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Posted: 9/2/2005 3:42:22 PM EDT

I caught this carp the day before Katrina hit. It was the only fish that took my bait when I was fish at the time. Line size was only 6 lb test on a lil bream rod(Micro-Lite) from Bass Pro Shops. No weight I guess to be almost 30.

Posted: 9/2/2005 3:45:12 PM EDT

[#1]

Wow...

Looks like a good one.

Posted: 9/2/2005 3:55:38 PM EDT

[#2]

That is one big freaken carp. In the Springtime, when I was a kid. We'd gig carp that would run up creeks from the local lakes to spawn. We'd easily gig a pickup bed full, 15 20 pounders, fun as hell.

Some of the local oldtimers would pay us a $1 a piece for them. The females full of row they'd give us a buck fifty for.

They loved to mix the row with eggs

They'd also eat squirl brains as well

Posted: 9/2/2005 3:57:56 PM EDT

[#3]

Good catch man.

Posted: 9/2/2005 4:00:54 PM EDT

[#4]

Thats a nice carp, if there ever is such a thing.

I can't beleive people eat them, don't they have a large mud vein running down them?

Posted: 9/2/2005 4:03:22 PM EDT

[#5]

Nice fish and Nice hat! Carp on ultralight tackle has always been one of my favorites. I'll bet that was a good ride!

Posted: 9/2/2005 4:10:16 PM EDT

[#6]

IT was a good ride but the water is hot here in Florida and fish dont fight has hard as they do like in the spring or fall. It took alwhile for this fish to swim away. U can see teeth marks in his side(gator). I hooked the gator right after I caught the carp, about 4 1/2 feet long. Did not land him the lil hook bent out and the gator got away.

Posted: 9/2/2005 4:19:31 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
I can't beleive people eat them,

As with any fish, the taste is markedly dependent on many factors including diet, age, water conditions, etc.

Large old carp feeding on polluted lake bottoms do not make great table fare.

Carp raised in small clean ponds on grain-based pellets and harvested while still young do make great table fare.

ETA: That's a great catch M4-TUNA, especially on 6 lb. test.

Posted: 9/2/2005 6:12:24 PM EDT

[#8]

What bait? I gots to know.

Posted: 9/2/2005 6:17:51 PM EDT

[#9]

Great hat errrrr catch.......

Posted: 9/2/2005 6:20:25 PM EDT

[#10]

Good job!

Cool pic--thanks!

Posted: 9/2/2005 6:21:20 PM EDT

[#11]

What a load of carp...

Posted: 9/2/2005 6:22:18 PM EDT

[#12]

light line, big fish, thats alot of fun!!!

Posted: 9/2/2005 6:22:56 PM EDT

[#13]

all my years of fishing in FL and I never caught a carp

Posted: 9/2/2005 6:23:41 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:

I can't beleive people eat them, don't they have a large mud vein running down them?

Yo idiot, you don’t eat those fish!
Those are Chinese Grass Carps and they were put into our lakes to control aquatic weeds.
They are stocked by the FL Fresh Water Commission and there is something like $5,000 fine for killing one. They are all hybrids and are sterile so they can't breed here.

Posted: 9/2/2005 6:28:05 PM EDT

[#15]

IT's a CARP!!!!

TXL

Posted: 9/2/2005 6:40:34 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
Quoted:

I can't beleive people eat them, don't they have a large mud vein running down them?

Yo idiot, you don’t eat those fish!
Those are Chinese Grass Carps and they were put into our lakes to control aquatic weeds.
They are stocked by the FL Fresh Water Commission and there is something like $5,000 fine for killing one. They are all hybrids and are sterile so they can't breed here.

Here in IL. anyway, carp are considered "trash" fish. They will overpopulate a pond or small lake. Destroying the habitats of game fish. I haven't ran across a anybody who enjoyed fishing who would release a carp. Generally , if not kept, they're thrown up on the shore and left.

Posted: 9/2/2005 6:41:41 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
Quoted:

I can't beleive people eat them, don't they have a large mud vein running down them?

Yo idiot, you don’t eat those fish!
Those are Chinese Grass Carps and they were put into our lakes to control aquatic weeds.
They are stocked by the FL Fresh Water Commission and there is something like $5,000 fine for killing one. They are all hybrids and are sterile so they can't breed here.

Holy crap--you're right. The body of that one is trimmer than a common carp--not as "tall." Geez, I should know that considering I bought ten of them for my own pond.

Posted: 9/2/2005 6:42:41 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
Here in IL. anyway, carp are considered "trash" fish. They will overpopulate a pond or small lake. Destroying the habitats of game fish. I haven't ran across a anybody who enjoyed fishing who would release a carp. Generally , if not kept, they're thrown up on the shore and left.

See my post just above--there's more than one kind of carp.

Posted: 9/2/2005 8:36:17 PM EDT

[#19]

They're fun as hell to catch. Some people pressure cook them and claim its fine eating.

Posted: 9/3/2005 6:20:27 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
What bait? I gots to know.

Bread floating on the water with lil # 8 hook and float.

Posted: 9/3/2005 6:26:02 AM EDT

[#21]

Looks like a light colored sewer trout to me. A big one.

Posted: 9/3/2005 6:30:19 AM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
Quoted:
What bait? I gots to know.
Bread floating on the water with lil # 8 hook and float.

Some people would be amazed at what you can catch down here in Florida with that set up.

Posted: 9/3/2005 6:35:57 AM EDT

[#23]

I used to catch big shinners with bread. Now I catch big bass with shinners.

Posted: 9/3/2005 6:37:09 AM EDT

[#24]

Posted: 9/3/2005 6:40:25 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
Quoted:
What bait? I gots to know.
Bread floating on the water with lil # 8 hook and float.

My favorite carp bait is: Wheaties and white bread mashed up and mixed with strawberry soda pop. Make dough balls with it and use small treble hooks. I learned it from an old gal that I met at a lake once. She gave me the recipe and some to try in return for me giving her any carp I caught with it. This stuff works like a charm, you should give it a try.