[jrock]

In no way am I implying that you have no regard for any animal life but you can find negative articles about carp and you can also find positive articles about how they effect the ecosystem also...... for example the fact that they have so many offspring provides forage for game fish, the natural cycle isn't always as simple as some books explain. Some people underestimate mother nature and its ability to adapt and figure out changes in the ecosystem....... Mother nature has been doing it for millions of years I can trust her to figure out how to handle a carp. It was once stated in a previous thread that we have many invasive species like the brown trout in this state, and picking and choosing which one to eliminate by highlighting their negatives just because of your personal preference is in my opinion not right. Again if some one legally takes or shots a fish and decides to take it home and dump it in their garbage can, it is not my place to change that persons mind, as my opinion and only an opinion I don't regard one fish species lesser than another because one is a game fish and the other is not. I treat them equally as far as respecting them as one of gods creatures that's all.