This silver carp was found in the Mississippi river near La Crosse.
The silver carp -- the notorious leaping fish that has menaced boaters -- has been found in the Mississippi River near La Crosse, the first known sighting of the species in Wisconsin or Minnesota waters.
After a week of intensive electrofishing and gill netting activities in Sandusky Bay, Maumee Bay and their main tributaries, officials have found no bighead or silver Asian carps in western Lake Erie.