Has anyone every tried it for bait. I only want to hear about personal trial, not secondhand information or stories. Picture evidence would also be nice.
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it's illegal to kill and keep triploid grass carp in FL 
Mark I was contemplating the same thing..the other day I fished a freshwater canal for the first time in years and saw lots of 10-20lb grass carp and thought it would make a great bait. Have you ever had any luck catching them on rod and reel? I tried canned kernel corn but they didn't respond.
I thought about the same thing. I wonder if freshwater fish would work. Ive used bluegills in Pass a grille but only caught catfish.
How do I tell a triploid carp from any other carp?
Just an average fisherman.
all the grass carp in south florida are triploid (sterile).
South florida does not have common carp and mirror carp like the rest of the country.
I used tp catch them all the time amd release them pretty good fight on light stuff and use bread balls or a whole slice and a small hook thread the bread and throw in front of them they'll hit it
Some twit released Koi and Plecostomus in my pond, also a TON of tilapia here too. Ill probably try some of them soon (when I run outta mullet). I just snag em. Cant get any of the three to eat.
all the grass carp in south florida are triploid (sterile).
South florida does not have common carp and mirror carp like the rest of the country.
There are other species of carp in South Florida besides the triploid grass carp. Like the bighead carp, wild-type and fancy type goldfish. Not sure about bighead carp, but goldfish are illegal for bait unless they came from pepperidge farms 
. Personally I have seen massive carp ranging from 20-50lbs in different canals.
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There's no bighead carp in Florida. They are all grass carp/white amur
There's no bighead carp in Florida. They are all grass carp/white amur
Not according to this http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factshee ... ciesID=551
They are a medium-high level rate and I have seen other carps in areas like Davie that are definitely not the triploid grass carps.
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Ah ok didn't know that...only thought they were found in the Mississippi and Ohio river basins...
You can keep bigheads...kill them all, those suckers are nasty fish and can wipe out a food source in no time
Grass carp (center) and bighead (bottom)
For those of you that think triploid carp don't get over 20lbs lol 69.7 pounds.
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Holy hell! That's a big carp! LOL! Ive a buddy in KY that catches big carp but none that long! His fish are half that length but sickeningly fat. Im still chasing my single orange/white Koi in my pond! Ill post up a pic when I finally get him. LOL!
take a handfull of quaker old fashioned oats (oatmeal) pour water on it squeeze it into a ball, put it on a hook, it'll catch carp.
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