Carp fishing in spring usually means big bites and powerful fights, but this one was different. When the golden flash appeared in the water, everyone went silent. A giant goldfish in the wild? It’s ...

The Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District, with the help of commercial netters, recently caught about 10,000 to 15,000 pounds of common carp conducted during an under ice carp seine in Spring Lake ...

About this time every year, I start to watch the weekly weather forecast with a keen eye on the temperature. Sometimes, it happens faster than others, but it’s usually about now when Mother Nature ...

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 ...

As the upcoming spring season springs us into spring fishing, it also brings us to carp season, to help raptors.

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 ...

Silver carp in a tank in April 2013 at the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center on the University of Minnesota St. Paul campus.