Up early to beat the heat today time to fill the carp freezer they are running bigger then last year, if they don’t freeze out they keep getting bigger the next year after year. I think I’d rather catch a bunch of smaller ones than the bigger ones they put up a heck of a fight and can be exhausting if you catch a few big ones back to back. Still need to fill the large freezer next will hit it again later today if the wind goes down.

Corn?

Got friend's in the UK who go ballistic over pics like that they have to pay good money to catch carp that size , usually smaller

What do you use them for?

well they could pay good money to come here and catch all they want


, do you freeze and steak them all at once with the band saw? I know you collect them for cat food and bait , wondering what the process you run

Use worms will freeze them whole then the ones I use for bait get put through the meat saw then put in bread bags and thawed as needed for cage bait. Slow morning with the wind the wife and I try to see who catch the most that day. She catches then for cat food for the cats around the house.

Man that’s a nice pile of coon bait there.
Jim

good bait, I use to smoke them and then can them,

Nice haul, they would be fun on an ultralight rig.
We don't have the carp like we used to. Bow fishing has hurt the population in the Susquehanna river

The lakes full of them here it’s a big shallow lake perfect for carp I hope to go out again before dark if the wind goes down some I only need 100 more. LOL

I didn't know that was possible!

I could surely use a couple hundred pounds myself. Lost all of mine in January due to some dummy forgetting to plug the chest freezer back in. I had my neighbor find a nice side by side to replace one that the freezer side went bad. Forgot to plug the chest back in afterwards.

Past winter kills can kill them by the tons here but they bounce back quickly.

Some of these tournaments have a good payout and there's guides all up and down the river that specializes in bow fishing.
Some of them have enough lights on them, I wouldn't be surprised if it could be seen from space.

On a good weekend, during the spawn, I can kill 75-100 per day. Bowfishing.
When they are spawning hard sometimes you can get pass thrus and get 2 or 3 carp in a single shot.
Lots of folks mean mouth carp,, saying they are trash fish… but I pressure can mine and I can get a finished product exactly like canned tuna.
Theres also the canned salmon/mackrel type stuff you can get too,,, but I prefer the tuna.
I save the less desirable pieces for coon bait

Surely you mean from the lips back in that case…. Lots of good eating fish up thenrungs from the common carp…

The Hoots really want the Buffalo carp here.

We shoot them with bow or spear them when they run in the spring. 20-30 lb carp are not uncommon. Took me about an hour to catch this batch.

Very Nice

16 more today one went to the wife’s cats so 27 in 2 days it’s hot and windy will see what we can do on a ideal day.