queensland charlie carp and friends

[wesfish]

well headed down to the local creek for a bash at the carp, did not start to well with out a fish for half an hour, i was using a float but every time the carp came up to inspect the bread they would shy off , i continued to berly with bread and thought , bugger it and took all the tackle off and just used a small hook, i then put little bits of crust on and gave it a light flick amongst the floating bits of bread. well this worked a treat , i nailed 5 quick carp up to 36cm and now know how to target them with success . its a big change of pace compared to fishing the brisbane river and bay but i enjoyed the peace and quite, plus it was fun spotting the carp and trying to flick a light piece of crust at them! there are some big ones there just waiting for me to nail them next time :laugh:

cheers wes

[tugger]

nice work wes the carp buster

mark

[Whiskers]

Looks like a fun little session!

[Dinodadog]

well done getting rid of a few more

[Brian D]

great report about some scum fish, carp are a cool sport fish but just to think some people eat them.

[HookedOnTackle]

does dpi have an up to date list of rivers/creeks with carp and other pest fish listed?

can we do a fishing comp that targets the lil buggers?

[mick fillet]

nice one wes!!!!!!!!! what did ya do with the fish? are ya allowed to take them home for your vege garden or do ya have to leave em up on the bank for the feral cats to get.

[Cowfish13]

Nice work Wes! Cool looking fella in the middle Almost like a normal Goldfish

HookedOnTackle wrote:

does dpi have an up to date list of rivers/creeks with carp and other pest fish listed?

can we do a fishing comp that targets the lil buggers?

I think they might have some listed, but they're spreading faster than the DPI can be bothered to update

Re the second question, it's a tough one. For starters, I think it is actually illegal to 'target' Carp, tillies and other noxious fish. So when AFO did a Tilly Cull at Kurwongbah, there were heaps of protocols that Angus and Shane had to go through to legally organise it. I think some guys from a Uni had to be there, and it was organised to help the new Bass fingerling survive in the Dam or something like that. Can't remember completely. So there is a bit to do to organise an official event, and Carp may be a bit harder than the Tillies in the dam, however, there is nothing stopping an unoffical event

[HookedOnTackle]

damn, to catch a native fish you just... fish

to catch a noxious pest, you have to jump through hoops. i blame anna

does anyone know any sure fire areas, we could have a bbq, catch some nasties, a great day

[wesfish]

there is an event every year out towards rathdowney , it is organised by carp busters! there is usually a write up in bnb or qfm , the ones i caught are from a creek that runs into the upper logan river near jimboomba! as for keeping the carp its catch 22 , the rules state you can not be in possesion of a noxious fish the best thing to do is bury them away from the waters edge!

i have a few spots out this way worth a carp cull, just no bbqs buts thousands of carp :laugh:

[natang]

Good work there Wes!

[dan25]

Nice one Wes!