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Originally Posted by catfishonthelake
I saw the picture the first time you posted it and I am aware that you have the legal right to bow hunt. That doesn't mean I have to agree with it. All my friends that hunt deer, turkey etc. practice some of the best sportsmanship I know. They eat and use every part of the animal they kill that they can. It just seems wasteful to me to kill thousands of fish that you have no personal use for, regardless of how much research you throw out that they're destructive. I'm a musky fisherman and release everything I catch. When I see someone with a big fish in their cooler it bothers me, but it is their legal right to take it as long as it not on one of "Catch and Release" lakes in April and May. Doesn't mean I have to agree with it.
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So even tho I find a use for the carp just because I personally don't use them makes it unethical. Let me ask you do any of your hunting friends ever shoot coyotes, ground hogs, or crows? I know thousands of guys across this state that would shoot a coyote while hunting, what do you think happens to them? They get gutted and sliced up for dinner? Sometimes pests need to be controlled. I also musky fish and release every musky I catch and I agree I don't agree when I see a large one kept but I congratulate the guy. I don't pick a fight with him over it. That's his legal right.
Jrock- I'm glad you only keep so many walleyes, I applaud you and I would do the same thing. I release a lot of big stripers each year. Keep one or two 30"-34" fish and I know that's all I need. I also release all my bass muskies, pike, walleyes (outside of icefishing) But we are not talking about a game fish we are talking about carp. Yes there is many factors in each lake how bad the carp affect the lake. Deep clear lakes with little to no sediment on the bottom obviously can't be turned to a mud pit where shallow lakes with mud bottoms are a different story. Don't forget how clear the water is does not tell you how healthy the lake is.
Don't take my word for it tho, take a few minutes and read up on the common carp
http://fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/courses/nr...rp/damage.html
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/facts...px?speciesID=4
Two good ones to start. Hard to pick put the best ones when a Google search comes up with hundreds of page citing carp destructive nature
