Delta Carp?

Wolfeman · Post by **Wolfeman** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:49 pm

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

big bass beckstrom · Post by **big bass beckstrom** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:33 pm

They're still there.

Dave Brabec · Post by **Dave Brabec** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:34 am

They are still there and its against the law to throw them back in the water

JoeLanghans · Post by **JoeLanghans** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:23 am

I’m sure the sea lions can find them for ya

Wolfeman · Post by **Wolfeman** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:23 pm

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

JoeLanghans · Post by **JoeLanghans** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:12 pm

Wolfeman 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

I’m sure they’re inside Mildred and Mandeville, Stockton, dead ends of some sloughs, and super south delta

Drakestar · Post by **Drakestar** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 4:43 pm

Dave Brabec wrote:They are still there and its against the law to throw them back in the water

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...

bent70 · Post by **bent70** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:43 pm

Got big ones in taylor slough.

DDG · Post by **DDG** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:23 pm

My Buddy snagged an 8lb Carp a few weeks ago, they are in there.

Dave Brabec · Post by **Dave Brabec** » Sat Mar 28, 2020 5:14 am

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.

M Pollard · Post by **M Pollard** » Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:19 pm

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

Drakestar · Post by **Drakestar** » Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:49 am

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