Michael White, Jr., strains to hold his 70-pound Alabama record grass carp caught on April 12, 1999, from Lake Martin.

 
Dr. Rob Angus shows a grass carp he landed using fly and fly rod on April 28, 2006.

Samuel Gothard shot this 65 pound grass carp at Lay Lake in August of 2008. Here is his account of what happened: “We had been at it for about 4 or 5 hours when I saw something moving through the grass. This thing was so big that all I could see was the grass parting on either side of it. I raised up my bow and then pow – I shot and I got him. Boy, he was a hard one to reel in – I actually had to have three others to shoot arrows into him and it took almost all of us to wrestle him up into the boat. I was so excited – I haven’t been bow fishing long but from the first time I went I knew it was for me; it just makes my heart pound ninety to nothing. It is such an adrenaline rush to love a sport like this one. It is somewhat different than normal fishing, but it is just awesome to be out on the water late at night with the lights shining down into the water. It is so much fun that I hardly ever pick up a rod and reel anymore. This is my natural high – no need for drugs when you are involved in sports such as bow fishing.”

The grass carp was caught by Blake Beddingfield with a worm in Stonegate Farms Lake in Shelby County. The fish was released after it was caught, even though their flesh is considered excellent once the small bones are removed.

Brett caught this grass carp from Madison County Lake in March of 2007.