ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport - The Firearms Forum

Toolmanroberts · 12-03-2010, 06:47 PM

While watching the news they showed these asian carp that are invading the Mississippi river they are almost to the Twin Cities here in Minnesota. The fish jump out of the water about 4 feet or so in the air as they chase along side the boat. It looks like an opportunity to get some trigger time in. How would one go about starting a new Carp shooting season.

jlloyd73 · 12-03-2010, 07:46 PM

LOL...... great idea. Seems like a smart way to fix the problem.

carver · 12-03-2010, 07:53 PM

I used to shot the suckers with my .22 when I lived in CA, lots of fun. They weren't jumping up in the air though, they were just swimming around being happy little carp, then BANG! They was fish food!

old semperfi · 12-06-2010, 05:06 PM

be careful on the shooting out of a boat,both indiana and kentucky have laws against it...........go to jail? old semperfi

Old Grump · 12-06-2010, 06:16 PM

You will have to be sure to use non lead shotshells and firing zone restrictions could get crazy if you are in a navigable channel and X number of feet from a mooring place or habitation. This would be a good time for the Eagles to learn to catch their meals on the fly so to speak.

Just between you me and the neighbors dog the genie is out of the bottle and he isn't going back in. We are going to have to wait till nature adjusts and comes up with a balancing factor. Eventually there will be a population plateau and then they will go on the decline. I just hope it happens before all sport and commercial fishing are shot to hell and gone. In the meantime its like Zebra Mussels, boa constrictors, English Sparrow, Kudzu and Purple loosestrife. Once established they push out natives and ruin it for the indigenous wild life.

That being said I can see a specialized short barrel shotgun about 8 gauge using #3 shot out of 2 1/2" shotshells. Heavy enough to do damage, enough shot to make a goosd hit but limited enough in range to be safe on the water. Outfit bass boats for shooters, Set up tournament rules like every boat gets 3 laps on a prescribed course with x number of rounds available. Highest kill count wins a nice prize. Rendering plant has the contract to harvest the fish after each run and turns the fish into useful products.

Martin S · 01-20-2011, 03:21 PM

Here in Indiana it's against the law to shoot on or across water ways. I saw a clip the other day of the Asian Carp in the Walbash River. They were jumping out of the water around a boat. This was near the power plant at Montezuma. That is also the place that Bald Eagle winter. Sounds like fun but I don't want to go to jail.

Martin S

tech16024 · 01-20-2011, 04:36 PM

any way to get ahold of one of the full auto BB guns LOL

Bubblehead · 01-20-2011, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Old Grump

In the meantime its like Zebra Mussels, boa constrictors, English Sparrow, Kudzu and Purple loosestrife. Once established they push out natives and ruin it for the indigenous wild life.

You forgot to include illegal aliens in your list of invasive species

Old Grump · 01-20-2011, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Bubblehead

You forgot to include illegal aliens in your list of invasive species

I'd rather have the invasive species, it isn't illegal to kill them.

bamajoey · 01-21-2011, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Bubblehead

You forgot to include illegal aliens in your list of invasive species

You also forgot liberal democrats.

terryu1 · 01-21-2011, 10:00 AM

I've seen several shows on them. They actually have an electric wall so that they do not get into the Great Lakes. That would be disastrous. The locals up there have a contest where teams ride around in boats and you can only use bare hands or nets to catch them as they jump. Teams dress a Vikings etc. It is hilarious. They do this to try to keep population down a bit. The fish do not chase the boats but rather are startled by the sound of the approaching engine and jump. People have been injured riding down the river and getting hit in head with 8-15 lb carp or heavier.

carver · 01-21-2011, 10:25 AM

I'ld think twice about using a gun of any kind for this purpose. The Mississippi is a Federal Waterway. I don't presume to know the laws, but it might get you some jail time. But I do know that the laws are changing, and not to our benifit!

DBMJR1 · 01-21-2011, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Martin S

Here in Indiana it's against the law to shoot on or across water ways. I saw a clip the other day of the Asian Carp in the Walbash River. They were jumping out of the water around a boat. This was near the power plant at Montezuma. That is also the place that Bald Eagle winter. Sounds like fun but I don't want to go to jail.

Martin S

That must make duck hunting real challenging.

Martin S · 01-21-2011, 12:47 PM

I never thought of that DBM.

I think there is a law on it though. Maybe it's with a rifle. It is legal to shoot them with a bow. I did that when I was younger and nimble.

Martin

45Auto · 02-11-2011, 02:34 PM

There is a company making money by flying fresh caught Asian Carp to be eaten in China. It appears that the Chinese love to eat these fish, and that the ones caught in the USA are much bigger and better eating than those in China because our rivers are cleaner.

polishshooter · 02-11-2011, 02:39 PM

BINGO! Capitalism cures all evils.

When I was in college many years ago a bar in western New York right on Lake Erie got busted for having "Sheephead Hitting Contests" on the beach behind them.

I guess you tossed one up and swung a canoe paddle at it and they gave prizes for the longest hit.

Sounds like fun while it lasted.

Maybe that would work with the Carp?

fastbluetruck · 02-13-2011, 10:32 PM

i can just see it on the evening news now; shooting accident on mississippi river today as two bass boats passed each other one going south the other going north, it seems that while out crap shooting today bubba bucktooth caught a load of fishshot from clem potbellys 12ga. stay tuned for more details after the break. LMAO the wife thinks i have lost it cause i am laughing so hard over this i got tears in my eyes. i mean seriously can you just picture it, some of them noodleing guys off the tv or a couple of larry the cable guy looking dudes on the news. why we wuz just head n down the river busted some carp and the next thang ya know ol bubba there was flop n around screaming his lungs out that them thar @%&holes just shot my @%&, merlean aint goin to ever believe this. LOL

Big ugly · 02-14-2011, 02:31 AM

Fast that was too much.

Big ugly · 02-14-2011, 02:35 AM

Here is a video of some good ole boys Bow fishing for Asian Carp. Looks like a hell of alot of fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEIu4l4mNVQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmzxy...eature=related

johnlives4christ · 02-14-2011, 05:08 AM

i know folks bow hunt them as they jump.

12-03-2010, 06:47 PM	#1
Toolmanroberts V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 82	ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport While watching the news they showed these asian carp that are invading the Mississippi river they are almost to the Twin Cities here in Minnesota. The fish jump out of the water about 4 feet or so in the air as they chase along side the boat. It looks like an opportunity to get some trigger time in. How would one go about starting a new Carp shooting season. -->

12-03-2010, 07:46 PM	#2
jlloyd73 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Contributor Posts: 1,931	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport LOL...... great idea. Seems like a smart way to fix the problem.

12-06-2010, 05:06 PM	#4
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport be careful on the shooting out of a boat,both indiana and kentucky have laws against it...........go to jail? old semperfi

12-06-2010, 06:16 PM	#5
Old Grump Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Little hut in the woods near Blue River Wisconsin Posts: 2,286	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport You will have to be sure to use non lead shotshells and firing zone restrictions could get crazy if you are in a navigable channel and X number of feet from a mooring place or habitation. This would be a good time for the Eagles to learn to catch their meals on the fly so to speak. Just between you me and the neighbors dog the genie is out of the bottle and he isn't going back in. We are going to have to wait till nature adjusts and comes up with a balancing factor. Eventually there will be a population plateau and then they will go on the decline. I just hope it happens before all sport and commercial fishing are shot to hell and gone. In the meantime its like Zebra Mussels, boa constrictors, English Sparrow, Kudzu and Purple loosestrife. Once established they push out natives and ruin it for the indigenous wild life. That being said I can see a specialized short barrel shotgun about 8 gauge using #3 shot out of 2 1/2" shotshells. Heavy enough to do damage, enough shot to make a goosd hit but limited enough in range to be safe on the water. Outfit bass boats for shooters, Set up tournament rules like every boat gets 3 laps on a prescribed course with x number of rounds available. Highest kill count wins a nice prize. Rendering plant has the contract to harvest the fish after each run and turns the fish into useful products. __________________ "When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."~~- Thomas Jefferson Roman Catholic, Life Member of American Legion, VFW, Wisconsin Libertarian party, Wi-FORCE, WGO, NRA, JPFO, GOA, SAFand CCRKBA Last edited by Old Grump; 12-06-2010 at 06:23 PM..

01-20-2011, 03:21 PM	#6
Martin S Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montgomery Co. Indiana Posts: 26	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport Here in Indiana it's against the law to shoot on or across water ways. I saw a clip the other day of the Asian Carp in the Walbash River. They were jumping out of the water around a boat. This was near the power plant at Montezuma. That is also the place that Bald Eagle winter. Sounds like fun but I don't want to go to jail. Martin S

12-03-2010, 07:53 PM	#3
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,254	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport I used to shot the suckers with my .22 when I lived in CA, lots of fun. They weren't jumping up in the air though, they were just swimming around being happy little carp, then BANG! They was fish food! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

01-20-2011, 04:36 PM	#7
tech16024 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 93	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport any way to get ahold of one of the full auto BB guns LOL

01-21-2011, 10:00 AM	#11
terryu1 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NE Pennsylvania Contributor Posts: 1,243	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport I've seen several shows on them. They actually have an electric wall so that they do not get into the Great Lakes. That would be disastrous. The locals up there have a contest where teams ride around in boats and you can only use bare hands or nets to catch them as they jump. Teams dress a Vikings etc. It is hilarious. They do this to try to keep population down a bit. The fish do not chase the boats but rather are startled by the sound of the approaching engine and jump. People have been injured riding down the river and getting hit in head with 8-15 lb carp or heavier. __________________ ARMED INFIDEL

01-21-2011, 10:25 AM	#12
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,254	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport I'ld think twice about using a gun of any kind for this purpose. The Mississippi is a Federal Waterway. I don't presume to know the laws, but it might get you some jail time. But I do know that the laws are changing, and not to our benifit! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

01-21-2011, 12:47 PM	#14
Martin S Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montgomery Co. Indiana Posts: 26	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport I never thought of that DBM. I think there is a law on it though. Maybe it's with a rifle. It is legal to shoot them with a bow. I did that when I was younger and nimble. Martin

02-11-2011, 02:34 PM	#15
45Auto Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,119	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport There is a company making money by flying fresh caught Asian Carp to be eaten in China. It appears that the Chinese love to eat these fish, and that the ones caught in the USA are much bigger and better eating than those in China because our rivers are cleaner.

02-11-2011, 02:39 PM	#16
polishshooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 7,860	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport BINGO! Capitalism cures all evils. When I was in college many years ago a bar in western New York right on Lake Erie got busted for having "Sheephead Hitting Contests" on the beach behind them. I guess you tossed one up and swung a canoe paddle at it and they gave prizes for the longest hit. Sounds like fun while it lasted. Maybe that would work with the Carp? __________________ The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living. Last edited by polishshooter; 02-11-2011 at 02:42 PM..

02-13-2011, 10:32 PM	#17
fastbluetruck Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 5	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport i can just see it on the evening news now; shooting accident on mississippi river today as two bass boats passed each other one going south the other going north, it seems that while out crap shooting today bubba bucktooth caught a load of fishshot from clem potbellys 12ga. stay tuned for more details after the break. LMAO the wife thinks i have lost it cause i am laughing so hard over this i got tears in my eyes. i mean seriously can you just picture it, some of them noodleing guys off the tv or a couple of larry the cable guy looking dudes on the news. why we wuz just head n down the river busted some carp and the next thang ya know ol bubba there was flop n around screaming his lungs out that them thar @%&holes just shot my @%&, merlean aint goin to ever believe this. LOL

02-14-2011, 02:31 AM	#18
Big ugly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Knoxville Tennessee Contributor Posts: 2,603	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport Fast that was too much. __________________ "You say the Devil made do it with a smile. Raisin' hell and howlin at the moon. Well I'm gonna put your @$$ back in line. I'm gonna scare the Devil out of you." BlackBerry Smoke Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R513dA4peMg Nothing is "proof" against a truly talented fool. Swanshot

02-14-2011, 02:35 AM	#19
Big ugly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Knoxville Tennessee Contributor Posts: 2,603	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport Here is a video of some good ole boys Bow fishing for Asian Carp. Looks like a hell of alot of fun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEIu4l4mNVQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmzxy...eature=related __________________ "You say the Devil made do it with a smile. Raisin' hell and howlin at the moon. Well I'm gonna put your @$$ back in line. I'm gonna scare the Devil out of you." BlackBerry Smoke Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R513dA4peMg Nothing is "proof" against a truly talented fool. Swanshot Last edited by Big ugly; 02-14-2011 at 03:27 AM..

02-14-2011, 05:08 AM	#20
johnlives4christ Former Guest Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,828	Re: ASIAN CARP a new shotgun sport i know folks bow hunt them as they jump.