KEEN local fishermen Peter O'Brien and son Grady spent December 27 at Lake Meran ridding the lake of a trailer load of unwanted carp.

The carp were thrashing around in shallow water at the south-east end of the lake, which drew them to the attention of the O'Briens, who proceeded to load the fish into their trailer.

"If more people did this, you'd get rid of a lot of fish," Lake Meran foreshore ...