This story was published in the April 2008 issue. CARP FISHING is like soccer. The rest of the world is stark-raving mad about the sport “football” to the other 6.3 billion people on the planet), and ...

Fifty years ago it was simple. To present a bait to a carp, you just impaled it on the hook and cast out. While this sort of presentation still occasionally has its place, most notably when stalking, ...

In the United States, carp are mostly considered “trash fish.” These non-native bottom feeders were introduced to our country centuries ago and have adapted and thrived so well that they exist in ...