UTAH COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) -- Utah Lake Authority is offering a monetary prize of $1,000 to the person who catches the most carp from Utah Lake to try to get carp overpopulation under control.

“When I first started here on the docks, you would look down at the water and you really couldn't see more than a quarter of an inch down,” Melanie Evans, sailing instructor for Bonneville School of Sailing said.

For eight years, Melanie Evans has been sailing the lake.

“Every year it's getting a little clearer,” Evans said.

She’s on the lake nearly five times a week, and she sees the lake clearing up.

“What we're seeing is carp, and we can see a whole body of them which means the water is cleaner, and I think it's because of all the carp removal they're doing,” Evans said.

That’s exactly what th

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