Popularity of Bass, Catfish and Carp Fishing

I see various social media posts from time to time questioning the lack of respect carp fishing receives as compared to other forms of fishing like bass and catfish.

Growing up in a state with a plethora of professional bass fishermen, I sat next to a future Bassmasters Classic champion in high school history class.

I knew bass fishing was popular and only started carp fishing seriously 6 years ago. But for those who haven't researched just how much more popular bass and catfish are compared to carp, here's a graphic that may help courtesy of NeilPatel.com.

Bass fishing is 10 times more popular in web searches than carp. Catfish are 7 times more popular than carp for web searches. 

Carp vendors focusing on carp products alone are facing some high hurdles. Money for promoting carp fishing pales in comparison to bass and catfish which both have professional tournament series.

How do we change it?

• Talk to people about carp fishing
• Let a passer by reel in a carp
• Let a kid take a photo holding a carp
• Be an ambassador for carp fishing
• Take a kid carp fishing
• Invite a friend to go carp fishing
• Invite a bass fisherman to go carp fishing
• Invite a catfish fisherman to go carp fishing
• Be a good steward of the shoreline, pier, park
• Don't leave personal trash on the bank
• Use good fish care when sharing pictures
• Post photos on your social media pages
• Don't refer to carp as "trash" fish
• Don't apologize for catching carp
• Be a proud carp fisherman 
• Talk about carp fishing with confidence