Maybe not, apparently AI knows nothing about "Capr" which is just as well. I mean if there is one fishery to stay tight lipped about it, well, that would be the one....
Official 2025 CARP (and Capr) thread
- Thread starter Evan B
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We've already said more than the internet deserves to know.
So y’all like carp?
Them’s some funny-looking crab legs. 
Now do you prefer your carp whole, or steaked?
Buffalo is not a carp! Nor is it a capr. It’s a freshwater drum native to North America.
Now do you prefer your carp whole, or steaked?
Buffalo is not a carp! Nor is it a capr. It’s a freshwater drum native to North America.
Well, between carp or tilapia, I’ll take catfish…
Was tough today. Only got two eats but they were back to back. Literally pulled the fly out of the mouth of a fish after a ten second fight and plopped it down right on this one's dinner platter. But this was four hours of fishing. Tough to spot and all the other ones we tried all gave the middle fin.
Found some, including this big girl that is over her due date. Bass Bros digital scale said 18.8 and my wet net is about a pound so I'm calling her 17.THIC 
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Back at it today. Fished further up my section of river for a morning full of shad. Caught a pile of those then switched gears mid morning to bass, carp and capr. After one smallmouth, things died for us.
The only carps we saw all day were all still in spawning mode. Need probably another week or so for them to settle into the summer routine.
@WhosYourShaddy and his prized catch
The only carps we saw all day were all still in spawning mode. Need probably another week or so for them to settle into the summer routine.
@WhosYourShaddy and his prized catch
How's that push pole workin' for you? (I bet far better than my wood dowel
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Definitely worth having. It's opening up some new water I couldn't get into before.How's that push pole workin' for you? (I bet far better than my wood dowel
Nice smallie! Boat is looking good too.
Yeah, I managed to do pretty well on Saturday at a pond upriver only because it didn't have as many spawners. Just got lucky with that.
Today was a different story. I tried a couple new spots sort of mid-gorge and only got 2. Both spots had too many spawners!
And those 2 were both what I would call "squadron males". Basically the smaller guys that have been left out of the spawn party. They were acting hungry, horny and confused all at the same time. They would come marching by 3 or 4 at a time, without a female, and usually 1 was mad or hungry enough to at least take a look. It was pretty much chaos.
The real chaos is when the 1st one ran so fast he yanked out all my free line into a knot. Somehow, it didn't break him off or pull my rod tip off. Of course, when it came time to land him (after a nice run into the backing!) I had to hand line him in.
Never done that before.
I'll see if the video is good enough to post.
Yeah, I managed to do pretty well on Saturday at a pond upriver only because it didn't have as many spawners. Just got lucky with that.
Today was a different story. I tried a couple new spots sort of mid-gorge and only got 2. Both spots had too many spawners!
And those 2 were both what I would call "squadron males". Basically the smaller guys that have been left out of the spawn party. They were acting hungry, horny and confused all at the same time. They would come marching by 3 or 4 at a time, without a female, and usually 1 was mad or hungry enough to at least take a look. It was pretty much chaos.
The real chaos is when the 1st one ran so fast he yanked out all my free line into a knot. Somehow, it didn't break him off or pull my rod tip off. Of course, when it came time to land him (after a nice run into the backing!) I had to hand line him in.
Never done that before.I'll see if the video is good enough to post.
I’ve got a local couple places I’ve seen carp that I intend to check out. Do you think spawning in the Puget Sound area will be over by the end of this month?
I’ve only targeted them in EWA.
SF
I’ve only targeted them in EWA.
SF
Brian -
I am probably off base since my experience with carp is limited to CWA/EWA but the 4th of July has been prime time - out of spawn and at times "hungry" as if all of carp going off feed to spawn caught up.
Good luck/Pat
Thanks Pat
Familiar with south central/south east WA and while I can no longer chase them, the spawn is well over and fish are feeding.
