Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Corrective stocking common carp

I recall that some years ago I joined some Fish and Game group for a netting expedition on Utah Lake. We were setting and checking gill nets. Our most common fish by far, maybe 50 to 1, were 3 to 10 pound common carp.

I'm thinking gill nets set in the correct habitat could catch many of your larger carp. If the net openings were large enough, you might only catch an occasional desirable fish. If I recall correctly, checking many nets would yield a boat load of carp and 2 or 3 walleyes. The lake had many walleyes, so we were avoiding catching them somehow.

You could address the smaller carp some other way, as suggested above.