We don't supply carp during the hot summer months, but you can still complete your permit application and submit it, and we will then add you to the top of the list for supplying them in the fall.  We can stock from late september through early november.

I will have carp available Thursday and Friday of this week.  This will be the last shipments before closing down for the hot summer months. 

If you have an order pending, I will email you times and locations where I will be on Thursday and Friday.  If you are meeting me on my Thursday route through warrenton, charlottesville, Richmond, and fredericksburg, you will need to get back to me that you will meet me so I know how many fish to put on the truck.  If you didn't put your email address on your permit, I will call you. 

 If picking your fish up at my place in Fairfax, Thursday between 6 and 8 PM will be best, and I will have hours there Firday morning through 1PM.

If you can't make those times, please call and make other arrangements.  It will be important to get the fish in your ponds very soon because I can't hold them indefinately in my tanks during hot weather. 

 

I have been trying to get a shipment in from my supplier and the associated trucking company.  The next date I have a possibility of getting them is July 6.  We can’t handle carp when it’s too hot, as the water holds less oxygen and the carp are weakened by water conditions and the stress of transportation.  We are subject to the weather both here in Virginia and in Arkansas where the fish are raised.  If it gets too hot to handle carp, I will have to wait until after September 20 to provide them to customers.   I will post again next Saturday to let you know if they are expected to be shipped and when you can get them.

 

WE COMPLETED the first shipment to customers who got early permits this week but quickly sold out.  Next shipment is May 4th. We will call or email customers next on the list.  Thanks!  The fish look great, as usual.!

Grass carp are hardy in the winter.  They have no problem surviving under a foot of ice as long as the pond is over 4-6 feet deep.  They over winter well even in the northern states where I used to sell them from our original hatchery location in Ashford Connecticut.  Carp will not eat much during the winter.  It is helpful when they fatten up prior to November when their weed consumption slows.  The fat stores will get them though the cold months until the water temperature warms up to 50 degrees or more and they start to eat again.   You probably wont see the fish much in the winter, but having them in your ponds when the weeds start to grow is a great benefit. 

With the temperatures dropping, we will be finishing up pending orders and selling our last carp.  It's still a great time to stock, or you can decide to wait until next spring.  Please call or email czulick@verizon.net to see if we have carp remaining.

We are working on our backlog of orders after a long hot summer.  This week we get more carp and will be filling orders.  We will likely get one more shipment before we sell our final orders in late November.

THe weather is too hot to handle carp now, so we have closed down operations and will reopen the third week of September when it is cooler.  We will continune to answer inquiries emailed to us through this site.

Due to the hot weather, we will be suspending deliveries and pickups this weekend as predicted.  I still have a few fish left, but once gone, we will not resume until the third week of September.  Have a great summer and feel free to contact me, we are open just not handling carp over the hot months.

With the weather getting hot, pond and air temps are not conducive to transporting and handling grass carp.  The metabolism of carp is very high in warm weather and they have to eat a lot each day.  The main issues are that warm water doesn't hold oxygen as well as cold water, and their high activity in a holding tank is detrimental. 

 We have about 75 carp on hand, and when these are sold, we will wind down for the summer and reopen in late September.

 If you have a large order (100- 200 head or more) and can take a shipment directly without our holding them in our fish barn for long, we might be able to accomodate you.

This has been a really busy spring srocking season.  I got a beautiful shipment of 10-14 inch fish in.  Thanks to Shirl Dressler at VA DGIF, your permits are processed quickly and efficiently.  She's great to work with.  Get your permit in right away because with the weather changing here and across the south, I may have to curtail shipments and pickups by the 3rd week in June.  Yesterday i delivered to Richmond and ponds were as hot as 92 degrees!  Weeds love that and fish grow quickly.  If you miss the spring, we will resume in late September.

Our latest stocking was at one of Virginias largest lakes- Lake Anna which straddles 3 VA counties.  Thanks Lake Management Association for being our latesst and largest customer!

We have started our spring season and the carp are in great shape.  Not to mention the fact athat they are hungry!  We will be stocking fish through the week, so please call or email to set up a time for delivery or pickup. 

Remember to evaluate and clean your screens/fish barriers on the inlets and outlets. 

When you pick up your fish in Fairfax, we prefer for you to bring a medium size ice checst (empty) that we can put a 28  inch bag into laying down on its side.

As the weather has cooled, I have 10-12 inch fish on hand for pickup or delivery.  We will likely be done for the season by November 20.  Pleae call for an appointment 703-648-0299.

We guarantee our fish for 5 days in your pond when the fish are stocked by us or handled and released by customers according to our specific instructions. 

We are not aware of any other company that has this type of guarantee. 

It's very rare for us to have to replace or refund however, because we only sell healthy fish, and we are among the best in the business at understanding what it takes to handle and transport stock.  We take the time and effort necessary to properly inspect, sort, count, package, acclimate, and not overload during holding or transportation, even though it costs us more.  We think that keeping our customers satisfied makes this worth it!