MR and all, I've read the most recent posts and you guys are right on it. I see that Western KY at KY and Barkley lakes now have a great opportunity to provide the people of the US and other countries with a very good food source for everyone. We have too many fish in our two lakes We want to harvest them at a fair price and also process them at a fair price to provide the US(send to food banks, etc) and other countries that need this food source. I know we've had government programs in the past for these cases. Does anyone remember the 'Cheese' program, or the government 'pool' program for tobacco growers?. I think we could get a program that is centered in the KY and Barkley lakes that pays a minimum rate per pound (they could get more if the demand goes up) for commercial fishermen who harvest the carp and also sets a minimum per pound rate for the processing plants that would get the fish prepared for use in the US or 3rd world countries to provide food to their people I just can't believe that we can have this resource currently in the lakes and cannot figure out what to do with it. Don't think there will ever be problem in the future of reducing the amount of carp in both lakes. It will be there from now on. We need to figure out how to use the piles of filets that could come from the lakes to help feed somebody rather than try to kill them. I think it is now too late for our KY Fish and Wildlife to figure out what to do. They knew they were coming and did nothing. So far, they look like they are clueless on a solution.