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Resident urges community help after DNR offers to 'zap' carp in McCullom Lake
Summary
A resident said the Illinois Department of Natural Resources would 'zap' carp in McCullom Lake but would not remove them; the resident asked for about six volunteers to remove the fish and said outreach to McHenry had not been returned.
A resident told the board that an overabundance of carp in McCullom Lake is killing other fish and that the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) indicated it could "zap" the carp but would not remove the carcasses.
"He has called the DNR and they would be willing to come out and zap the fish but they do not take the fish out so we would need about six (6) people to get the fish out," the resident said. The resident suggested three people in a boat and three on land to carry fish to a disposal site and asked if anyone in the room knew of a farm or large property that could accept the fish. Trustee Fritz and Bill Cross offered to check with local contacts, and no formal village-led response or plan was adopted at the meeting.
No DNR plan to remove or dispose of fish was recorded in the minutes; the transcript records resident outreach to outside agencies but no confirmed follow-up from McHenry officials.
