Carp in Alberta?

Tht-_-Fisherman · #1 01-21-2013, 04:49 PM

Just wondering if there is any good carp/sucker spots in and around Calgary? Trying to research if there is, but nit having that much luck

Thanks

Kyle

jaystev · #2 01-21-2013, 05:58 PM

I know nothing of calgary area but the nsr has a variety of different sucker species. Some of them can get quite big too.

WayneChristie · #3 01-21-2013, 06:44 PM

no carp in Alberta except a few stocked grass carp you cant fish for. all the major rivers have suckers, you just need to find an area you are allowed to use worms. I catch a lot of big ones every year, would rather catch a big sucker than a stocker or stream trout anyday!

buckmaster · #4 01-21-2013, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Tht-_-Fisherman

Just wondering if there is any good carp/sucker spots in and around Calgary? Trying to research if there is, but nit having that much luck

Thanks

Kyle

Lots of sterile grass carp in edmonton stormwater lakes. Cant fish them though.

BeeGuy · #5 01-21-2013, 07:17 PM

Yes there are invasive carp in Alberta.

There is a long thread on the board about them.

No catch limit. Have fun.

Don't expect any 40lb'ers though

ak-71 · #6 01-21-2013, 10:39 PM

Never "targeted" suckers, but caught some as a byproduct there are good numbers in Chain Lakes (saw only smaller ones, but close to town), and some better size in Red Deer river further east when fishing for goldeye

fourty12 · #7 01-21-2013, 10:54 PM

Was with a buddy when he caught one in Chain Lakes a few years ago.

Tinsmith1952 · #8 01-22-2013, 09:12 AM

There are a lot of suckers in the Bow esp by Carsland weir(upstream).

WayneChristie · #9 01-22-2013, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by BeeGuy

Yes there are invasive carp in Alberta.l

There is a long thread on the board about them.

No catch limit. Have fun.

Don't expect any 40lb'ers though

Driving directions please

dodgeboy1979 · #10 01-22-2013, 11:08 AM

i caught a 6lb carp in the NSR north of Lloydminster two summers ago.

retten · #11 01-22-2013, 04:37 PM

Yes there are carp in Alberta, have caught them at the outfall of the old generating station on the NSR.

BeeGuy · #12 01-22-2013, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dodgeboy1979

i caught a 6lb carp in the NSR north of Lloydminster two summers ago.

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Originally Posted by retten

Yes there are carp in Alberta, have caught them at the outfall of the old generating station on the NSR.

Do you guys have any pics?

They were probably one of the suckers species.

BuckCuller · #13 01-22-2013, 04:46 PM

Lots of red horse up to 5lb in the red deer river and in the same river about 10 years ago I caught a fish that I had to take to fish and wildlife which they found was a five pound carp sucker and they wanted me to mount it and donate it because it was the furthest east one has been caught.

huntsfurfish · #14 01-22-2013, 04:47 PM

Please report any catches of Carp to SRD.

BeeGuy · #15 01-22-2013, 04:49 PM

Got pics?

Do you mean a Quillback?

Guitarplayingfish · #16 01-22-2013, 04:54 PM

Chances of getting a quillback are very slim... unless he snagged it of course. They feed on vegetation.

kostianych · #17 01-22-2013, 04:57 PM

last summer, Bow River (Bassano) - 5.5lbs sucker.....looked exactly like an European Carp, expert for the mouth.....

kostianych · #18 01-22-2013, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Guitarplayingfish

Chances of getting a quillback are very slim... unless he snagged it of course. They feed on vegetation.

fishing for quillback : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AKnXWpP344

it`s definetely snagging

Guitarplayingfish · #19 01-22-2013, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by kostianych

last summer, Bow River (Bassano) - 5.5lbs sucker.....looked exactly like an European Carp, expert for the mouth.....

White sucker?

Silver Redhorse?

Longnose sucker?

kostianych · #20 01-22-2013, 05:00 PM

no, it had scale the size of a toonie.....orange-yellow color and verrrry tasty

and it was different from any sucker I`ve cought so far.....much wider/higher

BeeGuy · #21 01-22-2013, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Guitarplayingfish

Chances of getting a quillback are very slim... unless he snagged it of course. They feed on vegetation.

The literature states that Quillbacks feed primarily on aquatic invertebrates. They also eat aquatic vegetation.

Guitarplayingfish · #22 01-22-2013, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BeeGuy

The literature states that Quillbacks feed primarily on aquatic invertebrates. They also eat aquatic vegetation.

The invertebrates and the vegetation probably go hand in hand..

BuckCuller · #23 01-22-2013, 05:38 PM

I believe the fish that I caught in the reddeer river was a river carp sucker (Carpiodes carpio).

BeeGuy · #24 01-22-2013, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Guitarplayingfish

The invertebrates and the vegetation probably go hand in hand..

The literature states that invertebrates, aquatic vegetation, and quillbacks do not have hands.

BeeGuy · #25 01-22-2013, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BuckCuller

I believe the fish that I caught in the reddeer river was a river carp sucker (Carpiodes carpio).

Cool. That's the same as a quillback. Rare catch in this province.

BuckCuller · #26 01-22-2013, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BeeGuy

Cool. That's the same as a quillback. Rare catch in this province.

Yeh I have not seen one since and I fish the reddeer a lot.

lippy · #27 01-23-2013, 09:01 AM

caught a Quillback on a 00 len thompson in the ss river back in the 70s while casting for walleye. It was hooked in the mouth. Awesome looking fish and put up quite a fight..only one i have ever seen.Must have accidently snagged it through the lips.

millartech · #28 01-23-2013, 09:29 AM

I have pulled a couple suckers out of the Bow River over the past year. One inside the Calgary city limits and the other just outside the city. Not sure exactly which type of suckers they would be. Will need to do a little more research on them and all the different types.

A guy that came along a little later, asked me how the fishing was going, and I told him about everything I caught and mentioned the sucker fish. The guy told me I was crazy and it must have been a white fish. I didn't want to get into an arguement with the guy, but I know damn well it was not a white fish. I have caught numerous whites and this definitely was not.

I am going to go sifting through the pictures I have. Maybe I took a picture of these suckers and will do a little research to determine the exact type of sucker.

jacenbeers · #29 01-23-2013, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by millartech

I have pulled a couple suckers out of the Bow River over the past year. One inside the Calgary city limits and the other just outside the city. Not sure exactly which type of suckers they would be. Will need to do a little more research on them and all the different types.

A guy that came along a little later, asked me how the fishing was going, and I told him about everything I caught and mentioned the sucker fish. The guy told me I was crazy and it must have been a white fish. I didn't want to get into an arguement with the guy, but I know damn well it was not a white fish. I have caught numerous whites and this definitely was not.

I am going to go sifting through the pictures I have. Maybe I took a picture of these suckers and will do a little research to determine the exact type of sucker.

It was probably a white sucker or a redhorse sucker. They are pretty common in all the waters of the Bow.

EZM · #30 01-23-2013, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jacenbeers

It was probably a white sucker or a redhorse sucker. They are pretty common in all the waters of the Bow.

Definitely suckers in the bow. Sounds like the guy that challenged you was wrong and not so smart.

Down by the inglewood golf course, on the bow, when I was a kid there was a back channel just packed with the dirty suckers. We used to have a blast down there riding our bikes and hunting suckers in the shallows. These things were huge and gross.