Big Bear Lake 2025 Countin' Carp

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Big Bear Water District is sponsoring a season long carp removal event this year, 2025 Countin' Carp
Started in May and runs thru end of September. 
They give you a raffle ticket each day you bring in fish to dispose of. They have monthly raffles for cash and two special bonus raffles on holiday weekends.

I went up on Memorial Day weekend. They weren't spawning yet so you really had to look for them. They were staying in the deeper water which made finding them from shore harder.
They pretty much would see me first and all I'd see is them rolling sideways on the surface, flipping me the fin.
I managed one on Sunday which got me a raffle ticket. I got another, which had my name on it close to shore and lumbering in the shallows.
Easy head shot. Sweet!


The bonus for the weekend was a phone call after dropping off a fish saying I had won the raffle for the holiday weekend. 
I went back and found I had won a Muzzy Envy bow!


If your not into bowfishing. You can bring up your pole. You can catch the carp either way. In fact I was up there the following weekend and the day after the spawn the carp were apparently hungry. I saw a guy pull one in less than 5 minutes after throwing in a night crawler.
I was under the impression they didn't eat while spawning but apparently some carp were done and on the chew.
I just thought I'd throw it out there if you want to clean up the lake using poles. Corn doughballs as chum work great to attract a bunch of them.

- Keith

[Latimeria]

Well done boss.  I love catching them but never tried bowfishing in general.  Love the reports and keep them coming!