21 lb Delaware River carp pic

[Chrisper4694]

Nice beast man.

If you see bow fisherman not following the regulations, report it. They can only shoot 25 per person creel limit (except Delaware River is no limit) and must take what they kill.

Regulation:

Waste of Fish
Fish of any species which are purposely killed become part of the angler’s daily limit and must be removed from the waters from which they were taken, then either used or otherwise disposed of properly.

If they are killing as many as you say (and I highly doubt taking them all with them) take a description/ boat number and call it in. In that river they can shoot as many as they want as long as they take them.

Carp are a great fighting fish which will attain huge proportions in a system as large as the Delaware river. I'm not against bow hunting but can someone tell me what anyone would do with 100 carp. It seems to be a complete waste or abuse of the resource. I've caught many carp albeit years ago at the Water Gap. many in the 20 to 30 lb range with the biggest going close to 45 lbs and pound for pound on the right tackle they are an absolute blast to catch and will test your skills. Hate to see that many fish taken if they're not being used for some productive purpose.

[Eskimo]

Originally Posted by dakota560

I've caught many carp albeit years ago at the Water Gap. many in the 20 to 30 lb range with the biggest going close to 45 lbs and pound for pound on the right tackle they are an absolute blast to catch and will testy your skills.

Me too. This is going back like 20 years, but I used to routinely catch carp in the twenty pound range fishing in that area - one after the other.

I don't fish for carp on the Delaware anymore, but when I'm kayaking, I can see a decent number of carp swimming around. Especially right now when the water is crystal-clear.

I might be totally wrong about this, but from my own observations it appears the carp on the Upper Delaware aren't drawn to soft mud like carp I see other places. Other areas you'll see carp on the mud flats rooting around in the mud, but I don't see that up there.

Many of the carp I see in the Upper Delaware are hanging around areas where trees are in deep holes in the river. They hang out either in, on or just behind the tangle of wood.

They seem to move around a lot and will inexplicably school at random spots along the river. Maybe for no other reason than one is already hanging out there, so a few others join him which attracts more until a school forms.


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[MudCat08]

Awesome carp dude! Sad to hear not many left in the Delaware. Sounds like i'll have to look elsewhere (no boat/kayak).