In the United States, carp are mostly considered “trash fish.” These non-native bottom feeders were introduced to our country centuries ago and have adapted and thrived so well that they exist in ...

A proposed change would add the use of grass carp and common carp as live bait, per conservation officials. A public comment period is slated for March. The Missouri Conservation Commission gave ...

This story was published in the April 2008 issue. CARP FISHING is like soccer. The rest of the world is stark-raving mad about the sport “football” to the other 6.3 billion people on the planet), and ...

DETROIT – Care for a plate of slimehead? How about some orange roughy? It's the same fish, but one sounds much more palatable than the other. The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service gave the ...

Big fish, cheap fish; sport fish, gefilte fish. With apologies to Dr. Seuss, that’s a decent summary of the situation for carp today. The fish has its share of devoted fans — some like it dead on a ...