I have noticed on the Internet that the UK/ European countries take carp fishing almost as serious as we do bass fishing. Yet, Americans think carp fishing is a joke our trash fish. I’ve fished for every fish before, catfish, carp, bass, panfish, walleye, but carp are the hardest fighting of any of those, yet they get little respect? They’re not nasty little things that just dirty up the water, they’re my favorite sport fish! At second I would put catfish. I just don’t like it, in bass fishing you’re continuously moving throwing a lure here and there and reeling, jigging, popping. I’d rather get some dough ball with 3 rods and lay them out while I’m enjoying myself and often wondered why carp are not considered sports fish in the US?