Going Down The Rabbit Hole

[MoCarp]

mike iaconelli done gone euro

[MoCarp]

 

[MoCarp]

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Mike Iaconelli  "I love this kind of fishing"

 

[snagged in outlet 3]

IMO that’s not a selling point. He can dirty his shirt all he wants with that nasty thing. 

 

[MoCarp]

38 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

 

I am sure lots of people screamed bloody murder when cars replaced horses, candles where not needed anymore, and cops got body cams......life evolves

[Ketchup]

Its for his new show. If it bites, it makes for tv footage. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

10 hours ago, MoCarp said:

I am sure lots of people screamed bloody murder when cars replaced horses, candles where not needed anymore, and cops got body cams......life evolves

Okay that’s a stretch don’t you think?

I didn’t scream bloody murder.  He can catch them all. 

[Lvn2Fish]

I’m pretty sure this is for his show City limits fishing . Not suprising he had to resort to catching a carp amidst the skyscrapers and used needles . 

[Al Agnew]

Okay, I'm gonna say this one more time...carp are fun to fish for and fight very well.  I have absolutely NO problem with people fishing for them.  The more people fishing for them the better...as long as the agencies don't start managing them to the detriment of other fish, especially native fish,  because so many people are fishing for them.  And I don't think that's going to happen any time soon.  Right now, most places they simply AREN'T managed, either for the good of carp or to the detriment of carp, and they are doing just fine.  If I wanted to, I could catch a pile of them on the Ozark streams I fish, and if you really want to catch carp until you're tired of catching them, Wappapello Lake is chock full of them.  Or you can go to the lower sections of every creek running directly into the Mississippi south of St. Louis and wear yourself out on them.  I highly doubt if many people are gigging, spearing, or shooting them in most of those places.  I haven't been to Bismarck Lake in a while, but the last time I was there the carp were spawning in the shallows and there were huge ones everywhere.  Heck, there's a lake less than an hour from where our house is in Montana that is about 20 acres, surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery, and has so many carp they keep the lake muddy.  There is no shortage of good carp fishing places.  So have at it.

[MoCarp]

1 hour ago, Al Agnew said:

as long as the agencies don't start managing them to the detriment of other fish, especially native fish,  because so many people are fishing for them.  

We are in total agreement, Ironically the best carp waters are almost always great fishing for "gamefish" as I try to show here having both is not mutually exclusive

 

1 hour ago, Al Agnew said:

(management)  And I don't think that's going to happen any time soon.  Right now, most places they simply AREN'T managed, 

That is changing several areas are studying the nuts and bolts to have better big carp fishing, what makes dale hollow carp so big?..we do not know.....bullshoals carp run a lot bigger than stockton why? we just do not know.....pomme/loz/truman buff dominate and common carp do not get as big there why?... I know of 4 places that regs are to promote large common carp and require the release of the largest fish, on location has had these regs in place for a decade now and it still has some of the best fishing in texas

 

1 hour ago, Al Agnew said:

 I could catch a pile of them on the Ozark streams I fish, and if you really want to catch carp until you're tired of catching them, Wappapello Lake is chock full of them.  Or you can go to the lower sections of every creek running directly into the Mississippi south of St. Louis and wear yourself out on them.  I highly doubt if many people are gigging, spearing, or shooting them in most of those places. 

common carp up to about 10# are great eating if prepared properly (all jokes aside) and out of Ozark streams far better fair than out of say the Missouri river....I would rather see people toss back the bronze backs (another fish I have passion for) not all waters are going to be good carp waters and the management should be to that end...

 

1 hour ago, Al Agnew said:

 I haven't been to Bismarck Lake in a while, but the last time I was there the carp were spawning in the shallows and there were huge ones everywhere.  Heck, there's a lake less than an hour from where our house is in Montana that is about 20 acres, surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery, and has so many carp they keep the lake muddy.  There is no shortage of good carp fishing places.  So have at it.

back in the day during spawn they used to think salmon were too thick... huge schools turned rivers red.....sometimes things are not what they seem....if carp exceed 200k per Hectare according to studies they can cause problems in some waters with silt bottoms, usually the

 

1 hour ago, Al Agnew said:

I haven't been to Bismarck Lake in a while, but the last time I was there the carp were spawning in the shallows and there were huge ones everywhere.  Heck, there's a lake less than an hour from where our house is in Montana that is about 20 acres, surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery, and has so many carp they keep the lake muddy.  

 baby carp eaters have been over harvested or run off has caused the living conditions (pollution) to favor a more hardy carp...those waters suck for big carp fishing, never see a fish over 20"..I have always wondered how commons get in isolated waters..bubba slim carp fisherman isn't horse backing baby carp up into the mountains anytime soon

 

2 hours ago, Lvn2Fish said:

I’m pretty sure this is for his show City limits fishing . Not suprising he had to resort to catching a carp amidst the skyscrapers and used needles . 

Austin has some incredible fishing LBL lake has huge LMB..and some huge read ear sunfish......I didn't only carp fish LBL ...myths about what makes fishing bad just get perpetuated too many carp are a symptom not the cause in most cases.....if you have not seen LBL in downtown austin you should... its beautiful.....before anyone tosses the stone, you should experience what its like to have a 30#er on the end of your line.....