Friends of Silver Lake proudly announces that the 2nd Annual Silver Lake Kids Carp Cull Contest participants have removed over 100 carp from Silver Lake in the first two weeks of the five-week effort. At the June 8 collection event, 13 kids submitted 77 carp for disposal, the largest weekly total so far for the Silver Lake Kids Carp Cull. Participants received cash for their submitted carp along with a t-shirt, a coupon for Bread Bites at the Bucket Bar, a carp bait cage to add to their fishing gear and a recipe for homemade bait to use in the bait cage.
In addition to the rewards received by all participants, a $50 bonus each Sunday goes to the participant who submits the most carp. There are two more collection events in this year’s Kids Carp Cull, each Sunday in June from 12:30-1 p.m. at the Golden Township Park at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes.
To recap, each week Friends of Silver Lake is paying a reward of $2/carp submitted across the month of June 2025. The contest rules are simple: it is open only to kids 16 and under (fishing license not required), only nuisance carp qualify for reward payment, and the carp must be taken from Silver Lake in Mears. So participating kids can cull carp at any time throughout the week and bring their catch to one of the remaining collection events on June 22 and June 29 at the Golden Township Park at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes (8711 W. Silver Lake Rd., Mears, MI 49436). Friends of Silver Lake will coordinate disposal of the carp submitted at the collection events. Participants may submit carp catches on multiple Sundays.
Removing nuisance carp from Silver Lake helps promote the efforts to improve lake water quality, helps to establish needed native aquatic plants and contributes to the improvement of the overall lake fishery.
