Pros and Cons of Grass Carp

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Re: Pros and Cons of Grass Carp #34125 07/08/04 11:52 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,830 Likes: 320 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,830 Likes: 320 Somerset, PA	Dave, my pond is around 6-7 acres. I'm most likely going to start w/ only (10) grass carp. I know that sounds low. I don't want total elimination of the weeds. From there, I'll gauge progress and adjust as necessary. Thanks for the input. Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: Pros and Cons of Grass Carp #34126 08/28/04 10:00 PM
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roadtrip Member R Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 51 Terrell Tx	Tim K. , What kind of vegetation do you have in your ponds that the carp eat? Was it eurasian milfoil? Dave Davidson, what kind of weeds were in your neighbor's one acre pond? I have a milfoil problem I'm going to address with grass carp . Can't afford chemicals, and raking it out is not practical. When is the best time of year to stock 11-13" grass carp? Would it hurt to stock them in the fall in North Central Texas? Thanks in advance. roadtrip

Re: Pros and Cons of Grass Carp #34127 08/29/04 06:44 AM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,892 Hurst & Bowie Texas D Dave Davidson Lunker
Dave Davidson Lunker D Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,892 Hurst & Bowie Texas	We were dealing with American pondweed and some millfoil. BTW, I just bought that 71 acre place. It is contigous to my original place. Now I have to get my butt over there and spray some small willows and catch a bunch of 10 inch bass. We stocked the grass carp in the summer. They have really clobbered the vegetation. I caught one of them on a small hook with a piece of night crawler the other day. I guess they are getting hungry. I was bluegill fishing and got a heckuva fight on my ultralight. It was about 18 inches long and had doubled it's size in a year. They definitely work.