Midwest Fishing Cooperative Something To Carp About: New Efforts To Remove Invasive Fish From Illinois River Underway By Tory Dahlhoff • Jul 2, 2020 Tory Dahlhoff / WCBU For many years there have been a number of fruitless efforts to remove the invasive Asian carp from the Illinois River. But a renewed sense of excitement exists with an new initiative set to open this summer along the riverbank in East Peoria.