catching a common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

On May 28th 2006, my friend and I went "chumming" for carp in the harbor. About 45min. after casting our baited hooks with corn kernels, fellow members of the yacht club started up their noisy speed boat. The thundering rumble of the speed boat's engine likely startled the feeding carp which I presume had already taken the bait and began to run. I had to temporarily place the camera on the pier to reel in another baited line to prevent the two from becoming crossed. As you can see, I was almost unsuccessful at this task and subsequently my friend flippantly called me an "A-hole" at 0:44 sec. After netting the carp, we weighed in the sucker at 8 lbs. Hardly a catch to brag about, but it was the first catch of the summer. Like all the other fish we catch in this harbor, our bottom feeding freeloader was released afterwards.

Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is a relatively stout, deep-bodied, high back fish that generally grows to 25-55 cm (12-25 in) and 4-6 kg (8-10 lbs) but can grow much bigger with a North American record of more than 26 kg (57 lbs). The colour ranges from olive-green on the top, to brassy-yellow along the sides and bottom. Distinctive features include a short head; rounded snout; single, long dorsal fin; forked tail; and relatively large scales outlined in black. The mouth is toothless and sucker-like, adapted to bottom feeding, and has two fleshy barbels on either side. Common carp mature at ages 2-4 and spawn in late May to early June in shallow backwaters and along the shoreline. Eggs are deposited on the bottom and stick to objects, such as plants, in the water. Females can lay anywhere from 100,000 to 2 million eggs that hatch within 3-10 days. Carp grow quickly and can live, on average, of 15 years but may live up to 50 years.




Common carp have predominantly vegetarian diets but will also feed on aquatic invertebrates. Their feeding activity has severe impacts on wetland habitats because they suck up sediments and organisms from the bottom, uproot and destroy vegetation and muddy the water.

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[ContrerasKiller310]

nice size but if u go under the bridge there might be bout carp that are mostly 20-30 pounds juss hiding there so u might wnna fish them but bigger rod too. Good luck :)

[blackmountainboar]

@ContrerasKiller310 - Oh we've caught 20+ pound carp here before by just chumming with corn and they swim right in - cheers bud!

[atalayapark]

Really nice fish, How much did it weigh?

[blackmountainboar]

Roughly eight pounds--They get much bigger and heavier than this in the lake--this was an average size that we catch though---I have a very short follow up vid I took of us weighing this carp--thanks!

[oliversinhell]

Well landed ! wasn't easy with the pier in the way , he could have got wrapped around a pole there , are these carp native ? we have a big problem with the suckers here, they were brought over by people from the UK/EU and dumped in our rivers , they are slowly spreading and wiping out the native trout !

[blackmountainboar]

Sorry to hear that, man. No, the common carp (also known as German carp, European carp, mirror carp or leather carp) were native to Asia then introduced to Europe and eventually the U.S. in the late 1800's. Because high levels of contaminants in ares of the Great Lakes that contain heavy industry, these bottom-feeders wouldn't be recommended to feast upon. Even if the common carp were safe enough to eat, I'd still rather dine on a fresh trout from a clear running stream any day !

[s8tank]

Well done on snapping the carps peck fin.

[R3SP3CTmySISTUH]

@Eric2827 its Faggot nice try rookie

[Eric2827]

faggit

[thejanitorssuccess]

what was the set up.

[silverblade626]

i was actually doing a project earlier this year on this fish. Your description helped me a lot. thanks!

[bionicsjw]

Where was this at?  It looks like Ft. Monroe, Va

[Bowserboyproductions]

dude i have the same rod