An angler from the UK caught a “proper lump” of a common carp on a recent trip to Hungary. Weighing 105.4 pounds, the obscenely fat carp stands to break a world record, according to the managers of ...

In the United States, carp are mostly considered “trash fish.” These non-native bottom feeders were introduced to our country centuries ago and have adapted and thrived so well that they exist in ...

ALBANY – Often belittled and berated and the subject of derision in some circles, the carp is venerated among anglers in England and Europe — and with a group of devotees in the Pacific Northwest. "It ...

There are two perceptions of common carp among anglers in the United States. One group believes that carp are dumb and that nothing could be easier than going after them. They believe that learning ...

We are surrounded by non-native plants and animals from dandelions to snakeheads. But the lowly carp, found in almost all our waterways, has perhaps the strangest story. The common carp or Cyprinus ...

Saginaw, Mich. - Rich Sowders used to fish almost exclusively for walleye and steelhead. Then he started selling some European carp fishing tackle in his Little Dipper Bait and Tackle shop in Flat ...