Carp slapping boats in Marina

[FastFred]

In all the years of boating I've never heard of carp slapping a boat before this year. Egads we are tired of it, they hit mostly at night and it sounds like a hammer hitting the boat :smt021.

We are looking for solutions, but upon research using M80's does nothing, spear fishing is not too practical, fishing in general is a pain as once you catch something then how to get rid of it, carp do not cook well at all. The wife has said we are not coming back unless something is done. I do have ideas, no not hooking up a electrical cord either, I do not need law suits for doing someone or something in but hesitate to act with my ideas as to the laws involved. Need ideas, good ones and soon!

 

[gerryb]

ideas...ideas... Ok here's one... line-up a series of 8" fenders on a line and string it up alongside the port and starboard sides of the boat. If you can find thick, round stryofoam that would be even better (think industrial sized noodles).

 

[Xplicitlnck]

I saw this on tv once. 2 car batteries inn series 2 big wrenches attached. And drop it in the water..

 

[moparlvr4406]

serious solution...
you may have electrical current in the water from the marina's shore power system
carp are extremely sensitive to this and if they come near the top and get the shock they will
try to jump out of the water.
I worked for the IDNR years ago and on shock surveys after dark I would sometimes wear a hard hat
a 30lb fish 6 feet in the air REALLY hurts when you don't see it coming

 

[Jimmy Buoy]

We have carp do that in our marina but only in the early spring when they are spawning.

 

[Summer Fun II]

We got put in the pontoon basin the first year we were at the marina.

You wanna talk about noise !! them nasty carps love banging against all them aluminum toons.

It sounded like bombs going off at all hours of the day & night. :smt021

 

[skolbe]

I only hear the carp in the morning. But we have them.

 

[kevsgone]

We have them at our marina and the only thing that seems to be truly effective as well as safe is creating a current. If you install one of the propeller driven "anti freeze" systems for northern based slips it creates enough turbulence that they don't like it and move on to someone else boat.

 

[Larry&Leisa]

Thanks for that kev... We have them as well. My neighbor poured a bottle of bleach around his houseboat one night. Lol worked for awhile....

 

[JV II]

Thanks for that kev... We have them as well. My neighbor poured a bottle of bleach around his houseboat one night. Lol worked for awhile....

Hmm. Bottle of bleach on a string in the water. A pin hole or two in the bottle.
A bottle of pool chlorine tabs with pin holes on a string.

 

[dpvandy01]

We have them as well and they are new this year. The only thing that works for me is pulling the boat and cleaning the bottom. They are slapping to loosen the algae to eat. Rove the algae and the buffet is closed.

 

[matthewmiller01]

At our marina, the carp aren't "slapping", they are sucking. The lips are hitting the floats on our (floating) marina. We don't hear them eating the algae off the boat hulls that much. Do they really slap?

 

[Pyrojodge]

Oh Yes, The smack into the hull of the boat. They have got me out of a cabin on more then one occasion thinking that someone hit my boat. They really sound like the are going to come through the fiberglass. The floating docks sway back and forth they hit them with so much force. They are definitely a PITA!

Mike,

We could always do this!!!
[video=youtube;Yhfd9dIkXEk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhfd9dIkXEk[/video]

 

[Summer Fun II]

The carp I'm talking about are 3 to 4ft long. :wow:.

Here's the Oneida Lake carp. :smt021

 

[FastFred]

Thanks for replys, I'm going to try the Bleach bottle first, cheap to do, at least once. The other approach was to fix a carp dinner, mainly a "dough" ball of corn meal, corn, wheaties and Decon!!! Lots of Decon :smt038 Lets see what works. After this if nothing works, I pulling out the guns, start with the AR, moving on to the 50 cal. pistol, then the Mosberg, thats the Redneck coming out. Last resort is what Jason suggested, suiting up and running the boat around the Harbour and spearing them:thumbsup:

 

[Loneranger]

Sort of sad as my children feed floating catfish food to them off my dock to attract them. They are fun to catch.

John

 

[moparlvr4406]

here is how I take care of them...

 

[Island Express]

I have had this happen many times on my old well st tropez. I cant explain why but all i would have to do is turn my blowers on and they were gone. not sure if they hummed loud and the hull was thin or what but it worked every time. not sure what i will do now with my new 390.

 

[slugo4449]

Those are nice looking carp. Thought I would give out the ol' family recipe for cooking carp.

Take a piece of cardboard and lay it on the counter,
Lay carp on top of cardboard and scrape off all scales and debri,
Make sure you have gutted the carp.
Take a large piece of aluminum foil and cover the carp and cardboard and put into a pre heated oven at 325.
Cook Carp for approx 3 minutes per pound.
Take your foiled wrapped carp out of the oven, open it up, throw the carp
away and eat the cardboard.

73,
Marty
KG6QKJ

 

[FastFred]

Quick update......they liked the Decon Rat poison, bleach did little other than cleaned my "whities". Next up is putting in some lines tied off the cletes with some real carp bait. Maybe just catching them is the answer. Here kitty kitty.......