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[Areyar]

- deadly marine wildlife.

Can't seem to get rid of them and my dwarfs prefer to drink at the dangerous pools.

x- I tried sending a large army, but too many were killed.
x- I tried building a pump to drain the pond, but the builders were terrified.
x- I tried digging out a huge area to lower pond level and let them fish suffocate on dry land, but the carp killed my miners when digging next to the pond and then started killing the undertakers, soon half my population was lying in heaps around the pool.

Maybe siegeweapons or ranged troops are an option to take 'em out?
(The river is infested with 20+ carp and such too)

[Cthulhu]

Use Magma.

[THLawrence]

Mine out from underneath or use crossbows. Fish are currently overpowered.

[Areyar]

I dug underneath and used the water to drain into my -empty- well-spring.

killed the fish (one pond at least) but several dwarves dove right in and one drowned.  
Wonder what they were getting down there...mist maybe.

[DJ]

Do you by any chance have a chasm?

[Puzzlemaker]

Build walls around the river.  Make it restricted.  RUN.

[Areyar]

restricted and only drink at designated zones does not prevent dwarven carp-love completely, but reduces it significantly.

Walling in the river should work...but seems rather a massive undertaking.
maybe diverting the river into an underground lake would do the trick of killing the carp.
hmm...carp mangler traps..  
do traps work underwater?

[Skanky]

Make booze? Dwarves only drink water if there is no booze available. Not only does this keep them safe from evil, evil carp, but it keeps the dwarves happy and productive.

[Lyrax]

I say shoot the carp!  It's great practice for your marksdwarves, and soldiers are much more enthusiastic about soldiering than shooting at an archery range.

Don't forget to set them on 'harasses dangerous wild animals'.

[Kagus]

And don't forget to build a firing structure for them that is at least one level above the surface of the water.  Otherwise, you may end up with one very wet and equally dead marksdwarf squad.

[Areyar]

Shooting is the best way to deal with dangerous fish in rivers.

A firing-structure is not even needed, as long as a carefull distance is maintained.

draining pools into a wide evaporation basin is a usefull way to harvest fish for food.

add several floodgates to refill from the river and an endless supply of meat/fish is made available without risking your fisherdwarfs to the carp.

(be carefull of overflooding the basin, as dangerous fish seem to spontaneously generate from mud if the water is deep enough.)

[kamikazemoose]

Seal the river of with adamantine! it might work with carp to since it worked withe the demons.  

On a more serious note, I've found digging out an area (pond looking) next to the pond then dig a channel to the pond work for smaller ponds since the water level will decrease and the carp drown.

[Areyar]

's what I just said: carp-mining.
dig the last tile from below though, otherwise the carp can get at yer miner.