Carp fishing tournament @ deal lake in Asbury park

[MikeD]

So I'm a little upset over this. I found a flyer for a carp fishing tournament at deal lake in Asbury Park on Sunday April 13th. I thought this was great. A good opportunity to fish for some carp and talk to some fellow carp anglers, until I found out that the purpose of this tournament is to kill as many carp as possible ( because they believe common carp are an invasive species).


What are your thoughts on this?

[Gatto1227]

I've heard both ends of the argument on this one. Some people don't think they are a problem and some people think that they kill vegetation and eat other species eggs.

[jmurr711]

killing carp

[acabtp]

so long as it's legal, the anglers clean up after themselves and the fish doesn't just go to waste, i don't really have much of an opinion either way on the carp, but welcome to NJFishing!

[saxmatt]

Maybe my buddies and I should prebait a spot for a few weeks to get them all in 1 area then go and catch and release a bunch of fish right in front of them

[MikeD]

Originally Posted by saxmatt

Maybe my buddies and I should prebait a spot for a few weeks to get them all in 1 area then go and catch and release a bunch of fish right in front of them

Matt, that's exactly what I wanted to do. I think I'm going to go and just catch and release as many as possible in front of them.