Don’t understand why people r scared of carp

[SNAPFisher]

Originally Posted by Smoky buck

I vote for musky

Nice!

Maybe add a Zander or two

[Alberta Bigbore]

I bet stocking channel catfish to 40lbs would get rid of the Prussian carp



But curious.. how far up have Prussian carp made it system wise? And what are actual fishing techniques if your actually targeting them? We use hair rigs for big carp in the Red River MB when i fish there.

[SNAPFisher]

Originally Posted by Alberta Bigbore

I bet stocking channel catfish to 40lbs would get rid of the Prussian carp

But curious.. how far up have Prussian carp made it system wise? And what are actual fishing techniques if your actually targeting them? We use hair rigs for big carp in the Red River MB when i fish there.

Certainly on the RDR right up to the Dickson Dam. Lots of them too. They school. Time will tell if they can get above the dam. Seems physically hard to do but they seem to find a way. Talk about a prolific species.

I used a red san juan worm and it worked great - unbaited. I suspect i fyou tip a maggot on there it would be lights out. They ignored a pheasant tail nymph.

We already have a great predator fishing them. Pelicans. I only went over to the other side the dam to see what 2 pelicans were eating. Once I saw the carp and saw the the carp school, swim higher up, and around the edges. Then I saw one of the same pelicans closer up and it was definitely the carp the one caught and gulped. I don't know if the carp always swim / act this way but for now, they are easy pelican pickings. By an hour later there were 7 pelicans doing the same thing.

[nick0danger]

Originally Posted by Alberta Bigbore

I bet stocking channel catfish to 40lbs would get rid of the Prussian carp



But curious.. how far up have Prussian carp made it system wise? And what are actual fishing techniques if your actually targeting them? We use hair rigs for big carp in the Red River MB when i fish there.

I understand they are in the Blindman river as well, and that is why they did not pump water into gull lake last year. With the rain we have had this year it should buy some time to come up with a solution and money to continue to pump into Gull lake.

[barbless]

I'm in for the Muskie Ask the one who put them in how to cook and eat them or some of the ones who caught over two hundred at that Derby they had at Blood Indian.

[Alberta Bigbore]

Originally Posted by SNAPFisher

Certainly on the RDR right up to the Dickson Dam. Lots of them too. They school. Time will tell if they can get above the dam. Seems physically hard to do but they seem to find a way. Talk about a prolific species.

I used a red san juan worm and it worked great - unbaited. I suspect i fyou tip a maggot on there it would be lights out. They ignored a pheasant tail nymph.

We already have a great predator fishing them. Pelicans. I only went over to the other side the dam to see what 2 pelicans were eating. Once I saw the carp and saw the the carp school, swim higher up, and around the edges. Then I saw one of the same pelicans closer up and it was definitely the carp the one caught and gulped. I don't know if the carp always swim / act this way but for now, they are easy pelican pickings. By an hour later there were 7 pelicans doing the same thing.

How did the carp effect the brown trout fishery on the RDR?

[SNAPFisher]

Originally Posted by Alberta Bigbore

How did the carp effect the brown trout fishery on the RDR?

I suspect it is too early to know.

The carp look out of place and seem like they are trying to find their place. Since they stand out, easy pickings for predators right now. I wonder if they will adapt.

[baitfisher83]

Snakehead?

Yeah sure, what's another invasive species...

[antler1]

One good example of what Prussian carp will do to a lake/reservoir can be seen at the Blood Indian Dam south of Cereal.
Previously it was a good prairie trout fishery in the put and take mode.
Water clarity was on par with southern Alberta water bodies. Then the Prussian carp were introduced illegally and now the water looks like chocolate milk. So much for fly fishing there. Another good lake gone.

[Smoky buck]

Originally Posted by antler1

One good example of what Prussian carp will do to a lake/reservoir can be seen at the Blood Indian Dam south of Cereal.
Previously it was a good prairie trout fishery in the put and take mode.
Water clarity was on par with southern Alberta water bodies. Then the Prussian carp were introduced illegally and now the water looks like chocolate milk. So much for fly fishing there. Another good lake gone.

Trout waters are probably at the highest risk. As much as some want to think browns and tigers will prey carp enough to keep things under control they really are not dominant enough predators to do so

Pike waters might be a completely different situation

[smitty9]

Originally Posted by wildwildwest

Invasive species blah blah.
Are we also invasive species to this land? And it turned out a great thing?

Carp is delicious by the way, better than walleye in my point of view and the only problem is too much bones.

from your title...Don’t understand why people r scared of carp

If you don't understand, then, simply put, you are making a conscious choice to be ignorant. Grade 9 science students can explain it to you. smh.

[AK47]

Originally Posted by pinelakeperch

Catostomus commersonii is the scientific name for the white sucker..

The sucker in the picture is longnose sucker or Catostomus catostomus.

[DiabeticKripple]

Do Buffalo still roam the lands by the millions?

[Smoky buck]

Originally Posted by DiabeticKripple

Do Buffalo still roam the lands by the millions?

If they did my freezer would have less doom in it