A commercial fisherman working on the Illinois River near Morris netted one of the largest bighead carp ever recorded on June 14. The giant carp weighed 109 pounds, according to the Illinois River ...

An angler from the UK caught a “proper lump” of a common carp on a recent trip to Hungary. Weighing 105.4 pounds, the obscenely fat carp stands to break a world record, according to the managers of ...

No one saw a Mekong giant salmon carp for 15 years, but then the species was spotted in areas of Cambodia that suggest it may be found in more locations. By Rachel Nuwer The Mekong giant salmon carp ...

TANSOR, England -- In the land of Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie, it has fallen to a taxidermist to uncover whether foul play is to blame for the corpse found floating in a lake here late last ...

Passion drives fisherman's quest for big fish, which he never eats. PARIS, Sept. 20, 2010— -- Frenchman Raphael Biagini is not your typical fisherman. At 30, he has a passion for big fish, very ...

A fisherman from the U.K. caught a massive carp that looked like an irregularly sized goldfish in a lake in France earlier this month. The bright orange fish weighed in at 67.4 lbs and was ...

BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (Gray News) - An angler in Maryland broke a record that stood for 44 years after catching a giant carp in the area of Chesapeake Bay. Logan Kurhmann, 24, snagged a common carp on ...

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A Maryland angler has broken a 44-year-old record after catching a giant carp while fishing on the shores of Chesapeake Bay. Essex-resident Logan Kurhmann, 24, snagged a common carp (Cyprinus carpio) ...

Marcy Poplett has a whopper of a fish tale. In the fall, the 35-year-old from Peoria, Ill., took her Jet Ski out on the Illinois River. As she cruised along, a 10-pound Asian carp jumped out of the ...

Fishermen in Tansor, England, are mourning the passing of a legendary 64-pound carp, named Benson, known to roam the waters of Bluebell Lakes. The cause of death had been a mystery, but a taxidermist ...