another carp pic

[NJ219bands]

Originally Posted by catfishonthelake

I'm assuming that's 19 more carp that were killed so they wouldn't smarten up, run you into snags the next time and cost you any 10 cent hooks?

That's correct. Check out the "bowfishing" section of //www.newjerseyhunter.com. There's 4 bowfishermen that kill 100 carp a night in the Delaware River. The first carp that I hooked this year stole my hook in a snag. Then I landed the next 26. Last year I only caught 1 carp in the Delaware River. The bowfishermen killed 1000s. Government fish agencies killed millions of carp in the USA. Releasing invasive species doesn't make sense.

[saxmatt]

Common carp are not listed as an invasive species in NJ. They are a non native introduced species, just like largemouth bass and brown trout. Do you kill all the bass and trout you catch because they are invasive?

[Predator]

A Tommy Chong exacter

[catfishonthelake]

Originally Posted by NJ219bands

That's correct. Check out the "bowfishing" section of //www.newjerseyhunter.com. There's 4 bowfishermen that kill 100 carp a night in the Delaware River. The first carp that I hooked this year stole my hook in a snag. Then I landed the next 26. Last year I only caught 1 carp in the Delaware River. The bowfishermen killed 1000s. Government fish agencies killed millions of carp in the USA. Releasing invasive species doesn't make sense.

I don't agree with what the bowfishermen do any more than what you do. It's wasteful. You are a horrible example for future generations. If everybody were like you, there wouldn't be any fish left.

[NJ219bands]

Originally Posted by catfishonthelake

I don't agree with what the bowfishermen do any more than what you do. It's wasteful. You are a horrible example for future generations. If everybody were like you, there wouldn't be any fish left.

Carp are the only fish that I keep because they are a non native invasive species that were not stocked in NJ in more than 100 years and I know people that like to eat them. I usually catch and release more than 3,000 fish in NJ each year. I tagged more than 7,600 fish in NJ since 1985 and 237 were recaptured in 11 different states. There is a carp specific disease that kills them. I saw 3 carp kills in the Delaware River and Millstone River. It better that I catch and give carp to people that like to eat them instead of releasing them to die from disease, hypoxia, arrow, etc.

[HK1490]

Where can I catch carp I love the flight. I tried Raritan canal By Bound brook No luck. Thanks

[bigfishy]

Where are there carp?? The question should be where aren't there any carp? that list would be MUCH smaller...
Seriously though, others here should be able to help...I don't fish for them

[catfishonthelake]

Originally Posted by HK1490

Where can I catch carp I love the flight. I tried Raritan canal By Bound brook No luck. Thanks

Be persistent. Use lots of chum and bait. Once you start to figure them out, you'll catch them consistently.

[HK1490]

Originally Posted by bigfishy

Where are there carp?? The question should be where aren't there any carp? that list would be MUCH smaller...
Seriously though, others here should be able to help...I don't fish for them

Thank you.

[Delawareriver]

Originally Posted by catfishonthelake

I don't agree with what the bowfishermen do any more than what you do. It's wasteful. You are a horrible example for future generations. If everybody were like you, there wouldn't be any fish left.

Trust me with a single female carp being able to lay 125,000- 250,000 eggs in a single spawn there will always be carp around to catch/shoot. There is hundreds of thousands in nj alone.

Matt it's not so much of an invasive species issue as it is carp destroy ecosystems. Been scientifically proven in multiple studies the negative affects they have. I don't blame anyone for enjoying fishing for carp as they get larger and are easier to catch then any other species in new jersey. No other species you can catch multiple 20 lbers on any given trip plus good chances at 30 lbers and 40 lbers are caught every year. But i find it to easy. Have used the euro carping techniques and fly fished for them but pretty easy to figure out as long you don't spook them