Grass carp tourney

[Quillback]

In case anyone is interested:

Grass Carp Tournament

The Bella Vista Fly Tyers will be sponsoring a Grass Carp tournament on October 11, 2025, from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. The tournament is open to the general public. Registration is open to the first 50 teams that sign up. To register or if you have any questions, please contact Max Scholfield HERE. First place is $2,000, and the first seven teams win a monetary prize. Carp can be taken by any means, although bowfishing is likely to be the most efficient. This special event is to remove as many grass carp as possible. This will allow native vegetation to repopulate our lakes, providing nursery habitat for our game fish.

[Ham]

Booooooo bowfishing. If it was hook and line only, I’d be more interested. 

[Quillback]

11 hours ago, Ham said:

Booooooo bowfishing. If it was hook and line only, I’d be more interested. 

I can understand that.  They need to remove the grassies, the lakes, manager stocked way too many grassies in Loch Lomond and they totally decimated the fishing in that lake.  So now they need to be removed.  Outside of dynamite, bow fishing is one of the most  efficient ways to remove them.

[Ham]

1 hour ago, Quillback said:

They need to remove the grassies, the lakes, manager stocked way too many grassies in Loch Lomond 

Why does this happen so often? Are the Grassies not truly sterile? Why wouldn’t the lake manager put in like 1 fish per 10 acres. Wait a year. See if more are needed.

let me guess, homeowners felt like there was “too much” grass. They put in too many carp and now there is no grass and the fishery is suffering. 

[BilletHead]

35 minutes ago, Ham said:

Why does this happen so often? Are the Grassies not truly sterile? 

   No they are not sterile. They are no different than autumn olive, Bradford pear and other things that are now becoming invasive. Man makes mistakes and will always make mistakes. Just like common European carp. I know you don't like bow fishing or indescrimate killing of critters. Sometimes you have to do what needs to be done. Pest control. No different from spiders, termites, mice and rats, starling and house sparrows. 

  You have a big heart Ham. One of the many things we like about you. 

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, Ham said:

Why does this happen so often? Are the Grassies not truly sterile? Why wouldn’t the lake manager put in like 1 fish per 10 acres. Wait a year. See if more are needed.

let me guess, homeowners felt like there was “too much” grass. They put in too many carp and now there is no grass and the fishery is suffering. 

That's what it was - too much "grass".  They over stocked, I don't know what formula they used, but it was way too many.  I used to fish 1/4oz Kastmasters over the grass this time of year, and on a good morning would catch 20-30 bass in the 1-4 lb. range.  That's gone - you have to work hard to catch 2 or 3 bass now.  

I thought I would never say this, but right now Beaver Lake fishes better than the BV lakes.  

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There are sterile triploid grass carp.   

[Ham]

2 hours ago, Quillback said:

 

I thought I would never say this, but right now Beaver Lake fishes better than the BV lakes.  

Major Sadface

[Ham]

If they stocked any non triploid grass carp, that would be utter incompetence.  

[BilletHead]

12 hours ago, Ham said:

If they stocked any non triploid grass carp, that would be utter incompetence.  

     I'm with you on this front. How do we control the others now that the cats out of the bag?