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 ...

I didn't grow up carp fishing - not in the traditional sense, anyway. Back in high school, living along the upper James River in Virginia, I was broke but restless, and every summer night seemed to ...

Fly anglers are figuring out that carp is not a fish to look down your nose at. They are challenging, strong, accessible, and most importantly, flat out fun to catch on a fly rod. You don't have to ...

Learn the best baits, rigs, and hotspots to catch one of the hardest-fighting fish in a lake or river near you. They wouldn’t be among the prettiest fish. In fact, some folks would say common carp are ...

I was walking along the banks of a remote stretch of the Pecos River when I spotted something at the water’s edge: a blue plastic box, the size of a small book, out of place in this unpeopled land of ...

Nov. 12 -- On the shorelines of Lake Michigan — and in fishing harbors all along the five Great Lakes — thousands of fisherman are worried they may soon be angling for fish that are amazingly simple ...

The threat posed to the Great Lakes by the Asian carp is probably even worse than you warned of in your editorial Monday. Rather than being "voracious bottom feeders," the fish are actually plankton ...