An Oklahoma fisherman who twice hooked but lost a huge bighead carp in the Neosho River discovered that the third time’s a charm. Bryan Baker, a fishing guide with Spoonbill Wreckers, snagged the fish ...

A commercial fisherman scouring the backwaters of the Illinois River last week may have caught more than he bargained for when a massive bighead carp lodged itself in his net. What's more surprising, ...

On April 26, paddlefish guide Bryan Lee Baker snagged an enormous bighead carp in Oklahoma’s Grand Lake of the Cherokees. According to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, it’s the ...

Syracuse is a leading contender to host the 2027 Carp World Championship, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Angling Confederation. Mike McNett, treasurer for the U.S. Angling Confederation, says ...

Avid angler Eric Kenneson, of Kirkville, got a handful when he targeted carp recently in a stretch of Chittenango Creek that runs through Bridgeport. Kenneson was using nightcrawlers on a Carolina rig ...

A small fleet made its way up the Illinois River, its crew armed with landing nets and football helmets as if to fend off an invasion. Minutes after launching from the riverbank in the village of Bath ...

You’ll often hear it said that in carp fishing, location is paramount and it’s absolutely true. If you can find the carp and get a rig in amongst them, your chances of catching are far greater than if ...

As invasive carp have advanced on Lake Michigan, Illinoisans, frustrated with the pace of state and federal deterrent plans, have taken matters into their own hands. Some efforts include fishing ...