Just last week, watched an episode of the great show we have in the PNW , out of Portland.... Outdoor GPS, on the NBCSportsNW channel. Big segment on Pikeminnow. All the above by Catfish Hunter...on the money facts. Native fish, but used to be smallish, with far less appetite, before the alteration of flow by mainly Bonneville Dam (or the way my buddy spells it..."B-ville Damn"). And yeah, the PC Police "re-named" it. (We have Big Squaw and Little Squaw lakes nearby, as well as Squaw Mtn..... even the Native Americans don't want the name changed !)
The show had the ODFW official in charge of the program on, giving a short history and the particulars of the program. The host, Owin Hayes, mused that he had thus far, failed to get the "champion" Pikeminnow fisherman on the show, and has asked him multiple times to appear or at least, give an interview electronically...no dice ! This is a guy who "works" (lol) at it 5 months a year. Regularly breaks $100,000/year, $119,000 one year!
While there are very few who actually make a living at it, as their only income, MANY make $10-20k. The payout is $5/fish for the first 25, it scales up to $8/fish after 200, cumulative. There are "tagged" ones worth $500 each ! (Looking at CH's pic above, that might be one of those).
The long-term goal is NOT the total elimination (they ARE a native fish), just management of the SIZE, since obviously, bigger fish eat LOTS of salmon smolts, smaller fish...fewer. "We are simply trying to give the smolts a better chance", was the Director's point of view. A truly interesting approach to try to "fix" what man created by putting in the dams. Apparently the "big-uns" just sit below the outflow and gorge themselves on smolts that have been dis-oriented after going through the same....easy pickings.

Now then... WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR THE SEALS (who eat adult salmon), THE CORMORANTS, AND MERGANSERS, who pick off the smolts resting in slack water, in preparation for heading to the ocean ??!! At this point, with those four predators, our hatchery plants are merely "feeding" them, with half of the smolts never seeing saltwater. Aaah, trying to "manage" wildlife... seemingly, an exercise in futility, imo, but I suppose kudos for trying, I guess. Man creates a dilemma (the dams) and then scrambles to fix it. The "myth of Sisyphus" in real life, huh ? Oh well, at least some folks are doing their best to mitigate the problems, I'm just glad they aren't ignoring it altogether.... it's our west coast "Red Tide", lol.
My reply, regarding carp....I'm one of those kids who came home with carp hanging off the handlebars, as well,... only to have Mom say "get those nasty things out of here, put 'em out near the garden, I'm planting peas and beans tomorrow" !

volfman... about 45+ yrs ago, fishing for catfish, caught a carp, maybe 15lbs+, took it home for the garden....ended up drying and pressing in phone book (remember those ?? Lol !) all the salvageable scales for ....guitar picks ! Like minds, huh ? Why waste 'em ? My buddies were semi-grateful (not too long-lived.."not exactly a Fender medium, are they ?", one said)
My sister was not amused when I offered some to her, after listening to her bitch about how much her new acrylic nails cost.... even offered my Dremel and some super glue ! ......women..picky, picky, picky. LOL !