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So Thursday my girlfriends daughter was fishing for bluegills with night crawlers, well she landed a 20lb grass carp. I brought it in gentle never took it out of the water the hook came out of its lip with ease. Today she was laying dead on the bottom. I have had them for four years and never caught one. Is it normal for them to die after being caught?
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I've caught a few and never seen one die because of it.
The way I look at it is *stuff* happens. Maybe it was just it's time to go and hooking it had nothing to do with it.
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Yeah not happy about it but the look on that 7 year olds face catching that GC was well worth it.
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I have caught a couple of mine as well and they made it. They were not 20lbs though. Maybe it was already sick? Most Grass Carp I think are fairly hearty fish. So I thought anyway.
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So Thursday my girlfriends daughter was fishing for bluegills with night crawlers, well she landed a 20lb grass carp. I brought it in gentle never took it out of the water the hook came out of its lip with ease. Today she was laying dead on the bottom. I have had them for four years and never caught one. Is it normal for them to die after being caught? Cody, if you land them quickly and revive them they survive - if on light tackle, the big ones will fight until they die. G/ 
Last edited by george1; 04/17/13 03:13 PM.
N.E. Texas 2 acre and 1/4 acre ponds
Original george #173 (22 June 2002)
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Maybe it was a different carp altogether. I too have caught mine a few times as I only have 2 in my pond and they still seem to be ok.
Now after this last summer they may be gone, but I will find out soon after I start feeding as they are like torpedoes.
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No it's a grass carp, caught him on 12lb fire line . It is what it is guess I get to buy 3 to replace the big one. The water was cold and the others were sunning in the shallows
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I meant it may have been one of your other Grass Carp you had not the one you caught, did not mean a common carp.
Either way I am sorry to hear about it.
If you need your vegetation controlled the newer ones should do a better job anyway.
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