Quit Carping and Go Catch Some (or at least leave alone those who do).
Carp my friends are not your enemy, but ignorance may be and I‘ll explain why, beginning with a little history about Cyprinus carpie, AKA, the common carp, which includes two much less common forms – mirror carp and leather carp.
According to McClane’s New Standard Fishing Encyclopedia which is a terrific reference book for your book shelf if you don’t already have one, the carp which is indigenous to Asia, was mentioned by Aristotle in 350 B.C., reached Europe around 1450 and North America in 1876, after which it was widely distributed by the United States Fish Commission along with numerous other species.
