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I think that's probably the only bit of water left in the country that doesn't hold carp to 25lbs+. At least until they find a way to breed salt water carp, then the beaches can beep to the sound of bite alarms too.

Hello, I recently started fishing again after a long time (about 25 years break). First thing i noticed - carp. Carp are everywhere these days, a lot of the places i used to fish that were once all about the tench and bream are now dominated by carp... and not small ones either. From watching some YouTube videos even match fishing has become carp focused. What happened? Size queens take over? The carp eat all the food and other species died off? I'm pretty much resigned to having to beef up my line strength, but is there any tactics or baits that avoid the carp and target