Carp-e diem! During standardized spring largemouth bass sampling on Lake Talquin, our biologists shocked a "state record" 35-pound common carp. There is no state record for this species and 35 pounds is the minimum to qualify for a record. An uncertified carp (40.56 pounds) was caught in 1981 in the Apalachicola River, and there have been big carp sampled in Lake Talquin but none as big as this fish. In Florida, the common carp occurs only in the Apalachicola and Ochlockonee river systems in a variety of habitats. Learn more about the
common carp.
