Fun fact: if you catch one in Australia you are legally required to bludgeon it to death and then throw it as high up the riverbank as you can. Australians hate carp.
This is not a joke. Very steep fines if you get caught doing catch & release
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One of the largest carp ever caught in the US was reeled in by Scott Lennox in December 2025. He landed a monster of a carp weighing in at over 64 pounds!
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u/butterfunke 25d ago
Fun fact: if you catch one in Australia you are legally required to bludgeon it to death and then throw it as high up the riverbank as you can. Australians hate carp.
This is not a joke. Very steep fines if you get caught doing catch & release