Sean Manning admits the growth of his group, the American Carp Society, was slow to start. Founded in 2002 with concentrations of membership in California, Texas and New York, the group now has members in nearly every state along with a significant foreign membership.
Little wonder the rest of the world is interested in American carp angling. From eastern Europe to China, sport anglers pursue carp with the sort of intensity that their countrymen reserve for soccer. These international advocates have been mystified that the sport—or species—hasn’t taken hold in the U.S., which arguably has some of the world’s best carp waters and abundant public fishing access.
Manning hopes to change that by rehabilitating the image of the common carp, a non-native species
