WORLD RECORD!

[MoCarp]

Colin Smith in 2013  caught a World-record carp caught twice in a week by different anglers.  100-pound, 8-ounce common carp that smashed the old world record of 75 pounds, 11 ounces,  at the popular carp destination of Etang La Saussaie in the Champagne region of France. (pic1)

Remarkably, the same fish, which was released after it was weighed, was caught again by John Thorpe. They surmised that the fish had just started eating again after getting released since it had lost a pound, this time weighing 99 pounds, 12 ounces. (pic 2)

 

[MoCarp]

Czech angler Thomas Krist caught the current world record carp May 18th 2015 with the capture of a 105lb specimen carp from Euro-Aqua in Hungary.

(pic 1) current world record

(pic 2) 101 pounder from same water


 

 

[MoCarp]

North American Record, Daniel Slaby’s 56lb 4oz common caught from a lake in Michigan.

 

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As for the official recognition of a USA national record carp the simple answer is that none exists. Each of the US 50 states maintains its own list of record fish. Some like Oregon, New Mexico and Maine do not even recognize carp while others do not draw a distinction between fish caught on rod & line or those killed by other methods such as spearing or bow-fishing. In many US states claiming a record requires the fish to be killed or transported to an official weigh station which for responsible catch & release anglers is simply a non-starter. While traveling the world in search of big carp Tony Davis-Patrick (‘Globetrotter’) captured a 52lb common while fishing with the legendary Bernie Haines on the St Lawrence river back in the late nineties. Amazingly Tony’s fish would still hold the record today had it been claimed . Fortunately forward thinking states like Connecticut have responded to our requests for a change in regulations to allow potential records to be weighed at the place of capture on certified scales and the claim submitted together with independent witness statements and photographs. That bold decision has allowed two records to be claimed by catch and release anglers since 2011 including the current record caught Mike Hudak’s 43lb 12oz common from the Connecticut River in 2013.

http://bigcarpnews.com/web/record-carp-in-north-america/

 

[MoCarp]

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Retail hunting and fishing giant Bass Pro Shops sponsored the US Open Bowfishing tournament  This three day event centered around their store in Springfield, Missouri where 275 teams of 4 persons took to the water at night in boats equipped with high power lighting to spot & shoot fish in up to 5 feet of water. In addition to various sponsors prizes there were also cash payouts for the biggest 20 fish killed including $5,000 for the biggest fish and a $10,000 side pay out for a state record. As the outcome focused on the biggest 20 fish it was estimated that each team shoots & kill between 40-50 big carp which means they will be removing a staggering 12,000-14,000 specimen fish from just 5 waters. At a  previous tournament over 32,000 pounds of fish were killed in just one night. This is just one of many tournaments that take place every year around the USA and since bowfishing literally ‘targets’ the biggest fish the impact on a potential record fish water can be devastating. The biggest carp killed was a 60.8 pound grass carp and the overall champions 20 biggest carp weighed 393.66 pounds winning them $25,000.

http://bigcarpnews.com/web/record-carp-in-north-america/

It should be noted that since the advent of the tournament, size of the common carp have been trending down

[MoCarp]

Old Carp Syndrome

In many fish productive reservoirs, carp may at first carp reproduce successfully, resulting in one or two strong year classes in succession (flood years). Their long lifespan (up to 15 years or more) and potential to reach a large size allow fish from strong year classes to grow steadily, rapidly at first, but more slowly later on as they become large and exceed natural limits of their food supply. Eventually the reservoir has large, old carp whose reproductive success is poorer, because the reservoir's carrying capacity for carp is reached. Growth and survival rates of young-of-the-year are low. Although few young carp are added to the population, The Old Carp Syndrome may persist for years until a die off reduces the dominant year classes. If a die off is sudden, or large amounts removed, the size of the carp dynamics change that 30 pounder removed now has six 5 pounders (dink city)

[trythisonemv]

When i was really little our neighbor caught a 54 lb common out of taney. He pressure cooked it and ate it lol

[Gavin]

It would look a heck of allot better if it was a Tarpon. 

 

 

 

 

 

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