Twenty-two pound, 38-inch invasive carp captured in Lake Calumet near Lake Michigan

CHICAGO — Officials pulled an invasive silver carp from the waters of Lake Calumet on the city’s Far South Side Thursday.

Anglers began looking for it after someone spotted the invasive species, part of the Asian carp family, in Lake Calumet earlier in the week, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources said in a statement.

The silver carp — more than 38 inches long and weighing about 22 pounds — was captured by gill netting and electro-fishing crews with the department and with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the department said.