http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/showthread.php?t=22106

On the only pond where I've seen these huge fish, the grass carp are very skittish. Maybe a mulberry feast overrides the fear factor.

yeah, saw it the other day. I wish I knew of a pond with that many and that eager.

Interesting article on these fish: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Nature-Community/1980-05-01/Weed-Eating-Fish.aspx. Sample:

Very cool!

If you are on a pond where you know they are present and you want to catch one, create your own "mulberry feast" by using something like fish pellets, wild grapes, other wild fruit/berries, range cubes, cottonseed meal, etc.. When you get them into a feeding frenzy, they very often will take flies...but in my experience, the fly has to be placed right on their nose. They won't make any effort to chase down a fly or anything else.

They really are not that difficult to hook(landing is a different story) if you get them feeding and distracted....low sun angles helps also.

I agree they are excellent eating....and without doubt a worthy adversery in a pond.

Here's one I caught a few days ago on a fly and posted here.

Catching one that size on a flyrod has got to be a kick in the pants!!! Boy would I like to try that!

I used to work very near a pond full of grass carp. I went over there every day at lunch for about two weeks and threw out about a quart's worth of dog food pellets on the surface. Those fish never did eat that dog food.

I wish I could figure out how they're so "easy" and "predictable" and "trainable" like everyone else, I'm not worthy!!!!!!!