New guy from South Dakota

[Leftyhunter]

I live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and am new to carp fishing.  I caught my first carp a few weeks ago just using a mustard hook and canned cor. The carp was 25 inches ling. Unlike the UK no US state as far as I know as any season or limit on the various carp species in the US . I caught a common aka Eurasian carp and there are quite a few in South Dakota. I would like a partner to learn more about carp fishing.

Leftyhunter 

[salokcinnodrog]

Welcome to carp.com

We do have a specific section of the forum devoted to American Carp fishing,  although it has been quiet  (https://forum.carp.com/forum/16-north-american-carp-fishing/)

and a moderator who actually lives and fishes there. I know North America is big, but hopefully he can point you in the right direction.

[kevtaylor]

Welcome to the forum 👍

[riks]

Welcome 👍

[Leftyhunter]

21 hours ago, salokcinnodrog said:

Welcome to carp.com

We do have a specific section of the forum devoted to American Carp fishing,  although it has been quiet  (https://forum.carp.com/forum/16-north-american-carp-fishing/)

and a moderator who actually lives and fishes there. I know North America is big, but hopefully he can point you in the right direction.

I saw that the last thread was two years old. Carp fishing in the US is not all that popular although there are a few anglers who target carp . American fishermen for some reason consider carp a trash fish and if they catch one mostly while fishing for catfish they just throw them away or use them for catfish bait. On youtube there are a fair amount of videos showing that carp be eaten and at least one fish and game department  ( Nebraska) encourages people to eat carp by having a cook at various outdoor events give samples of carp meat to folks plus demonstrating to cook them. Carp are plentiful in the Midwest and most likely elsewhere. There is a fair amount of bowfishing for carp in California.  

Carp are definitely underfunded in the US and most likely the US many times the amount of carp the the UK.

Leftyhunter 

 

 

 

 

[kevtaylor]

7 hours ago, Leftyhunter said:

I saw that the last thread was two years old. Carp fishing in the US is not all that popular although there are a few anglers who target carp . American fishermen for some reason consider carp a trash fish and if they catch one mostly while fishing for catfish they just throw them away or use them for catfish bait. On youtube there are a fair amount of videos showing that carp be eaten and at least one fish and game department  ( Nebraska) encourages people to eat carp by having a cook at various outdoor events give samples of carp meat to folks plus demonstrating to cook them. Carp are plentiful in the Midwest and most likely elsewhere. There is a fair amount of bowfishing for carp in California.  

Carp are definitely underfunded in the US and most likely the US many times the amount of carp the the UK.

Leftyhunter 

That's so insane to me, catfish are utter trash, ugly, slimy overgrown tadpoles.  I can maybe see the desire to catch a huge Wells catfish like 150lb plus, but the smaller species such as the Channel Catfish are just plain pointless to me, I'd rather blank tbh

Carp are different class entirely as I'm sure you agree.

Would love to visit the US for some quality lure fishing for Bass and maybe some carp fishing - catfish no thanks, your compatriots are all bonkers lol 

 

 

[Leftyhunter]

Catfish are an essential part of cusine in the American South and have been raised in commercial farms for many decades. There are commercial catfish tackle and baits in the US. Different states have different limits on various catfish species vs no limits on any of the foreign carp species and often no limit on the native buffalo carp.

Japan has high quality largemouth bass fishing at surprisingly reasonable prices. Cuba had excellent bass fishing not sure what bass fishing scene is like today. Fishing in Cuba might be less costly then in  the US. 

In the US large and small mouth bass are the most popular freshwater game fish species with trout not far behind. 

Leftyhunter 

 

 

 

[framey]

The guest on the  baitworks podcast from 9/1 is all about carp fishing in America and he has now started a podcast all about it so that may be of help to you..

 

have a little look

The guest is usually on after the first hour.

https://baitworks.libsyn.com/website/96-the-carp-fishing-podcast-joel-harber-usa-bears-big-carp

Edited Thursday at 15:17 by framey

[Leftyhunter]

etes a funny video of a smaft pike vstwo xarp used for bait.

Leftyhunter 

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[Leftyhunter]

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/aquaticanimals/commoncarp/index.html

Carp are not welcome in the US but after 140 odd years there here to stay and luve in all 48 contiguous states plus Hawaii  and also in  parts of Northern Mexico .

Leftyhunter 

[yonny]

9 hours ago, Leftyhunter said:

Carp are not welcome in the US

 

That is changing. What us guys in the UK would call proper carp angling is becoming more and more popular over there and has been since the 90's. Some decent starting points below if you're interested. All strictly catch/release in principle.

Home — American Carp Society

Home - Carp Anglers Group

A good while back the US record was caught in a river in Connecticut. It was 44 lb as I recall (far surpassed nowadays by fish well over 60 lb). I used to work for a US company and travelled to CT regularly, and that same river actually went through the grounds of the the site I used to visit. I never got to fish it but every day I'd be down there at some point looking for monsters.

[Leftyhunter]

Interesting.  I cant agree with the concept of  catch and release for non native species that compete with native species.  Before the introduction of Eurasian carp to North America circa late 19th Century the US had Buffalo Carp and in the West various sucker species which basically filled the same ecological niche as Eurasian carp do in their native habitat which from my understanding is from Ukraine to the West all the way east to the Indian Suncontinent plus Japan has koi which is a close relative of the Eurasian carp although I could wrong about the original range of the Eurasian carp.

Not aware of any state fish and game department ( which goes by other names depending on that particular state) that wants  trophy carp regulations vs if possible total liquidation of non native carp. 

If I catch a carp of decent size  that carp is deep fried. If said carp is small it either becomes bait for catfish or raccoon food.

Foreign carp are destructive but there here to stay but still they are not welcome by most fisherman.

Leftyhunter 

 

[yonny]

11 hours ago, Leftyhunter said:

If I catch a carp of decent size  that carp is deep fried. If said carp is small it either becomes bait for catfish or raccoon food.

Assuming you're not on the wind-up, I think you've chosen the wrong forum to join mate. 

[OldBoy]

11 hours ago, Leftyhunter said:

If I catch a carp of decent size  that carp is deep fried. If said carp is small it either becomes bait for catfish or raccoon food.

As @yonny said, not a great post on a carp fishing forum!!! 🥵