Flying Carp On The Gasconade River

[fishinwrench]

The Osage river is ate up with them, but it's hard to say whether or not they've had a negative effect on the bass. They do have a habit of congregating heavily in the eddys spooking easily and dramatically, obviously spooking any gamefish nearby in the process, which makes fishing for bass in areas with asian carp pretty much a waste of time.

[Hog Wally]

The meramec at hwy 30 bridge near stclair is loaded with them

[Seth]

The Osage is still a pretty darn goog bass fishery so I don't think they have affected the bass fishery much. I think the spoonbill are hit the hardest due to the competition for plankton.

[rakloeppel]

I did find this on the MDC webiste

A: The Gasconade River is not ideal for Asian carp, nor for common carp, at any time of the year due to its fast flow rate, low fertility and clear water. The carps’ lower metabolism in the winter makes faster currents even less attractive. Several studies have shown that carp tend to move downstream in the fall and overwinter in deeper holes like the ones you find behind dikes or at the mouths of larger tributaries to the Missouri River. Carp in the lower Gasconade may leave that river each fall and become less active in deep holes in the Missouri River. Asian carp will remain more active during the winter than common carp.

[exiledguide]

You might want to Google recent stories about Asian Carp in the Mississippi watershed and the state of Illinois looking into closing the shipping canals between the rivers and Lake Michigan

[Mitch f]

The Osage river is ate up with them, but it's hard to say whether or not they've had a negative effect on the bass. They do have a habit of congregating heavily in the eddys spooking easily and dramatically, obviously spooking any gamefish nearby in the process, which makes fishing for bass in areas with asian carp pretty much a waste of time.

I know they are very crafty fish.....you can see a school of them gulping air on the surface 100 yards away and I defy anyone that can sneak closer than 30 yards without them knowing it and lowering themselves, disappearing completely out of sight.

[Coosa]

I have been fishing the gasconade between Rollins ferry and pointers creek for the last 5 yrs and never seen them before. That all changed yesterday when I seem quite a few of them about halfway through my trip.

We bow fish them from the kayaks on the big loose creek sometimes. It's a blast. You DON'T want to spook em and get em jumpin when your standing in a yak! Haha

[Seth]

I have been fishing the gasconade between Rollins ferry and pointers creek for the last 5 yrs and never seen them before. That all changed yesterday when I seem quite a few of them about halfway through my trip.

We bow fish them from the kayaks on the big loose creek sometimes. It's a blast. You DON'T want to spook em and get em jumpin when your standing in a yak! Haha

If you run up to Scott's slough from Rollins Ferry there is usually some up there. I've never seen any very big though and most of the time they don't even jump, just cruise under the surface feeding.

[LarrySTL]

There could be an untapped market here and we can look to our neighbors in Kentucky http://fw.ky.gov/carpmadnessinfo.asp or Illinois for role models.

. http://www.peoriacarphunters.com/Home_Page.html

Just think if all the meth folks took up guiding for flying carp. This might solve two problems simultaneously.

[rakloeppel]

That piece on Kentucky lake was interesting. I hope the Gasconade River never gets that bad.