Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Controlling unwanted plants grass carp trap?

i need to trap a bunch of grass carp, anyone know where i can get a trap that will work?

AMS sells a few!

Other than those, I don't know of a trap that will specifically target GC.

Wonder if treble-hook jug-lines, baited with brussel sprouts, would work..?????

The only thing that has worked for me are pellet flies.
As you know, grass carp are very spooky and you better land them because they will never eat another pellet. Good way to break grass carp from eating your fish food!

An accurate cast with smooth presentation of your fly is necesary.
Most fun fish on a flyrod I've ever had.

I went to a pond a couple of years back were a guy used a series of nets that stretched a hundred yards or so out into the ponds. They gradualy got more narrow creating a funnel and then he had a pen built that they cornered into. Not sure if it worked or not but it might be a option. I hope I explained that were it made a little bit of sense.

Some fish food and a .22 works very well on removing GC. Buck shot works better!

A Sheridan 5mm Silver Streak pellet gun offers a stealthly approach with multi-shot opportunities (and probably safer), but has less margin for error.

bow, 22, deerslug, hand grenade..

Blake, if you ever find that grass carp trap, let me know! I've tried all the above (except the hand grenade) and more with no luck. If you have enough time to see my other posts asking for help on this topic you'll notice a lot of frustration. Grass carp, especially when old and not eating much, are really tough to remove.

When they are old and not eating much what is the harm in keeping them. I would see them as a problem if eating all your pellets but if just swimming around is their daily routine then why bother them.

Just let me know.

Thanks

MRHELLO, I'm not sure what motive Blake has in wanting to capture GC but in my case the problem with keeping them even when old and not eating much is this: they have denuded the entire lake of vascular plants and now the water turns green in summer. No new plant growth can take hold because as soon as any plant sprouts, they will eat it. Since there are now no plants at all, even a few GC which don't eat much will keep the pond weed free. If there are no weeds to take up the nutrients the phytoplankton will utilize the nutrients and turn the water green. Without plants the fishing suffers and my pond has had a decline in the size of bass and the number of bluegill. Yes, I admit that I over stocked the GC.