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A small fleet made its way up the Illinois River, its crew armed with landing nets and football helmets as if to fend off an invasion. Minutes after launching from the riverbank in the village of Bath, a frenzied, almost comical scene unfolded. Freshwater sprayed the faces of the participants, followed by mud and then the blood of their adversaries as hundreds of silvery fish leaped into the ...

As invasive carp have advanced on Lake Michigan, Illinoisans, frustrated with the pace of state and federal deterrent plans, have taken matters into their own hands.