Delta Carp?
Delta Carp?
Was thinking about this the other day.
I started going to the Delta in the early 80s.
There used to be carp all over the Delta. Guys used to modify boats to include a raised platform so they could shoot carp with bow and arrow. Also used to see dead carp all over the place, cause once you kill them you ain't going to eat them.
But the Delta is pretty big and I can't imagine those bow hunters wiped out the entire carp population.
Was it salt-water intrusion or something else? And I'm pretty sure the sealions didn't do it.
Thanks,
- Wolfeman
I started going to the Delta in the early 80s.
There used to be carp all over the Delta. Guys used to modify boats to include a raised platform so they could shoot carp with bow and arrow. Also used to see dead carp all over the place, cause once you kill them you ain't going to eat them.
But the Delta is pretty big and I can't imagine those bow hunters wiped out the entire carp population.
Was it salt-water intrusion or something else? And I'm pretty sure the sealions didn't do it.
Thanks,
- Wolfeman
"Don't take life too seriously. You're not getting out alive." Bugs Bunny
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Re: Delta Carp?
They're still there.
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Re: Delta Carp?
They are still there and its against the law to throw them back in the water
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Re: Delta Carp?
I’m sure the sea lions can find them for ya
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I fish mostly the central Delta (Franks to Mildred). I wonder what areas you guys are seeing them.
I don't doubt that they are still there but I used to see them alll the time, but haven't seen any for years.
Curious.
Thanks,
- Wolfeman
I don't doubt that they are still there but I used to see them alll the time, but haven't seen any for years.
Curious.
Thanks,
- Wolfeman
"Don't take life too seriously. You're not getting out alive." Bugs Bunny
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Re: Delta Carp?
I’m sure they’re inside Mildred and Mandeville, Stockton, dead ends of some sloughs, and super south deltaWolfeman wrote:I fish mostly the central Delta (Franks to Mildred). I wonder what areas you guys are seeing them.
I don't doubt that they are still there but I used to see them alll the time, but haven't seen any for years.
Curious.
Thanks,
- Wolfeman
Re: Delta Carp?
Which carp cannot be thrown back? Grass carp are invasive and need to be killed, but common carp are a naturalized species and I can't find any regulations about them. Funnily enough, grass carp are not actually true carp...Dave Brabec wrote:They are still there and its against the law to throw them back in the water
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Got big ones in taylor slough.
Re: Delta Carp?
My Buddy snagged an 8lb Carp a few weeks ago, they are in there.
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Re: Delta Carp?
1.87. WASTE OF FISH.
It is unlawful to cause or permit any deterioration
or waste of any fish taken in the waters of this state.
It is unlawful to cause or permit any deterioration
or waste of any fish taken in the waters of this state.
Re: Delta Carp?
Seen 2 guys out of B&W last week that we’re Bow Hunting Carp. They showed me pictures of them up to 20 lbs back in Sycamore, Beaver and Hog slough. They way in the back.. They got a lot of them
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I think it's sad that carp have such a bad rep in America. 90% of what people say about them isn't even true. Good reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxhxgKYt3cY
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That was so interesting! I ate one years ago, had very little taste but beautiful white flesh & no bones
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