Cheating bowfishing

[Flysmallie]

But still they are ugly trash fish that will live anywhere. 

Carp fishing might be the worlds most popular fish but here in the USA it’s a bass that wins. 

[MoCarp]

2 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

But still they are ugly trash fish that will live anywhere. 

Carp fishing might be the worlds most popular fish but here in the USA it’s a bass that wins. 

Perhaps now, but from a business sense, the kayak fishing has been exploding, Why? Cost... you can go full kit ‘yackin for a fraction of what it cost to get into blast n cast...consequently euro carping is also pretty easy to get into cost wise...in our group we hear after catching carp, it’s hard to go back to bass fishing, catching 1#ers with the best fish of the day a 3#er, it’s not hard to beat that most days carping...our guys still fish for many different species... but when you hook that 1st truly big carp, and it rips off a long run = to a truck tire rolling down a hill...your hooked!

 

as far as ugly...nah some carp are beautiful 

[MoCarp]

A few people agree with me, you might see some familiar faces  

[jdmidwest]

It's still a rough fish. Invasive species. Good target for wanton waste......

Give me a drum any day, they hit a lure like a bass.

[MoCarp]

16 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

It's still a rough fish. Invasive species. Good target for wanton waste......

Give me a drum any day, they hit a lure like a bass.

Been Down this path before 

stripers, brown trout, rainbow trout,  muskies are all non native, and largemouth bass is on the invasive species list as one of the worst, west of the Rockies they are responsible for major extinctions of multiple fish and amphibians.

the point of this whole post is a bfer who guides got busted shooting fish where he shouldn’t 

seems to be s trend of “ guides “ taking clients to places to harvest fish and game that do not allow such activities

https://www.espn.com/outdoors/general/columns/story?columnist=schultz_ken&page=g_col_Schultz_the-invasive-bass

[MoCarp]

White tail deer are considered invasive 

 

 

https://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/hunting/2016/02/embracing-9-non-native-and-invasive-species-we-love-hunt-and-fish

[Johnsfolly]

Why are the EU carp fishermen so secretive in terms of where they catch big carp? Don't all of the carp guys just get along and support each other without question? None of them would cheat to win a tournament. If there isn't a big bowfishing population in the EU then it must be to prevent other carp fishermen from taking their prize fish. People are greedy everywhere. If there is money or prestige someone is going to cheat to get it.

[Flysmallie]

37 minutes ago, MoCarp said:

Been Down this path before 

stripers, brown trout, rainbow trout,  muskies are all non native, and largemouth bass is on the invasive species list as one of the worst, west of the Rockies they are responsible for major extinctions of multiple fish 

 

All of them are gamefish except carp.

[MoCarp]

2 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

 

All of them are gamefish except carp.

Well depends if you go by what defines regulations in Missouri, then fish like sunfish are not “game fish”

the true definition is sportfish which common carp are by definition “sportfish”

 

[MoCarp]

2 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

Why are the EU carp fishermen so secretive in terms of where they catch big carp? Don't all of the carp guys just get along and support each other without question? None of them would cheat to win a tournament. If there isn't a big bowfishing population in the EU then it must be to prevent other carp fishermen from taking their prize fish. People are greedy everywhere. If there is money or prestige someone is going to cheat to get it.

In the EU they are not secretive, it’s here in the states because of people like in the article we keep catch locations private or shared with people who are heavily vetted

 

https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/sport/more-sport/no-carping-around-in-milton-keynes-1-8937196