went to ferguson yesterday ans saw thousands of asian carp..............

dead and floating. there were hundreds at the landing, and countless thousands all over the lake. also, the carp were on top of the water swimming all over the lake, in what seemed like hundreds of thousands as far as you can see. you could not throw a lure anywhere without spooking what seemed like 5-6 carp at any given spot. at one point, there were carp swimming and splashing as far as you can see. we had a couple almost jump in the boat while the boat was sitting still. i have been fishing ferguson a long time, and have never seen anything like it. i just hope they dont ruin the lake. i dont know how the population got so big in just a short time............theres no telling how many MILLIONS of carp there is there now.

I hope they all die

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Me too !

Eat em DH on the half shell.

Give 'em to DD. He'll eat anything. And swear it's just as good as Crappie.

Wannabe...

Hate to hear bout the carp in Ferg, anyone know if they are bad in Washington?

In China they a delacacy

my buddy told me last week he saw the same thing going on at tunica. hundreds of dead and floating asian carp. his bro in law sent a message to mdwfp and they were looking into it.

Hopefully that is something that they can find as to what killed them and do the same to the rest of them!

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Hopefully that is something that they can find as to what killed them and do the same to the rest of them!

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Sat, you don't reckon, by chance, that Duck uglied them jokers to death? I mean, what other explanation is there?

no, minner, thats not an option.....................they was already dead when I got there....................I think what made them sick was when g3 and rees went there a couple weeks age, them carp aint got over that yet.

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no, minner, thats not an option.....................they was already dead when I got there....................I think what made them sick was when g3 and rees went there a couple weeks age, them carp aint got over that yet.

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If'n we had da power to kill em like dat we'd both be rich!!Thumbs Up

Does anybody know if they in any of the reservoirs yet and is it possible for them to migrate into them?

Hopefully MOTHER NATURE stepped in. Judging by water temps yesterday,water temps dropped nearly twenty degrees from last weekend.Thus possible lake turn over.

They feed on plankton, mabe to cooler water killed of their food?

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Hopefully MOTHER NATURE stepped in. Judging by water temps yesterday,water temps dropped nearly twenty degrees from last weekend.Thus possible lake turn over.

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Water temps are down that much or real close to that all over, hopefully it will wipe them out and leave everything else alone.

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Water temps are down that much or real close to that all over, hopefully it will wipe them out and leave everything else alone.

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Hope you're right.

Tunica was full of them last weekend also as MS said. Heard it was MDWFP targeting but that is hear say. Would like to hear from them on it

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Does anybody know if they in any of the reservoirs yet and is it possible for them to migrate into them?

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They can. Take someone who dips up bait in the spillway and sets trotlines in the lake. He fools around and drops a couple overboard or dumps his left over bait in the lake. WOOSH. in three years they're skiers out.

All over Chotard and Albermarle..been seeing them like that for about 3 weeks now, but this weekend was the worst. I think I'm gonna have to start wearing a crash helmet! I'm like Torch, I hope they all die

Their ability to spread is unbelievable. They'll eventually get through the locks at Pickwick and migrate down the Tenn-Tom to the coast.

I fished the Rockpile (5 miles S. of Carolina chute on La. side) Sunday and saw a few. I was trolling and just the sound/vibration of the trolling motor was settin 'em off. I had never seen that happen before. One nearly jumped into my rods while trolling. Didn't see any dead ones though...

They're all the way up the White River to Batesville. They feed on algae and such which is the food of the bait fish such as shad. I believe they plow through spawning beds and eat eggs and fry. If some natural control such as disease doesn't show up, we may all become carp fishermen.

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... i just hope they dont ruin the lake. i dont know how the population got so big in just a short time............theres no telling how many MILLIONS of carp there is there now.

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Sounds like it is already ruined.:(