Fish ID

[Deadeye2u]

Hi. I'm looking for an id for a fish. It was roughly 12 inches long

[Jigger]

That's a Prussian carp, a fairly big one too. Kill everyone you catch please.

[spoons]

Where was that caught

[cschache]

Have never seen one before either, wow that has some girth!!

[Deadeye2u]

Originally Posted by spoons

Where was that caught

I caught it in one of the ponds in Red Deer. I had no idea what it was so I put it back, but I won't be next time.

[mikefromcanmore]

PM sent

[Fishslayer99]

Invasive...kill them. they can live out of water for hours.

[wags]

Originally Posted by Deadeye2u

I caught it in one of the ponds in Red Deer. I had no idea what it was so I put it back, but I won't be next time.

Which pond?

The RDR is quite bad too - seen a couple schools last summer numbering in the hundreds close to the Waskasoo entrance to the river.

[Sooner]

Brutal that some people think its ok to throw non native fish into our ponds and streams. Of all the pics posted, seems to be the largest one caught yet.

[JareS]

Was it in a stocked or isolated pond? Or near the Red Deer River?

Ive caught them in the RDR about that size, but have only seen them about a quarter of that size in ponds.

[Deadeye2u]

It was at the pond at Discover Canyon. Called F&W, they said that they were aware of the problem and next time just dispose of it or take it to them to let them do it.

[Digger91]

Yikes that's not good. Caught a few small pike out of that pond but never seen them in there.

[Dewey Cox]

What did you catch it on?
I'm doing a canoe trip on the reddeer in a month, and now I feel like I should spend some time trying to kill some carp.

[pikeman06]

Quite a slab. Must be scrappy if they built like that.

[Vook]

Never seen them in AB. Good size though!

[Deadeye2u]

Originally Posted by Dewey Cox

What did you catch it on?
I'm doing a canoe trip on the reddeer in a month, and now I feel like I should spend some time trying to kill some carp.

I caught it on a spoon, but it was more a case of it must have taken a stab at the spoon and got foul hooked as it was hooked in the stomach. Either that are there were just so many that it got hooked as I was reeling in. I went back today to check it out again and the water was a bit clearer. You could see schools of them all around the same size as the one in the picture. I guess we better hope the river doesn't flood into the pond again.

[the11fisherman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4wxGLraaJs

People need to spread this video. I can't believe that there are still fishermen that do not know about the Prussian Carp problem in the province. This video is years old. There has even been a news broadcast on CBC about them.

Kill em guys!

[idaman]

Originally Posted by the11fisherman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80DSbZQrzb8

People need to spread this video. I can't believe that there are still fishermen that do not know about the Prussian Carp problem in the province. This video is years old. There has even been a news broadcast on CBC about them.

Kill em guys!

What does vehicles falling through the ice have to do with Prussian Carp??

[Dewey Cox]

Originally Posted by idaman

What does vehicles falling through the ice have to do with Prussian Carp??

Prussian carp are terrible drivers

[the11fisherman]

Originally Posted by idaman

What does vehicles falling through the ice have to do with Prussian Carp??

LOL. I don't have a clue what happened to the link..........I put in the correct one.

[MrDave]

Loaded with eggs. As often as that pond floods, they will be breeding and contaminate the river worse.

[pikeman06]

Don't say too much guys...next thing ya know we be paying 11 bux for a tag of which 3bux goes directly into fisheries. What a sweet deal eh? Bahaha. Spose they gonna poison whole river systems that we can't keep a stinking walleye out of or shoot them from helicopters and bury them in pits too? Can't wait to see how this one plays out. The Prussian carp are just about thick enough for some radical, knee jerk, made in alberta end all solution to kick in. There I said it...nice carp tho.

[Fishslayer99]

These things are everywhere and it is too late to do anything about it. They have been in Alberta for well over 10 years originating in the Rosebud river tributaries as far as i know. ESRD has confirmed they are all over the irrigation canals, in the Bow, Chestermere, McGreggor, Travers, Little Bow, Crawling valley, Eagle, Namaka, Dalemead, Newell and on and on. They have made it as far north as Red Deer and ESRD is doing nothing about it, because they really cant.

[Sharpie]

They are hard to kill so make sure they are dead. I put one under the front tire of my 3/4 ton 4 times before it went pop. Scales are armor.

[MrDave]

We were there today. Wind was blowing so we didn't see anything. Will have to try more often.
Where on the pond did you see them?
Willing to kill a bunch of we can find them.

[the local angler]

there is so much of them that i really wish they would change the regs so we can catch the prussian carp and cut them up to use as bait.

[JareS]

Originally Posted by the local angler

there is so much of them that i really wish they would change the regs so we can catch the prussian carp and cut them up to use as bait.

That will never happen. We're trying to prevent the spread to other waterbodies, not encourage it

They can live for several hours out of water (I've read scientific journals saying up to 24 hours), and will still flop around for hours after a knife to the head or a bashed in skull.

[the local angler]

Originally Posted by JareS

That will never happen. We're trying to prevent the spread to other waterbodies, not encourage it

They can live for several hours out of water (I've read scientific journals saying up to 24 hours), and will still flop around for hours after a knife to the head or a bashed in skull.

i highly doubt after i cut them up that they would still spread and still be alive after that. like i said in my original post "CUT THEM UP"

[JareS]

Originally Posted by the local angler

i highly doubt after i cut them up that they would still spread and still be alive after that. like i said in my original post "CUT THEM UP"

I realize that. Just because you do doesn't mean that others won't. It's not a risk even the most clueless of Fisheries Managers or Aquatic Invasive Species Manager would take. Input controls and output controls in Fisheries management are not being reduced and never will be as long as there's as much pressure on the limited amount of fisheries there are in Alberta. So it's not gonna happen.

[MrDave]

Hardest thing about controlling them is the bait restrictions on the rivers. Gonna take more than maggots to catch them.