Just don't do any C&R of the CC. If you do, please fin clip them and report back if you catch them again.
All the CC in my pond were caught via hook out of Clarks Hill Lake. I put the ones over @ 3-4 pounds in the pond as I don't like eating those. I'd guess around 20 or so. I catch one occasionally, about every 3 trips or so. I do use a 3 foot flurocarbon leader so maybe that helps? I actually do this for bass as I have the best luck on a catfish type bottom rig with a fluro leader using cut or live BG. My bass rarely hit a lure and when they do it's the small ones.
