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Common carp have become a nuisance in some lakes because they're so good at moving around and destroying the habitats of more desirable fish species.

On Stieger Lake in Victoria, Minn. -- the headwaters of Lake Minnetonka -- four workers in hip waders spent Friday morning tossing nearly 2,000 pounds of common carp from nets to a boat to the back of a pickup truck.

Photos: Common carp are being removed from Minn. lakes by the truckload

A Carp Solutions employee throws a common carp from a boat.

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Common carp sit in the back of a pickup truck.

Dead and dying carp sit in the back of a pickup truck.

Carp Solutions employees pull in a net with dozens of common carp

Poles holding up nets rise above the water of Steiger Lake.

A Carp Solutions employees picks up a common carp from the shore.

Carp Solutions employees sort common carp.

Carp Solutions general manager Jordan Wein talks to reporters.

Carp Solutions workers use a safety helmet to rinse a common carp.

Eric Fieldseth of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District.

Photos: Common carp are being removed from Minn. lakes by the truckload

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