I fish for all kinds of stuff!!!I do like to carp, but I use my big river catfish gear. The carp I have caught on lighter gear tend to get tangled in structure and break off. Those things are brutes! I use a 8' MH Uglystik with a 3500 Shimano Baitrunner reel. One of my local lakes is prime carp water. I prefer angling for them, but I see guys out there bow fishing allot too.We are in the sucker run right now, carp start a little later in the year. The suckers don't get nearly as large as a carp, but there are allot of them!