queensland Logan river catches

[dan25]

hey guys, i thought i might share with you some carp that i caught last weekend in a small creek that is attached to the logan river. I know there a pest and everything but i love fishing for them and think they are a great sportfish.

Thanks

Dan

[mangler]

Nothing wrong with fishing for carp at all Dan, the more that don't get returned to the water the better. Some good sized carp too, good to see these vermin out of the systems.

[waldo]

Go hard on them Dan, just don't return any of them to the water. Thye are held in high esteem in many countries but unfortunately a pest here.

[dan25]

they make it hard for other fish to live as they stur

the bottom of the water, Ive also heard that they eat native

fish.

[pinkey]

nice big carp mate, what bait do you use? im sure they would put up a solid fight. Catch anything else in that creek? Why dont you fish the logan river for sharks? or is the brisbane closer for you?

[rotciv]

nice, how many do u normally catch in a session?

can anyone point me in the right direction to catching these little buggers?

[dan25]

normally ill catch about 2 or 3 in a 4 hour session, but

sometimes you can catch up to 6 or 7. I use bread to catch

them, but u can also catch them on corn kernells, worms, cheese,

peas, meat and basically anything. I fish from the bottom, but

sometimes in the late afternoon u can catch them off the top and

that is exremely fun. Also the reason i dont catch sharks there

is because they dont come that far up. . well heres a link

which might help u out.

[Oceandonkey]

dan25 wrote:

Ive also heard that they eat native

fish.

as apposed to the native fish that only feed on macdonalds and kfc

[rotciv]

cheers for the info.

i tried to go to the Ilbogan Park but i got lost on the way.. so i just went home. didnt have a refidex

[jeff f]

threadybuster wrote:

decent size carp, what do they do to the rivers to make them a pest? eat the native fishes food?

thier stirring up the bottom destroys the areas that native fish need to spawn

[Oceandonkey]

That makes a lot more sense as to why they are considered a pest.

[rayke1938]

Nothing like enjoying yourself whilst improving the riverine system.

Cheers

Ray

[olek]

Nice catch, i did not expect to see carp in Oz. guess that's something i can fish for too, ha.

they do eat anything and everything. same thing happened in canada, carp got into some streams that salmon used for spawning and the salmon population dropped off a bit.

however, they are fun to catch and put up a great fight, i'd say pound for pound at least as good of a fight as a largemouth bass (sorry for the n.american terminology.. it's all i know).

last but not least, back in my home country carp is considered a good eating fish (originally i'm from Poland) and i've easten carp a few times. any fish that is 500g to 1.5kg and from not a still water source should be good eating and not 'muddy'.. yeah you can laugh at me for admitting to eating carp but they are quite good, once you pick out all the bones of which there are tons.

[Brian D]

Mate - good job. Cleaning out the pests and having fun at the same time. Carp while being a pest are exiciting to catch. Now where's that creek?

[dan25]

Logan river

[flatty_catcher]

yes we used to catch em out west in the rivers and dam, they actually go suprisingly hard and can have big runs too, they easily get 3 times the size of that one.

Good one

[Smiderman]

jeff f wrote:

threadybuster wrote:

decent size carp, what do they do to the rivers to make them a pest? eat the native fishes food?

thier stirring up the bottom destroys the areas that native fish need to spawn

their foraging nature along the banks also contributes to the bank subsidence & erosion ..

Has anyone tried the carp busters weekend up at Beaudesert, I think it over the easter 4 day weekend. Its a fun family trip. Theres about 20 farms that open their gates to the general public. There's an entry fee for the competition but its nominal. They catch you with the bait (over priced tins sweet corn kernels & earth worms)if you dont come prepared

[brisbanebound]

olek wrote:

Nice catch, i did not expect to see carp in Oz. guess that's something i can fish for too, ha.

they do eat anything and everything. same thing happened in canada, carp got into some streams that salmon used for spawning and the salmon population dropped off a bit.

however, they are fun to catch and put up a great fight, i'd say pound for pound at least as good of a fight as a largemouth bass (sorry for the n.american terminology.. it's all i know).

last but not least, back in my home country carp is considered a good eating fish (originally i'm from Poland) and i've easten carp a few times. any fish that is 500g to 1.5kg and from not a still water source should be good eating and not 'muddy'.. yeah you can laugh at me for admitting to eating carp but they are quite good, once you pick out all the bones of which there are tons.

Yeah they are very popular eating on the continent.

You can easily get carp to 20 kg plus, I would imagine if there numbers werent too high they wouldnt be too destructive?

Incidentally what are the native fish that the carp are damaging, dont really know too much about fresh water species in Oz.

[dan25]

well in that specific water thay have effected the bass and perch, not sure what else

[jeff f]

and cod and tandanus

[Bommie]

also all the small fish like gudgeons, galaxids etc.

[flatty_catcher]

yep they have no real teeth and a farily soft mouth, but I have caught big ones on 6 inch crayfish rigged for cod.

There is nothing they won't eat.

Dan

[fisherjack1394]

hey mate that is a decent sized carp there you should be happy with that

[kiwifisho]

Good carp Dan :woohoo: .I was watching the latest fishing dvd and it had a section on carp on fly with Peter Morse and he was saying that in NSW the powers that be dont mind u releasing carp as they reckon that the amount of people fishing for them wont do any damage to the population :dry: So instead of having them rotting on the banks people put em back.

Dean

[dan25]

yeh i kinda agree with them. The amount of people fishing for them is defs not going to decrease their numbers i dont think

id like to be able to release them?? what do you think??

[Davo_Dinkum]

kill em bury them .don't really want rotting fish all over the bank that looks bad.1 less is 1 less better than nothing.maybe they should let u take them and eat the if u want.some people would eat them.

[fishinking]

dan25 wrote:

yeh i kinda agree with them. The amount of people fishing for them is defs not going to decrease their numbers i dont think

id like to be able to release them?? what do you think??

do not release them mate.

[James W]

nice one dan..we all owe ya for getting rid of them..

do they bite well during the colder months??

[dan25]

yeh mate, bite all throughout the year.. maybe slightly less action throughout winter but still good.

[rayke1938]

kiwifisho wrote:

Good carp Dan :woohoo: .I was watching the latest fishing dvd and it had a section on carp on fly with Peter Morse and he was saying that in NSW the powers that be dont mind u releasing carp as they reckon that the amount of people fishing for them wont do any damage to the population :dry: So instead of having them rotting on the banks people put em back.

Dean

Just a friendly reminder please do not release them they are the canetoads of our waterways and do enormous damage. You wouldnt release a cane toad so why release carp.

Here is extract from qld dpi website.

Carp are declared noxious in Queensland. It is unlawful to possess them alive or dead or use them as bait. It is illegal to place or release carp in to Queensland waterways. Penalties of up to $150 000 apply.

Cheers

Ray

[madtazz]

Back down in Vic we used to slice them and use them as yabbie bait(Victorian Yabbies i think they class as freshwater crayfish?) also have worked well tied up in the crab pots up here just remove the top spine first.