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I always heard carp came from China or at least Asia. No matter where they came from they would have not gotten here through natural migration so I see no reason to call them native. Wild yes, native no. Sorry Mo I don't mean to rain on your parade. In fact I don't mind fishing for carp from time to time. I have even gave serious thought to participating in your Cagi event. I am not necessarily a native fish pundit. I just don't see making common carp something they aren't. Right now I don't see any advantage in having common carp in our streams and lakes. The reality of carp in the US is in general people don't care to eat them and they aren't considered a sport fish so not many people target or harvest them. According to MDC carp of all types are over populated and do damage to our lakes and rivers. Common Carp are natural shufflers and their habit of wallowing destroys vital habitat needed by other fish and cause a lot of silting problems. Because they are extremely over populated they take up way more than their fair share of biomass. What would be good for carp is if they could grow to their potential size. If this were to happen I can see where they would become popular as sport fish. The problem is since there is no generally accepted use for them and because they are so under-fished and over populated this is unlikely to ever happen.

Nope. Not hungry

I'm sorry. I promise if you don't fire me I wont let it happen again until nex time. Would that be ok? Crawdads upsetting the apple cart?? Howdat?

YEP. Country Rocks but Bluegrass Rules. I play mandolin and guitar by the way. I figure everyone can be in charge of their own cold drinks. Makes things less complicated that way.

HEY! Are you pointing that at me? Remember pointing isn't nice even if I do resemble that remark. Huh? You mean your posts aren't all the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? Carp don't fit in the fish category. They are something else and are certainly less than excellent table fare. Although I have heard that their lips make excellent calamari rings.

WOW Great report Bill. Thanks.

Ok Gavin. What time do you serve?

SI03: What you been up to? I haven't heard much out of you lately. What have you been doing to keep yourself busy? catchin any fish?

I knew it. The rumor is true!!!

I have seen a lot of those camo fish. I wondered what they were. Thanks.

Gotta use tin snips to get them out of their skins. I figure their hides would make good work boots.

I think SM is over opinionated and him and I don't get along too well but, I do not and will not believe he posted porn on here.

I just figure it this way. Common Carp were a horrible practical joke China played on the US. IMO they are not natural to the US and never will be. That is not to say I don't catch carp for fun from time to time but like almost everyone else I just throw them back because they aren't worth the hassle it takes to prepare them and once they are prepared they have too strong of a flavor to appreciate. Carp are not fished for much here in the US and because very few of the smaller fish are thinned out the big fish will never reach size proportions as they do in Europe. One good use for them is in a compost bin. A few carp mixed with grass clippings makes some great compost to add to your flower or vegetable garden.

Sorry I posted that to the wrong topic.

This is probably a good time to get a head count on who all is going to be there. ?

Yeah. There is no reason to argue about it. The damage is already done.

Actually I thought it was a man eating scud. I have heard that during a full moon they transform into these huge man eaters. Any truth to that rumor? Terry?

I don't know what kind of bugs are falling out of the trees right now but the trout are sucking them up as soon as they hit the water.

Eggs. Do you mean Crawdad eggs????

Hey JC: Whats happening. Just wondering, did you post to the wrong topic? These guys are talking about SMB or Smallmouth Bass.

Never heard of it. I will try to look it up. To be honest tho I am not a big fan of watching fishing when I can be gonefishin.

I guess a guy could get by with that on small ones but I have caught some good sized ones that a person could not get their hand around. As you mentioned the scales are rough. On the bigger ones the scales can scuff a person up a bit. Those critters have some rough skin. Best way to get them out of it is to use wire cutters or tin snips.

Great posts guys. Thanks for the info. I dont know a lot about the different kind of sucker but I have been having fun catching them in Taney. They put up a good fight on 2 lb line. I just want to know more about them so I know what I am catching.

That would be great Bill

Look like a regular monnow/crawdad trap so they should be legal.