Why is carp fishing so hard?
Sep 27, 2020 21:26:02 #
If you see someone fishing for carp here where I live you can bet it's going to be a Russian. And they use dough balls I don't know if they mix anything in with the dough, but I know they all catch carp.
Sep 27, 2020 22:09:46 #
Sep 27, 2020 22:29:20 #
Get old school
Get a box of wheaties
Soak a handful in the lake and kneed in your hands until it forms a firm ball
Pinch off a piece the size of a quarter and form on hook. Be sure hook point is covered.
Use a slip weight or very light split shot
Carp seem very skittish. If they see a hook or feel a weight, they will pass it by or drop the bait.
Have seen it a bunch.
You can chum the area surrounding your spot. Corn, dry dog food , more wheaties are some good chum
Get a box of wheaties
Soak a handful in the lake and kneed in your hands until it forms a firm ball
Pinch off a piece the size of a quarter and form on hook. Be sure hook point is covered.
Use a slip weight or very light split shot
Carp seem very skittish. If they see a hook or feel a weight, they will pass it by or drop the bait.
Have seen it a bunch.
You can chum the area surrounding your spot. Corn, dry dog food , more wheaties are some good chum
Sep 27, 2020 22:31:12 #
Sep 27, 2020 22:45:46 #
I carp fish a few times a year. Usually early morning before day break or an hour or 2 before sun set. I've used everything from a- z to catch them. It seems the best thing I've used for them are yellow corn meal mix and a plastic pc of corn on the hook. I use a running weight so they don't notice the weight and number one circle hook. And the other I use and has worked since I was a kid was night crawlers from my yard not store bought. If you really want to catch them , look up your local laws and see if you can chum for them. Go out every night for a week and chum a spot . on the 7th day fish the area . good luck and happy waiting.
Sep 27, 2020 23:15:28 #
Up here on the hill we fish for Carp with a bow and arrows. how many do you want???? We have tons of them in the Gorge.
Sep 27, 2020 23:33:50 #
Crab bait. Fertilizer. I wonder how the Bruce Gender Breakfast of Champions stays on hook and doesn't just dissolve off the hook.
Sep 27, 2020 23:52:44 #
carp are fun to catch papa. try this sty, use a carolina rig with a foot between hook and weight, use frozen chopped spinach (thawed ) and Wheaties cereal. make a stiff dough and use a 1" ball packed around hook. i have caught them with a tube or jig also worked slowly on the bottom when i see mud trails
Sep 28, 2020 05:58:36 #
PapaJ wrote:
I'm not trying to be rude and REALLY don't want to offend. I just have to ask, "Why would anyone fish for carp?" Tell me what I'm missing, please.
One hell of a fighting fish . Took me two years to catch 100 on a fly rod .
Sep 28, 2020 08:19:32 #
Thefinder
Loc: Western Massachusetts
Gummie bears work well.They split into three equal pieces.River carp are far better fighters than pond carp,I started carp fishing three years ago and fish for nothing else now.
Hook into a 20 pounder and hang on!
GOD Bless
Chris
Hook into a 20 pounder and hang on!
GOD Bless
Chris
Sep 28, 2020 09:06:16 #
alp
Loc: Arlington,NE
When I was much younger I fished for carp. It took a lot of patience. I used strawberry-banana dough ball. There are recipes on the web. I used a small treble hook which held the bait on the hook. As a carp feeds it sucks on the bait. The line will go in and out slowly and usually at some point the carp will run with the bait. I used very little weight usually none. As a young boy hooking into a carp was a lot of fun. You learn how to play a fish and carp will make a couple of runs. I don't eat carp but when properly scored and covered with your favorite fish flour then deep fat fried (not pan fried) many say it isn't bad at all. As a Nebraska native the place in Omaha is called Joe Tesse's. Carp and catfish are their specialties.
Sep 28, 2020 11:12:24 #
1steeler
Loc: NW Missouri
Whole kernel corn or a dough ball made with corn meal , strawberry extract and a little water , used to catch all kinds of carp on those 2 , as far as eating them goes I don’t mind the taste it’s just all the tiny bones that you find , people say if you score them then deep fry them you cook out all the little bones , i guess I have never met anybody that knows how to score them correctly consistently.
Sep 28, 2020 11:22:21 #
FS Digest wrote:
I’ve been trying at carp for the past 4-5 months. Every 2 to 3 weeks I would try for them. I have a method feeder, tried to use a hair rig, tried the panko jello mix, and the oatmeal one. All I have gotten is a turtle. Any good methods or rigs that don’t cost a bunch of money and I don’t have to import from Europe?
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Well there’s a bunch of ideas for ya. I catch several, on accident using night crawlers on the bottom in the river.
Sep 28, 2020 12:15:59 #
Rayz
Loc: North West N.J. and South Hero Vt.
Real hard fighters and usually plentiful. I caught a lot in the Passic river in NJ. Simple and cheap tackle too.
Sep 28, 2020 12:20:24 #
Thefinder
Loc: Western Massachusetts
Rayz wrote:
Real hard fighters and usually plentiful. I caught a lot in the Passic river in NJ. Simple and cheap tackle too.
I have never caught a freshwater fish that fights as fierce.I fish for the fight,and boy do they give it.
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