The ‘dirty secret’ about how a North Carolina business is taking carp out of the Seneca River for profit 
By David Figura US Source: syracuse 6/2/2021
David Figura
(Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly noted that Tony Crawford owns Midway Lakes in Kings Mountain, N.C. He actually only owns Midway Lakes II and the story has been updated to reflect that.)

BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. – It’s a “dirty secret” that has created controversy on the competitive, catch-and-release carp fishing scene in Upstate New York, prompting one state lawmaker to recently draft legislation to address it.
 

And it could possibly be a factor in whether the World Carp Fishing Championships on the Seneca River, scheduled for 2023, will go on as planned.

It’s about the owner of a “pay lake” business in North Carolina coming up several times each year to the Seneca River in Onondaga County – particularly after the Wild Carp Classic each spring – to catch carp that he uses to stock in his pay lake. A pay lake is a business where anglers pay to fish and compete for hourly and daily cash prizes.

 
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