Something To Carp About

Ice fishing on a local lake took a greater magnitude for Minneapolis-St. Paul  Star Tribune staffers Richard Sennott and Richard Tsong-Taatarii when University of Minnesota biologists used the cold weather to gather up more than 3,00 unwanted, bottom feeding carp.

Sennot’s linear slide show highlights the process and success of gathering the gold-colored invasive species that had damaged the lakes natural ecosystem by eating the lake’s native fish species.and few native game fish.

Richard Tsong-Taatarii’s video jumps from the obvious linear approach with interviews and vignettes from the crew including a Florida fisherman recruited to assist and a Bahamian grad student admitting he’s happy in the cold environment.

Although the three pieces (including the  story) have some factual differences the combination creates a wonderful storytelling success. Especially Tsong-Taatarii’s video and sound.