Common carp: Caught 5 and 3 lb common carp with ShopRite canned whole kernel corn on a long shank #4 gold hook and 4 lb test line during an algae bloom and rain storm in 94 degrees...

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Caught 5 and 3 lb common carp with ShopRite canned whole kernel corn on a long shank #4 gold hook and 4 lb test line during an algae bloom and rain storm in 94 degrees Robert G Martin Lake this evening. Both fish fought hard. It rained the past three evenings while I was fishing. Landed 41 carp this year. A shorebird was in my spot when I arrived. Fall migration has begun.

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

NJ219bands wrote:

Caught 5 and 3 lb common carp with ShopRite canned whole kernel corn on a long shank #4 gold hook and 4 lb test line during an algae bloom and rain storm in 94 degrees Robert G Martin Lake this evening. Both fish fought hard. It rained the past three evenings while I was fishing. Landed 41 carp this year. A shorebird was in my spot when I arrived. Fall migration has begun.

Nice!👍

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

NJ219bands wrote:

Caught 5 and 3 lb common carp with ShopRite canned whole kernel corn on a long shank #4 gold hook and 4 lb test line during an algae bloom and rain storm in 94 degrees Robert G Martin Lake this evening. Both fish fought hard. It rained the past three evenings while I was fishing. Landed 41 carp this year. A shorebird was in my spot when I arrived. Fall migration has begun.

Nice NJ, they had to be a blast on ultralight tackle.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

NJ219bands wrote:

Caught 5 and 3 lb common carp with ShopRite canned whole kernel corn on a long shank #4 gold hook and 4 lb test line during an algae bloom and rain storm in 94 degrees Robert G Martin Lake this evening. Both fish fought hard. It rained the past three evenings while I was fishing. Landed 41 carp this year. A shorebird was in my spot when I arrived. Fall migration has begun.

Nice job 219. Must have been a fun fight. Thanks for the pictures

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Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

NJ219bands wrote:

Caught 5 and 3 lb common carp with ShopRite canned whole kernel corn on a long shank #4 gold hook and 4 lb test line during an algae bloom and rain storm in 94 degrees Robert G Martin Lake this evening. Both fish fought hard. It rained the past three evenings while I was fishing. Landed 41 carp this year. A shorebird was in my spot when I arrived. Fall migration has begun.

Nice job. Who got the most fish? You or the bird?

fishyaker Loc: NW Michigan (Lower Peninsula)

Very nice! Definitely a great fighter!

I took a shoreline paddle in my kayak yesterday and noticed numerous hefty sized carp hanging in very shallow water (3' to 6'). I did not have a rod with me but it gives me the idea of going back with some bait under a bobber and just parking out offshore awaiting a passerby!

Thanks for your story and great photos!

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Gordon wrote:

Nice job. Who got the most fish? You or the bird?

I think that the flock of 4 great blue heron caught the most fish 🐟 but I won the pool.

Huntm22 Loc: Northern Utah. - West Haven

NJ219bands wrote:

Caught 5 and 3 lb common carp with ShopRite canned whole kernel corn on a long shank #4 gold hook and 4 lb test line during an algae bloom and rain storm in 94 degrees Robert G Martin Lake this evening. Both fish fought hard. It rained the past three evenings while I was fishing. Landed 41 carp this year. A shorebird was in my spot when I arrived. Fall migration has begun.

👍👍

Papa Jack Loc: Indianapolis

NJ219bands wrote:

Caught 5 and 3 lb common carp with ShopRite canned whole kernel corn on a long shank #4 gold hook and 4 lb test line during an algae bloom and rain storm in 94 degrees Robert G Martin Lake this evening. Both fish fought hard. It rained the past three evenings while I was fishing. Landed 41 carp this year. A shorebird was in my spot when I arrived. Fall migration has begun.

Well done!

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

Don't forget that fried carp roe is outstanding.

hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

NJ219bands wrote:

Caught 5 and 3 lb common carp with ShopRite canned whole kernel corn on a long shank #4 gold hook and 4 lb test line during an algae bloom and rain storm in 94 degrees Robert G Martin Lake this evening. Both fish fought hard. It rained the past three evenings while I was fishing. Landed 41 carp this year. A shorebird was in my spot when I arrived. Fall migration has begun.

NJ, They’re fun to catch I guess, but they be ugly as hell, so to speak.
Hack 🇺🇸🇺🇦🍺

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

NJ219bands wrote:

Caught 5 and 3 lb common carp with ShopRite canned whole kernel corn on a long shank #4 gold hook and 4 lb test line during an algae bloom and rain storm in 94 degrees Robert G Martin Lake this evening. Both fish fought hard. It rained the past three evenings while I was fishing. Landed 41 carp this year. A shorebird was in my spot when I arrived. Fall migration has begun.

That is some fishing bring those in on 4 lb line, you really need to know what you are doing, tons of fun. I use feed corn that I boil to soften it up some stays on the hook a lot better. I am ashamed to tell you but I use 30lb braid and 17 lb. leader on my carp. Thanks for the picks

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

hacksaw wrote:

NJ, They’re fun to catch I guess, but they be ugly as hell, so to speak.
Hack 🇺🇸🇺🇦🍺

I can't say much for the looks of a bone fish, and a tarpon is just an uneatable giant herring. people use colorful carp (coy) to decorate their high budget mansions. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I personally think Jackson Pollock and Gauguin paintings suck. I am millions of dollars of the mark, but what do I know

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

hacksaw wrote:

NJ, They’re fun to catch I guess, but they be ugly as hell, so to speak.
Hack 🇺🇸🇺🇦🍺

Hack, carp are not ugly you need to look at them through the fishes eyes,

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

hacksaw wrote:

NJ, They’re fun to catch I guess, but they be ugly as hell, so to speak.
Hack 🇺🇸🇺🇦🍺

Do you have any idea how many millions of dollars are spent by women on Botox to have puffed lips like that? With enough feedback, maybe we can convince you that carp are just plain HOT