Answer - Lucky enough for us bow fishermen... the US Fish Commission

in the late 1870s introduced Carp to our US waterways and from there

almost every state populated their water ways with carp

 via railway. History demonstrates that the federal and state governments

of the US undertook a HUGE effort to distibute carp to all of our waters

coast to coast in an effort that no other country has ever embarked on.

Fast forward to the future and god bless the DFG for regulating Common

carp as “rough fish” because of their disruptive feeding activity and invasive

reproductive abilities. Come to find out carp are an unwelcome invader.

Number 30 of 100 on the list of most invasive species other wise known

as Cyprinus Carpio. By uprooting plants and disturbing bottom sediments

they cause severe and significant habitat damage, to the detriment of

indigenous fish and other animals. Its grubbing behavior muddies the water,

reducing light penetration and thus inhibiting the productivity of submerged

plants. Their feeding behavior releases phosphorus normally locked up within

the bottom sediments, which may result in phytoplankton/ algae blooms.

The increased turbidity and reduces visibility, so it affects feeding by

sight-dependent fish, and limits their food availability because benthic

organisms are smothered by resettled sediment. Common carp dominate

water ways by reproducing and growing at an aggressive rate. Common

carp lay eggs at a rate of 500k to 2 million eggs per spawn and spawn

multiple times per season. They’re phenomenal growth rate crowds the

water ways for the native fish as well.So please don't stand bye when some

advocacy group pr PETA loving idiot wants to protect such an invasive species.

Go to the media, attend the meetings stop them before they destroy our American

heritage with carp sanctuaries and trophy carp waters.

Carp are not native to the United States and are considered an invasive species.

They cause significant environmental disruption, much to the detriment of native

 fish species. In most jurisdictions in the U.S. it is illegal to return a carp to the

water after you catch it, and state governments spend millions of dollars annually

in attempts to limit the spread of carp.

Statewide Bowfishing regulations for California inland waterways section 2.25.

Bow and arrow fishing is permitted only for the taking of carp, goldfish, western sucker,

Sacramento blackfish, hardhead, Sacramento pike minnow and lamprey, all year