Bighead carp

[MagnoAndrade]

Hello everyone,

I recently moved to Brentwood and still have not found my fishing favorite spot, and this is being hard to me, I am from Brazil and I am used to fish Pacu, Tilapia and bighead carp - I have heard we have bighead carp in Percy Priest lake and I wonder if somebody know if this is true, and since it is an invasive species would be good to catch some and help the environment, also a good spot to bank fish in Percy Priest? I have been by the dam but there're a lot of kayaks.

Thanks.

[Tennoutdrsman]

Mill Creek..It runs through Antioch..Best Access is Off Franklin Limestone behind Roadway or at the bridge..There's also access at Harding place area. Use Corn,Or Biscuit Dough..Hang On a Good Luck!;)

[Halli]

Priest has Common Carp as does all of Tennessee waters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carp

Use the bait suggested.

Soon we shall get bighead as it has infested the Mississippi river to include
Kentucky lake so sooner or later it shall get thru the Old Hickory lock.

[tkwalker]

This can be found at the top of the forum page . <'TK><:)

http://www.tn.gov/twra/topic/for-anglers

[Transplanted Sportsman]

Normandy Lake is choke full of carp, they are everywhere, welcome to the forum!!

[Saltwaterwalt]

Fortunately, no Bighead or Silver carp are in JPP. Not sure about OH, but they're coming. Cheatham Lake is full of them, as is the Cumberland up to the OH Dam spillway. Halli is right, it's a matter of time before they lock through. Being a writer, I did an article on the Asian Carp issue a few years back, so I did a lot of research on them and their movement. They prefer moving water since they're plankton eaters, which also makes them hard to catch on rod and reel.

Our common carp are much different in looks and feeding habits. They are much easier to catch too since their diet is largely insects, crawdads, worms, etc. and they will take a fly. For non-fly fishermen, they'll take a worm too if fished with finesse. They are one of the easiest spooked fish I've ever angled for, which is why I like the challenge to do so. Trans Sportsman, yep, tons of common carp in Normandy. I make a few trips each year there for carp, as well as crappie.

Attached are a common carp(gold one) and silver carp (sub specie of the bighead).

[Jim]

Silver carp and probably bighead carp are in Old Hickory. I talked with the TWRA folks and there have been a number of reports of the silver carp jumping in the lower end of the lake below Drakes Creek. With the speed they swim, I am sure they will be far upstream by the end of the year.

[MagnoAndrade]

I know how this is impacting the lakes here in US, in Brazil we have them mostly in private lakes and they are considered a game fish, people pay to fish them in these private lakes, maybe due to our huge population of aquatic predators they do not become a thread - but there is a specific technique to fish them with rod, we use a system called "shower" translated literally from portuguese, it is a dough that attrack them and when they come to filter the food they got hooked.

The dough consist of sweet potato, banana, sweet condensed milk, powdered peanut butter and powdered milk, of course, there are many recipes but this is a very efficient way to catch them! I attached a photo of this system here.

Thanks for all the replies and information!

[MickT]

Wow. What a contraption.

That's the Alabama Rig of carp fishing for sure.


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[agelesssone]

You couldn't use it in Tennessee, 3 hooks per line is the law.

[MagnoAndrade]

You couldn't use it in Tennessee, 3 hooks per line is the law.


Thanks for the info, didnt know that.

[sbrison]

You couldn't use it in Tennessee, 3 hooks per line is the law.

Does that law apply for non-game fish also?

[Alphahawk]

Does that law apply for non-game fish also?

That law applies period.....only 3 hooks....has nothing to do with the specie....if you put it in the water only 3 hooks.


Regards

[Halli]

Ok then use the last picture.

Hey Jack.
We all need to learn how to cook and clean these fish
as commercial fishing them will be the only
way of holding them off!

[SAMBOLIE]

Ok then use the last picture.

Hey Jack.
We all need to learn how to cook and clean these fish
as commercial fishing them will be the only
way of holding them off!

He never said they eat these fish. You eat the left over bait. :) Sounds delicious.

[Saltwaterwalt]

That law applies period.....only 3 hooks....has nothing to do with the specie....if you put it in the water only 3 hooks.


Regards

I know, crazy Tn law. Yet a crankbait with three treble hooks is legal while an Alabama rig with 6 single hooks is not. The crankbait has 9 possibilities of hooking the fish vs the A-rig's 6. I really have never understood the fuss by the TWRA on this.

[agelesssone]

I know, crazy Tn law. Yet a crankbait with three treble hooks is legal while an Alabama rig with 6 single hooks is not. The crankbait has 9 possibilities of hooking the fish vs the A-rig's 6. I really have never understood the fuss by the TWRA on this.

Walt, let's take it to extremes....2 guys in one boat spider rigging 8 poles each. Each pole has 3 jigs. How many hooks are in the water? Versus an Arig with a total of five hooks possible.
Even if a guy was trolling 8 rods with Arigs, he's still only got 40 hooks in the water.
Dumb law for sure.

[MagnoAndrade]

Some people eat them but only when they're small(under 10bs), when they get too big there's too much fat.

We can always adapt the "shower" and remove 2 hooks.

I am going to Lake Barkley in Sept, looks like they are plague there - Will post the results here.

[Blackdog]

I duck hunt in Dover off of Lake Barkley and we have had them jump in the boat on several occasions while blind building in late summer/early fall. Catch them all!

[SalmonDaze]

That law applies period.....only 3 hooks....has nothing to do with the specie....if you put it in the water only 3 hooks.


Regards

Incorrect.

See page 9 for the exception. I use a sabiki.

http://www.tnfish.org/files/TennesseeFishingRegulationsTWRA.pdf

[Alphahawk]

Incorrect.

See page 9 for the exception. I use a sabiki.

http://www.tnfish.org/files/TennesseeFishingRegulationsTWRA.pdf

No...I wasn't incorrect at all. His pics made well aware of what type of rig he thought about using. They all looked like some sort of a U-rig...A-rig. I am sure any TWRA officer would have thought the same. His thoughts weren't about using multiple jig heads on a line....or a sabiki rig. I am well aware of the law. My comments were made as to the rigs he was displaying..


Regards