(KLZA)--An effort sponsored by the Big Lake Improvement Association is underway to rid the Oxbow lake in Holt County, Missouri of invasive Asian Carp.

The group has received donations to purchase more than 5,000 fish which are predators of the Asian Carp. 2,475 catfish, 2,475 hybrid striped bass and 200 walleye.

The Asian Carp were able to find their way into the lake from the Missouri River, mostly during the 2019 flood.

The Association appropriated  $3,000 for the purchase of fish and through donations for the cause, a total of $10,750 was raised for the purchase of fish.

If taming the population of the Asian Carp, plans are to reintroduce species such as bluegill, bass and crappie back into the lake.