Carp fishing tournament @ deal lake in Asbury park
 

So I'm a little upset over this. I found a flyer for a carp fishing tournament at deal lake in Asbury Park on Sunday April 13th. I thought this was great. A good opportunity to fish for some carp and talk to some fellow carp anglers, until I found out that the purpose of this tournament is to kill as many carp as possible ( because they believe common carp are an invasive species).


What are your thoughts on this?

Re: Carp fishing tournament @ deal lake in Asbury park
 

I've heard both ends of the argument on this one. Some people don't think they are a problem and some people think that they kill vegetation and eat other species eggs.

Re: Carp fishing tournament @ deal lake in Asbury park
 

killing carp :(

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Re: Carp fishing tournament @ deal lake in Asbury park
 

so long as it's legal, the anglers clean up after themselves and the fish doesn't just go to waste, i don't really have much of an opinion either way on the carp, but welcome to NJFishing!

Re: Carp fishing tournament @ deal lake in Asbury park
 

Maybe my buddies and I should prebait a spot for a few weeks to get them all in 1 area then go and catch and release a bunch of fish right in front of them ;)

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Matt, that's exactly what I wanted to do. I think I'm going to go and just catch and release as many as possible in front of them.

Re: Carp fishing tournament @ deal lake in Asbury park
 

Is there a specific spot on the lake where they're holding the tournament? I might come down and bring a bunch of carp fisherman with me. The best way to fight ignorance is education.

Re: Carp fishing tournament @ deal lake in Asbury park
 

I'm with you Matt. Im going to go. On the flyer it says you can fish any where you want on the lake and the weighins are before noon at the deal lake flume.

Check out these two links below

http://www.deallake.org/2nd-annual-d...-sun-april-13/


http://www.deallake.org/carp-contest-on-april-21st/

Re: Carp fishing tournament @ deal lake in Asbury park
 

Pardon my ignorance but where would I find information on the benefits of common carp populations in the US? Besides being fun as hell to catch, all the info I find leans towards their destructive behavior.

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Carp were brought in from Europe over 100 years ago as a food fish. A lot of places in populated areas were fished out so we stocked carp and other species that aren't native to NJ like largemouth bass and brown trout to replace the native species. Carp are still utilized as a food fish by many people in NJ. Most of the places with the best gamefish populations also have healthy carp populations, like Lake Hopatcong and Spruce Run. Contrary to what a lot of people think they coexist very well with other species and baby carp are an excellent food source for predators.