
Rich is on fire today, too. You can’t win your own caption contest, man.
Comment by Commander Norton Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:00 pm
“Bait? I used Oberweis Ice Cream…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:00 pm
47th is on the right track with that last one. Patterson sent me this pic with the hope that I’d use it for a caption contest.
More brutality, please.
Funny brutal, of course.
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:02 pm
We’re gonna need a bigger boat…
Comment by ChrisB Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:02 pm
- 47th Ward - Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 3:59 pm:
An invasive, disgusting and smelly bottom-feeding menace. Also pictured: a large Asian carp.
Hey, I don’t stink!
Comment by John Patterson Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:03 pm
Hey Steve
Give this to you boss Mike. Let him know John Cullerton says his pension reforms sleep with the fishes.
Comment by spliff Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:03 pm
Well I certainly hope you showered after that adventure. And burned those clothes before you got home. Yeesh.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:07 pm
“This is my YouTube video on ‘How to harvest carp eggs’. Remember to have your special gloves, you’ll see why in a minute. Step One, hold the carp as so…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:07 pm
47th, I lined the inside of my car with plastic sheating, ala Dexter. Windows down all the way back to Springfield.
Comment by John Patterson Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:10 pm
Burn the car too.
“Hey, anybody got a mailing address for Nick Ayers?”
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:12 pm
Is it me, or is that fish bigger than he is?
Comment by Befuddled Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:13 pm
Senate Democratic Spokesman Fails Smell Test.
Literally.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:19 pm
Just one ingredient in MCDonald’s secret sauce
Comment by FormerParatrooper Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:20 pm
this carp is dead as term limits
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:22 pm
The real reason Rikeesha left for the DGA.
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:25 pm
Able to fill a back order from R. Emanuel. He already has a box and a pre-addressed label.
Comment by A guy... Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:36 pm
Senator Dillard, even though we’re from opposing sides, I just want to say all of us on staff are going to miss you around here and we chipped in and got you a little something to remember us by.
Go ahead, open it.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:36 pm
“This should be just big enough to feed the SGOP Caucus…you’re welcome.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:40 pm
And you were worried about getting enough responses?
“You can’t tell they’re Asian Carp until they speak”.
Comment by A guy... Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:45 pm
Apparently they practiced Catch and Release with Darryl Hannah.
Comment by A guy... Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:47 pm
These crappie sure get big around here.
DNR starts a new slogan: ‘This carps for you’.
Comment by zatoichi Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:51 pm
This is way better than being Canoe Tzar !
Comment by Siriusly Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:54 pm
So you say that this town’s name is Bath?
Only in Illinois.
Comment by Jake From Elwood Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 4:54 pm
Yep, it’s Bath … and a couple of places there serve a mean fish dinner.
Comment by RNUG Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 5:20 pm
If only we could get pork projects to fly like this thing does …
Comment by RNUG Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 5:21 pm
Some more fertilizer for the truck garden at the Governor’s Mansion!
Comment by RNUG Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 5:22 pm
The fastest growing part of the IL economy.
Comment by Siriusly Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 5:23 pm
“Yes fish eaters, the days of troublesome scaling, cutting and gutting your fish are over. Because the new and improved Super Carp-O-Matic 14 is the tool that lets you use the whole carp with no fish waste. Here’s how it works…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BQFv83QJ2Y
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 5:25 pm
Patterson displays where House and Senate bills go to die …
Comment by RNUG Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 5:26 pm
Since this is Carpnado 2, I want to do a selfie with Tara Reid.
Comment by Ginhouse Tommy Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 5:48 pm
Never let a good Carp fish go to waste.
Comment by oz Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 6:22 pm
This weekend it was Fancy Farm and fancy fish!
Comment by Amalia Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 6:31 pm
Patterson holds up the newest entree to be offered at the Senate Democrat’s brand new food truck.
Comment by Judgment Day Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 6:49 pm
Reminds me of Yogi Berra-ism “Dead meat in the water”
Comment by Soccertease Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 7:17 pm
“You want a compromise? I got your compromise right here.”
Comment by Downstate Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 7:19 pm
The secret ingredient of John Patterson’s new highly nutritious 32 oz. Asian Carp Smoothies.
Comment by Judgment Day Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 7:21 pm
The only thing that smells worse than Rauner’s investment strategies.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 7:36 pm
Is this what the tea partiers mean when they complain about undocumented aliens?
Comment by Roadiepig Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 8:28 pm
Or as Homer Simpson would say: “UMMMMMMM. Unprocessed fish sticks!
Comment by Jak Tichenor Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 8:42 pm
Madigan may be able to pull a rabbit out of a hat guess where I pulled this out of?
Comment by DuPage Bard Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 8:48 pm
Some invaders are hostile! ICE and the Border Patrol could learn some lessons from these hardy defenders of the Illinois waterways.
Kidding aside, apart from fish meal and fertilizer, do these carp have any commercial value?
Comment by Under Further Review Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 9:41 pm
Carp: These creatures really smell bad. Then this one put gloves on. I got a bad feeling…..
Comment by zatoichi Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 9:59 pm
Ok I concede, Patterson is the bigger Redneck from Fulton County working for the Senate. Never thought I’d lose that one.
Comment by Jo Monday, Aug 4, 14 @ 11:39 pm
Rahmie — “who needs to sell public bonds for supplies from Staples when you can haul years’ worth of stationery that sends a real message right out of the river in less time than it takes the city council to approve a budget!”
Comment by Angry Chicagoan Tuesday, Aug 5, 14 @ 6:48 am