New world record common carp

[MoCarp]

3 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

I would love to catch something that size. My concern is where was it caught. Is it from a stocked pond with a feeding program. If that's the case how is that different to hunting a high fence "trophy" hunt? I understand that in this case the angler still has to get the fish to bite.

From what I am told people fish the lake it came from weeks at a time for one bite, and it’s rumored they jack fish from other locations😱

as far as compared to a high fence hunt, if you just tazed the deer 30 or 40 hunts over a few years it would be a real challenge to bag the biggest bucks and be a true accomplishment 

insted of a buck walking up to you for an apple slice before you gut shoot it with your $2000 bow, get into you golf cart and head back to the lodge to get drunk 

[Devan S.]

Whats the record for a carp from a non-private lake?

[MoCarp]

25 minutes ago, Devan S. said:

Whats the record for a carp from a non-private lake?

In the USA 67# in modern times but a 75 was taken in Mississippi back in the day, most think that fish was a buff...but the largest so far...mid 50’s here in Missouri

most all waters over seas you pay to access, but 100 pounds is the record common, 50s are more common there because of all the chumming keeps the fish well fed. Most Brits have personal bests in the 30s -40s but most captures are high teens to low 20s. Fish are stocked over 10 pounds.. they use pike and of all things crappie and bluegills to control numbers.

here most waters ozark lakes produce fish from 7- 12 pounds with a sprinkling of bigger fish. Because of over harvesting of the bigger fish typically by bfers or not enough food for the remaining fish. It takes 10- 12 years here to grow a mid to upper 20, ideally harvest the 20 - 30 inch fish would make more monsters.. so we look for lakes with predators that can eat more carp, blue and flathead catfish, muskies keep small carp populations in check, cool waters produce bigger carp it seems... noticed places with good black crappie populations have better carp avg sizes....carp can live in marginal quality waters but do best like most fish in healthy diverse watersheads