Chuck, how do you catch your carp? We have alot and they are pushing around 30 pounds. They would put up a heck of a fight.
Also, do you guys have Pike in FL? I noticed they weren't on your list and they are fighters!
OK The European Carp { Orange colored carp} was luckily caught on night crawlers in Maryland. I used ot make my own dough balls but forgot the recipe. In Florida we have Grass Carp..I only caught one and it was 10 pounds in a cast net.
No, we don't have Northern Pike in Florida. WE do have Chiain Pickerals. Floridians call them Jacks. They treat them like trash fish. Not me.
They are fine eatting if you can deal with the bones. I caught many pickerals off spinner baits { Rooster Tails} in Virginia . I've ever caught a pike. Before I die I'd love to catch a salmon, a pike, a musky and a waleye.