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Silver carp. 

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Looks like a silver carp.

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Are carp known to "slap" at baits with their bodies like catfish can do? I went to a neighborhood pond last night and caught two big carp, but ended up snapping both. One on the tail and one in the middle of the back. Weird.

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It is a silver carp. It is one of the fish that is often classified with grass carp, bighead carp, and a few others as the invasive Asian carp. Asian carp are a group of fishes rather than just one species. 

On 5/25/2020 at 8:48 PM, Hewhospeaksmuchbull said:

Is there a difference between Silver carp and white amur?

Yes. They're different species silver carp are Hypophthalmichthys molitrix while white amur (also known as grass carp) are Ctenopharyngodon idella. They're actually not even that closely related. 

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On 5/25/2020 at 5:03 PM, pauldconyers said:

Are carp known to "slap" at baits with their bodies like catfish can do? I went to a neighborhood pond last night and caught two big carp, but ended up snapping both. One on the tail and one in the middle of the back. Weird.

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You need to let Missouri Conservation know where you caught that Silver carp if it was in a pond unless it's attached to a stream or river that already has them also.

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7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

You need to let Missouri Conservation know where you caught that Silver carp if it was in a pond unless it's attached to a stream or river that already has them also.

Do they have *jurisdiction" over a private neighborhood pond?

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