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Moby Dick and myself went to look at bountiful pond to see how thick the ice is. We drilled a few holes and it is 4 in. thick about 150 yards out. So while he was ice skating around I decided I would try my luck even though I didn't have any worms to tip my hooks with. To my surprise I hooked into a 10 in. rainbow, let him go, so down the hole he went with my cast master following him down, didn't hit the bottom so I set the hook fast. To my surprise I had a good fight on! Man oh man this was a big fish! Then I saw what it was, a nice 20 in.+ fat carp. Finaly got him up and told Moby to go and play hocky with him, but some other guy said he would take him off my hands. A few min. later I caught another bow, a little bit bigger. The guy that was there took him off my hands also. Then a few min. later, another bow about 13-14 in. and fat, kept him for myself. then called it a night. Might go there tomorrow again. I'ts no berry, but fish are fish and fun to catch. Also the guy that took some fish off my hands had never been ice fishing before. I saw him catch 1 bow about 12 in.. He looked pretty excited, but was scared about the smallest cracking sounds in the ice, I assured him it was nothing to worry about.
Was fun to finally get out on the ice so close to home,
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[cool][#0000ff]Glad you had a good time, but you better read the Proclamation better. You can get a ticket for handing off fish to other anglers while on the water. The only way you can legally transfer possession of gamefish is either at a residence or a food locker...along with proper documentation (see Proclamation).[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]These urban fisheries lakes are stocked mainly for kids and for adults who cannot get out to fish elsewhere. Unfortunately, most of the fish are harvested within days of being stocked. Many people treat these ponds as their own private fish market and keep everything they catch...or what they can talk other anglers out of. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you are not going to use the fish you catch, they should be carefully handled and quickly returned. But, under no circumstances should you give them to someone else...even if they beg or threaten you.[/#0000ff]
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I second what TubeDude has said. If you don't want to keep your fish, then put them back. It's the law and also a very ethical thing to do.
The Community ponds get fished all year around but only get stocked once or twice in the late fall. The fish that are now in the ponds have to last until spring stocking.
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Sounds like a pretty productive bit if fishing! Ice hockey with a carp sound like fun as well!
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Thanks for the info, you learn something new every day. I wont give fish away anymore, this being my first game fish I have ever given away, carp aren't a game fish right? I hardly ever keep anything out of there when I do fish it like 2 times a year, anyhow, this trip was partly to find out how my shoulders would hold up, since I am disabled, and haven't been fishing for about 8 months or so. Believe me I am feeling the pain from drilling threw 4 in. of ice yesterday. Any how it was nice to get out on the ice,
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[cool][#0000ff]No, carp are not a game fish. However, there are quite a few people who like to fish for them in Bountiful and other urban fisheries so it is still good to put them back in if you are not going to use them. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Carp are not an endangered species, but if they are sometimes the only game in town...after the happy harvesters clean out the trout and catfish. Then they can at least provide some sport. I have seen kids squeal with delight when they hook a nasty old carp. Come to think of it, I have had some fun with them myself...as I suppose you did on the one you caught.[/#0000ff]
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I second that. I have had carp save the day when looking for nothing but a fight on a rod. I do hate them though.
I fished it today with my son and did awesome. I will post a report and some pics in a bit.
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I would rather get skunked than catch carp. They are trash, and our fisheries would be better without them.
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I do hate them, and the smell of them, it makes me gag. But when I was a little kid I loved to catch them, then it went to spearing them, now it's just I don't even want to be around them even though they put up a good fight, and when I do catch them, I kill them. So rather than me killing it I gave it away to someone who to my surprise likes to eat them, nasty. But, put to good use none the less.
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I'm with you. Give 'em to someone that will eat 'em. One man's trash is another man's treasure.
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