Hello all. Does the carp spawn effect spawning bass? Everywhere I go shallow in my home reservoir I see carp busting. Any thoughts?

I would not think so. Most of the bass are long gone when they move in. At least that is the case down south.

Im not sure but the presence of carp has never been a good sign when Im fishing.  I have never caught a bass when a carp is close by meaning 10 feet or less.  Just seems weird.

The bass are on bed here in Tennessee right now.  The carp were spawning here about a week and a half ago.  I noticed a lot of bass were staging in the same area as the carp were spawning then.  But the bass here are bedded deeper than the carp were.  I don't know if that helps you at all or not.  I can also tell you that I caught a couple of small bucks in the area of the spawning carp, but neither of them were keepers, and I didn't see any large bass in the area.  I can't say for sure if the spawning carp effected the bass fishing in any way, but there were definitely a few small ones in the area...