New State record grass carp:

[AndyS]

While I was at the Lebanon Fisheries Lab this morning 2 guys from Mercer County came in with a grass carp that pegged a 50 lb. scale.
Pat Hamilton was giving the fish a proper id. They sent the 2 guys to Hackettstown because the Lebanon facility didn't have a certified scale that went to over 50 lbs. Current record is 54 and change.
Grass carp, aka White Amur is not your common carp with the barbel. Grass carp were introduced to keep the weeds down in farm ponds, pretty much the same way our common carp came to be. Not an invasive species because it doesn't displace native species.

[dboyd101]

Pretty amazing fish right there! Did you happen to snap a picture of the monster?

Thanks for the share btw!

[jmurr711]

bow? or hook and line?

[AndyS]

Rod and reel, corn for bait.

[jmurr711]

wow never saw one eat corn before thats awesome

[dboyd101]

There use to be an abundance of carp in Goggle Brook Park in Hawthorne when I was younger... probably about 14-15 years ago. I hooked into one @ 8 lbs and it was AWESOME to catch. I still remember that. They would hang out under the bridge waiting for stuff to just float down stream.

Sorry for the long story, but I use to fish for them with corn and we hooked into them a fair amount.

[Wilson]

Originally Posted by dboyd101

There use to be an abundance of carp in Goggle Brook Park in Hawthorne when I was younger... probably about 14-15 years ago. I hooked into one @ 8 lbs and it was AWESOME to catch. I still remember that. They would hang out under the bridge waiting for stuff to just float down stream.

Sorry for the long story, but I use to fish for them with corn and we hooked into them a fair amount.

I think you mean Goffle
I used to live in Midland Pk

[AndyS]

Who says Friday the 13th is unlucky?

James Dempsey, 24, of Trenton doesn’t think so.

He landed a potential state record 55-pound, eight-ounce grass carp from Curlis Lake in Pennington around 4:30 p.m. that day.

The current record is a 54-pound, seven-ounce specimen taken in 2008 from Garrison Lake.

Archery taken carp are in a different category from hook- and-line fishing. The current title is for a 65-pounder from the Delaware River.

According to Dempsey, he took the fish to be weighed in at the Hackettstown Hatchery since closer scales at Round Valley Reservoir couldn’t handle that weight.

Dempsey had been fishing for about an hour, for bass mostly, and had caught a few.

Then he saw carp cruising by and cast into their midst.

Corn, a favorite of carp, was the bait.

[howarda780]

I'm not trying to start anything.

Do people eat those?

[june181901]

I've seen a lot of carp being eaten in eastern Europe and in Asia.