Peter....they are there, but we just don't see them in huge #'s up in the fossil bed area. I believe it has to do w/ the water depth. We don't see a ton of them during daylight hours as they are very light shy. You will find them lurking in the shadows of bridge pylons and the such, but I believe they stay in the deeper waters during daylight.Originally Posted by peter
Sad to say, but it won't be long until they become stacked up below McCalpin like they are being found everywhere else now.
We normally shoot these fish in the middle of the river above the channels. If there is a scumline stirred up from barges.....they will be in it feeding on what was stirred up. You will find them anywhere the zoaplancton is. They eat all year long and can spawn duing high or low water conditions laying 1.3million eggs up to 3 times a year.
As far as I know there is no way of actually "fishing" for them as they are a filter feeder similar to paddlefish. Many are accedentally hooked in the mouth just because it's almost always open. They fight unbelievably dragging my 2070 Xpress all over the river! The silver carp are actually edible and actually very good during the early year. Super white, flakey meat...very tasty! Problem is cleaning them as they have a floating y bone, but there's so much meat to fool w/ who cares if you waste 5# of it.
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