I agree carp are a great quarry if that's all a water has to offer. However if other gamefish species are present, they are a nuisance and often make the water turbid and unfishable. How they affect other species - by either destroying eggs by accident or on purpose - is a matter of debate but one can easily assume their noseying around the shallows at peak spawning time is not good for bass and sunfish. All I know is there are times - like now- where rivers run muddy for only one reason and that's carp.
FYI:
* Bowfishing is allowed for carp, eels. shad & suckers.
* No crossbows allowed
* State record for carp was taken by bow. It was 45lbs.
