channel catfish pic

[23cardinal]

Originally Posted by NJ219bands

Yes, I keep the carp because they are a non-native invasive species and released carp are impossible to catch again. I released a 10 lb channel catfish in the Millstone River a few years ago. I hope to catch it again and win a NJ Skillful Angler Award.

I'm not gonna lie only carp fished once and then got one by accident two years ago(slob, on my ultralight catching crappie) why would released carp be impossible to catch again? I know English carp fishing they only catch and release.
Do u eat them? I don't know carp so I'm very curious

[saxmatt]

Originally Posted by 23cardinal

I'm not gonna lie only carp fished once and then got one by accident two years ago(slob, on my ultralight catching crappie) why would released carp be impossible to catch again? I know English carp fishing they only catch and release.
Do u eat them? I don't know carp so I'm very curious

You can recapture the same carp, he's just not a great carp fisherman. Btw, they're not invasive. They are an introduced non native species in NJ, just like largemouth bass, brown and rainbow trout, musky, pike, walleye etc...

[Eskimo]

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Nice channel cat.

I have to question the assumption a released carp become uncatchable. In Europe in certain pay-lakes, they catch-and-release the same carps over-and-over again. The operation wouldn't work if they couldn't be caught again.


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[NJ219bands]

Originally Posted by Eskimo

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Nice channel cat.

I have to question the assumption a released carp become uncatchable. In Europe in certain pay-lakes, they catch-and-release the same carps over-and-over again. The operation wouldn't work if they couldn't be caught again.


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I read on the Internet that the guy who caught the biggest carp in England donated it to the Royal Aquarium. Whenever he would feed it, the carp would never eat the bait that he caught it on. I made > 140 NJ fresh water fishing trips in crowded public fishing areas and didn't see anybody catch a carp yet this year.

[saxmatt]

I've recaptured dozens of carp using the same bait, some 2 days in a row. You'll never recapture one because you're part of the bucket brigade and keep every carp you catch. It's impossible to recapture a fish if you are killing everything.

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by saxmatt

I've recaptured dozens of carp using the same bait, some 2 days in a row. You'll never recapture one because you're part of the bucket brigade and keep every carp you catch. It's impossible to recapture a fish if you are killing everything.

This goes back to when NJbands said there was a shortage of carp and everybody agreed that was an odd statement.

There's no reason to call someone out on keeping carp. They're virtually everywhere.

There's some truth in that a carp caught before will be a bit more finnicky next time. That's with any fish really; they wise up the more they are caught.

[NJ219bands]

Originally Posted by saxmatt

I've recaptured dozens of carp using the same bait, some 2 days in a row. You'll never recapture one because you're part of the bucket brigade and keep every carp you catch. It's impossible to recapture a fish if you are killing everything.

I don't kill everything, only carp because they are a nonnative invasive species that Fish and Game Departments never stock and kill and remove them when lakes are drained. I know many people that eat carp. Giving them away is better than having them buried in landfills. I tagged and released > 7,800 fish in NJ since 1985. Every year I release thousands of fish in NJ. If you really believe that you are a great carper, show me a pic of a Carnegie Lake carp that you caught. I talked to many outstanding European carpers that never could catch a Carnegie Lake carp.

[saxmatt]

My fishing partner Attila fished next to you a few years back and caught 16, you got skunked. You were yelling at him to keep them. The next day he showed up and you were in the spot he baited. He set up where you were and again caught a bunch of carp and you blanked. Unfortunately I haven't heard of a big fish out of there because you and others have been keeping them for years. I don't mind if you keep a few but pulling out 25+ fish a day like I've seen you do and keeping hundreds a year really kills a spot. Luckily there a lot of spots you don't know about.

[Riz]

nice catch.

I do believe that carp are a pretty "smart" fish. fishing for them in the saddle river and Passaic rivers they could get elusive. now I really haven't dedicated day to going carping in a while but they run a long way almost like a bonefish and I may dare to say one of the most under rated fish going. I had one get foul hooked on a rattle trap this year in pompton and as much as I knew it wasn't a bass, and believe me I wished it was , it was fun. the ones in monksville look like submarines .