Briney corrals herds of carp into a line of seven 100-yard-wide nets using his 300hp outboard motorboat.

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Briney then chucks the Asian bighead carp onto a slimy heap of others writhing on the bottom of the boat.

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Spitting into the Illinois River as he works, Orion Briney grunts and hoists up a fat piece of his bounty.

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"We didn't know what we were dealing with, " says Briney.

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