Carp Seining: John "Pearl" Heller

John Heller, Edgerton, working for Wisconsin Live Fish, pulls on the nets in the Rock River by Monterey Park to confine the buffalo and carp fish to a smaller area, left, before the crew can load the fish into their boats Monday.

The crew uses a net that’s about 3,000 feet long to capture the fish. After being weighed, the fish will be put into live wells and then shipped by truck to fresh fish markets in New York City.

Stoller Fisheries in Iowa also uses about 6 million pounds of carp per year for a variety of products.

The crews will be working on Lake Koshkonong after the ice is gone.