An invasive silver carp was removed earlier this week after it was found swimming in Lake Calumet on the Far South Side, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced on Friday.
The carp, weighing about 22 pounds and measuring 38 inches in length, was caught a day earlier by fishing crews working with the Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after it was spotted by someone in the lake — located just 7 miles from Lake Michigan, the department said.
