An award-winning angler set a state record in Connecticut by reeling in a massive fish, one of his favorite species to catch.

A species of fish native to East Asia, the bighead carp — also known as "the Asian Carp — was introduced to the southern United States in the mid-1900s to help fish farms control algae blooms ...

Bryan Baker of "Spoonbill Wreckers" guide service in Miami, Okla., is a 15-year veteran guide and angler. He specializes in ...

Bighead carp were introduced in 1992 as part of a national study about reducing pond algae, the CPW explained – but even after being removed in 1995, the species persisted.

The International Game Fish Assn. lists as the world record a 90-pound bighead carp caught at Tennessee's Guntersville Lake in 2005. Brannick's carp won’t qualify for a world record because it ...

Two fishing guides from High Water Guide Service in Oklahoma recently caught an 63.7-pound bighead carp from the state's Grand Lake system. The fish is considered an invasive species. (High Water ...

Chance’s bighead carp record has been certified in the state’s “pole and line” category, and it tops the previous state record by 17 pounds. The MDC also recognizes state-record fish caught with ...

Content as most Minnesotans are to wait near the top of the Mississippi River drainage and hope that invasive Asian carp don't arrive this far north anytime soon, Mark Ellenberg for many years has ...

A fishing guide in Oklahoma caught a massive bighead carp over the weekend that should replace the state record he set just two years ago. The record hasn’t been confirmed yet by state officials, and ...

Oklahoma Fishing Guide Uses Forward-Facing Sonar to Snag World's Largest Bighead Carp On April 26, paddlefish guide Bryan Lee Baker snagged an enormous bighead carp in Oklahoma’s Grand Lake of ...

The fishing guide from northeast Oklahoma previously snagged a state-record catch in May 2023 with a “massive” 118-pound, 3-ounce bighead carp, according to the Oklahoma Department of ...

Bighead and silver carp — fish farm escapees up the Mississippi River after being imported into the southeastern U.S. in the 1970s to remove algae out of catfish farm and wastewater treatment ...