‘The most worthless of all fish’ survey results posted by Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

‘The most worthless of all fish’ survey results posted by Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

Source: ksn

11/25/2022

The results of a common carp survey sent out to Kansas anglers are in.

Kansas anglers were asked by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks to answer several questions related to common carp in a recent survey. The results were released in a KDWP newsletter by Fisheries Biologist Nick Kramer, which shows that opinions on the carp may be changing in the sunflower state.

Common carp were first introduced to Kansas in June 1878, according to the KDWP. At the time, carp were favorites for Kansas anglers, but opinion shifted when then-State Fish Commissioner J.W. Shults said carp were “the most worthless of all fish for table use” and that “it was a great mistake that they were ever planted on this continent.”