Thread: Reelfoot carp

Originally Posted by crappiehoarder

I don't know if they are hurting the lake for sure or not, but I'm thinking that they are. Normally I can catch a limit this time of year but it just ain't happening for me this year at the foot.I was there friday and the carps were jumping all around my boat when I motoring across the lake. I wish that I could go out there and get some shotgun practice in on them without getting in trouble.I think that would be a blast.But I guess it could be considered dangerous?

It's illegal. I asked lol

Not to dredge up an old thread... however we were just at Reelfoot this last week... the damn carp are as bad as ever.

We seen a TON of them jumping...

We had a 35-40 pounder land in our jon boat as we were going across the lake, it hit my wife and bruised the hell out of her back and side. Not to mention the mess they make of your boat... we had blood, slime and carp sh!t covering everything including us... I pulled out my knife and ripped a big old hole in it's belly and tossed him back in the lake. We had to pull in up at Champy's boat launch and wash down everything or the whole boat would have stunk to high heaven all day in the heat.