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Stradic2000
Stradic, I don't have much to add man. I do have a question. Given the little that you know about me would you consider me a true fisherman? You degrade and hammer anyone foolish enough to pursue a "euro trash" fish, so I must fall into your category of "not a true fisherman." I am genuinely curious if I meet your criteria given my predilection towards a target clearly below your standards. Honest question.
Do you fish for the TUG? Fish ruthlessly in large groups on hog lines? Or do you enjoy hearing the sounds of nature while you stalk fish with the fly? Does a day of fishing only matter if you bring home a fish? Or is it the whole experience of being outdoors half the fun? Are you wasteful? Do you destroy or preserve habitat? Do you care for and respect nature? Only you can answer those questions. Most people that fish aren't fisherman, even if they claim to be "fisherman".
Our native northern pike minnow was designed to live and coexist with out salmon out here, and only became a problem when the dams allowed them to overpopulate. This will happen with any species (note the decline in historic steelhead runs on the John day that coincide with the ever increasing smallmouth populations.).
This is true. Dams are the problem. If all the dams were removed, we'd instantly see the wild fish species return to normal.
And our electric bills would sky rocket and we wouldn't be able to afford to fish. Just a thought.
Ever heard of solar or wind power, or just plain old living off the grid? I like this: "we wouldn't be able to afford to fish", isn't that something, that is a thought.. did you notice how much fishing licenses have gone up in price within the last 2 years?
There are other options to dams, the question is, would our electric bills go down? No, so there's no clear answer. Not right now atleast... Greed & dams.... what to do with these two....
They also are incredibly destructive and compete with the native fish.
It's not a question if people would enjoy fishing for them, it's a question of what are they doing to ecosystems they are living in here in the U.S. Who the hell cares if they're fun to catch! They are destroying our waterways!
If I read all the post in this thread I believe it is safe to assume " invasive destruction of native flora" is the guise and concern most of you are hiding behind, or defending against... trout are endangered becouse of warmer waters and loss of habitat... as are salmon.. logging, damns, human development, strip malls over use of limited water supplys... if all factors remained in place, all species left where they were and you removed man from the equesion... the balance would return naturally... but its illegal to wack rednecks and throw them up on the bank.. and the colledge educated ( who's intelligence has wreaked the most havoc, i.e damns highways pesticides irrigation ) well they just use missdirection to get the heat off themselves.... a carp.. bass.. walleye... they are just dumb fish, tryin to live.
True wisdom comes from the strangest places.
Kaimuki the lake right there in St Paul has some big carp an would be a great place to fish from the bank. As for gear I you would be fine with any salmon rod but when it come to tactics I would ask Drew he know far more than I do about carp.
several questions (seriously) - i live on the willamette near st paul. can i catch carp (aka karp) bank fishing around here? second, can i buy carp from any of the regular fishermen who catch them? finally, HALIBURTON DUDE wrote a post but i dont understand it. could anyone translate? finally, DO carp have feelings?
cause i think there a nasty fish that doesn't belong in our rivers,,ill leave it at that people like what they like.Kinda curious as to why there are so many carp haters and we dont see anyone bashin' on Catfish, Bass, Walleye etc.?
Beav? OTF? B.S.? L.S.? Bigdog? Anyone???