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11 of the best carp reels in 2025

Today’s best carp reels need to be able to hold a significant amount of high-diameter line, and release it in a friction-free manner. It is also important that the reel provides a superior line lay ...
Today's Fishing Q&A is about the difference between spinning reels and baitcasting reels, what are good baits for grass carp, ...
There are two perceptions of common carp among anglers in the United States. One group believes that carp are dumb and that nothing could be easier than going after them. They believe that learning ...
An angler recently broke a Connecticut state fishing record after reeling in a freshwater fish that weighed almost 50 pounds. The Connecticut Fish and Wildlife Facebook page announced the massive ...
In the United States, carp are mostly considered “trash fish.” These non-native bottom feeders were introduced to our country centuries ago and have adapted and thrived so well that they exist in ...
Step back in time ten years or so and fly fishing for carp was exploding. It became so popular that it served as fodder for fly fishing films, spawned new guide services, turned previously unknown ...
A Pennsylvania man broke the record for the longest carp in West Virginia, and he’s now looking for a record breaker in his home state. Ayden Minick, 19, of Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, reeled ...
A 10-year-old who reeled in a giant carp says he knew it was a record contender before he ever got it ashore. Chase Stokes' fish did indeed set a state record in Vermont. It weighed in at 33.25 pounds ...
Organisers of South Australia's biggest carp fishing competition have been left reeling after more than 16,000 carp were pulled in from Barmera's Lake Bonney in just one day. The SA Carp Frenzy has ...