common carp are not native to our area; they introduced into Amrica from Asia as a food sorce.Unfortunately, carp hurt our native fish species by uprooting plants, disturbing the bottom, and eating fish egg.Beside fish egg, carp eat algae, other water plante, insects, earthworms, aquatic worms, snails, mussels, crayfish, and rotifers.They also eat old dead plant part ftrm the bottom.common carp swim along the bottom, suking up mud and food items. They spit out the stuff they don"t eat.carp are most active in early morning and evening.common carp spawn (breed) in weedy areas.