A Utah County family of fishermen faces an enormous task — ridding Utah Lake of an invasive species. Fifth generation Utah Lake fisherman Bill Loy Jr., his son Cody Loy and their fishing crew of six ...

The Utah Lake Authority considered its inaugural Great Carp Hunt a success, as anglers and bow hunters removed 20,407 pounds of invasive carp during 10 fishing events in 2025. The monthly tournaments ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A plan to pull 5 million pounds of unwanted carp from a Utah lake each year -- one of the largest such attempts in the country -- got initial backing Thursday from a federal ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The most appetizing quarry? Maybe not, but carp will be the catch-of-the-day for Utah commercial fishing crews who’ve started what’s believed to be the nation’s most ambitious effort ...

Utah's Division of Wildlife Resources stocked 11.6 million fish across 655 water bodies in 2025, a decrease of 1 million from ...

Psst. Hey buddy, wanna buy 6 million carp? You'd be doing Utah a big favor. Ditto for a rare, funny-looking fish called the June sucker that's trying to mount a comeback in the state's largest natural ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - More than 1 million pounds of carp that were threatening endangered fish have been pulled out of Utah Lake this winter, with most of it going to a farmer’s fields and a nearby ...

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Bill loy Jr., center, and his son Cody loy, left, operate a fishing boat while netting for the invasive carp species on Utah lake in Utah County. The fishing crew is two years into a six-year contract ...