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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 ...

An angler recently broke a Connecticut state fishing record after reeling in a freshwater fish that weighed almost 50 pounds. The Connecticut Fish and Wildlife Facebook page announced the massive ...

How do you feel about common carp? No doubt, they have their zealots in the U.S., some of whom chase them with fly rods, while others use bite alarms, boilies, and specialty rigs adopted from the ...

Carp are probably the most misunderstood fish in our local water. I’d venture a guess that the common carp is the most disliked fish that swims. Why? Many people dislike them because they label them ...

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 ...

There is a new state record for the largest freshwater fish caught in Connecticut. Rafal Wlazlo caught a 45-pound, 8-ounce Common Carp at Lake Lillinonah in May, setting a new state record. Stream ...

A Maryland angler on Saturday reeled a 49-pound common carp from Chesapeake Bay, shattering a record that had stood since 1978. Logan Kurhmann, 24, was targeting bass in the Susquehanna Flats area ...

Workers from the Wisconsin DNR, Minnesota DNR, US Fish and Wildlife Service and the US Geological Survey remove netted fish part in an intensive invasive carp removal effort Thursday, April 8, 2021 on ...