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"In the American Anglers Guide published in 1845 John J. Brown wrote about the carp as follows: “This beautiful fish is not a native of our country; but as they have been imported from England by a number of persons in many parts of the United States for the purpose of stocking their ponds and protection having been given them by the laws of the State of New York, they will undoubtedly become an object of the anglers pleasure." I thought importation didn't start until the 1860's, but it was well established long before. https://www.carpanglersgroup.com/main/history-of-carp/

"Carp were introduced to the US has a food fish by immigrants" They were brought in by the government, which makes them introduced vs invasive. The Silver, or Asian Carp are invasive, Snakeheads are invasive, but Common Carp (or German Carp as they were known at the time) were introduced. Lincoln was the President and had a good relationship with the German immigrants (providing them a printing press when a Democrat mob threw theirs into the river, or he might never have become President), but the introduction of the carp was likely as much due to looking ahead to the waves of immigration that were coming as for those already here. I've been fishing for carp for 30 years (out of 65 years at least of fishing), done the research, know the history, and I'm still the new guy here. If you want to see them being fished as a food source, check out Carp Killer on Tik Tok, he's one of the commercial fishermen on Lake Winnipeg that began netting for carp when the demand began. He'll take a contract for tons of carp with probably a million or so in equipment and a 4 or 5 man crew. 20 years ago when Lake Winnipeg was suffering due to aquatic plants being uprooted (and carp were blamed), proposals included poisoning the carp, erecting barriers, poisoning all the fish in the lake then restocking, but now that there's a market for them, the solution appears to be just catching them. Lake Winnipeg is an inland sea twice the size of Yorkshire or about the same size as New Jersey, for scale.

Attitude of anglers toward carp in North America depends a lot on the character and size of the water, and the number and species of native fish and how they are impacted. I wrote a book in offline posts then deleted it, lol. Leftyangler knows the difference between introduced species and invasive species (though in the link he posted common carp is mistakenly labeled invasive) and has valid reasons for his opinions, which sets him apart from many detractors. I have a feeling that in different circumstances and location if he could catch a few good ones doing it our way, he would see the attraction. The boom in c&r carping in North America peaked then faded, and Carp Angler's Group is a shadow of what it used to be, and ACS seems to be what's left of the no limits specimen hunters (though there are names on there I recall of both dodgy and revered characters).

The jack saved you from getting skunked, and you got to go fishing. Take the win. 😄

In the early days of streaming music, we used to snag blues bands travelling between dates on the west coast and Chicago or New York or Toronto, and they'd play our club on a Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday night, maybe to only a dozen people, then the next day they'd go to the song writing centre at Buffalo Pound Provincial Park and record a few sides for the internet, then get on a plane next morning and head to their next show. These guys left their CD. It's a love song.

This Two Jews Blues album has been at the top of my playlist at work for 5 or 6 years...

This is sort of the deep end, but we'll see how it goes.

In 1970 I had a friend who's mom would let him take her red Ford Comet 202 out anytime, with a Texaco card in the glove compartment, and we'd pick up Brenda and Joy and go cruising, and this, and Little Green Bag, and all the other hits of the era were on the radio.

This is a local band that made it big covering a '67 Doors hit.

You're already going through enough without this, it's too bad. I had words with a homeless addict a week ago in front of work at 6am over him leaving trash around the building and he got all worked up and defensive (I thought the boxes he was going through may have come out of someone's car, so was interested). He left, but left the trash on the sidewalk and moved to a bin across the street and started throwing their trash around and making a mess, so I took his picture. 😀

Here's a type of horse race you may not have seen before - this isn't Ascot or the Kentucky Derby, it's Indian Relay, and saddles would just slow them down. If it works in the UK, the tiktok video puts you in the driver's seat. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSHGNVAdCr3NH-056Pm/