What the hell do carp even want??
May 3, 2021 07:39:52 #
Grizzly 17
Loc: South central Pa
If they are spawning they won't take your bait. I've seem it many times put it in the middle of a 100 no takers. I think if you'd drop it in their mouth they'd spit it out. 👍👍
May 3, 2021 09:41:09 #
Frank romero
Loc: Clovis, NM
FS Digest wrote:
I was fishing at my usual spot and there were GIGANTIC carp writing right at my feet but no matter what I dropped they wouldn’t bite! How do I get one, is there any lure they fancy?
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I took kids fishing and gave them a can of corn. They got to rough housing and spilled half a can in the water. Afterwards they would put 1 kernel of corn on hook and caught a whole bunch of them.
May 3, 2021 12:37:07 #
Chumming with corn is illegal in some states....guess just for that reason....its very effective.
May 3, 2021 12:38:30 #
Grizzly 17 wrote:
If they are spawning they won't take your bait. I've seem it many times put it in the middle of a 100 no takers. I think if you'd drop it in their mouth they'd spit it out. 👍👍
Oh man, there’s a softball lobbed over the middle of the plate....my original response was sending us all to the attic in about 7 seconds.
May 3, 2021 14:17:52 #
Canned corn. Put some on a small hook , sprinkle some around it in the water, not too much just enough for them to smell it and come looking and tasting but not so much that they’ll eat every bit except what’s on your hook. Hold on to your rod people I know have lost rods doing this.
May 3, 2021 14:23:23 #
FS Digest wrote:
I was fishing at my usual spot and there were GIGANTIC carp writing right at my feet but no matter what I dropped they wouldn’t bite! How do I get one, is there any lure they fancy?
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My father in law soaks cheerios in strawberry or grape soda then balls up the cheerios in balls about the size of marbles and most of the time has a lot of fun catching!By the way ,it's usually in canals here in central Ca.
May 3, 2021 14:35:04 #
May 3, 2021 14:48:37 #
May 3, 2021 15:15:30 #
primitive
Loc: Davenport, Ia.
Carp always congregate around sewer outlets. I can tell you what bait to use but you aint gonna like it.
May 3, 2021 15:22:25 #
CRKfish wrote:
Canned corn. Put some on a small hook , sprinkle some around it in the water, not too much just enough for them to smell it and come looking and tasting but not so much that they’ll eat every bit except what’s on your hook. Hold on to your rod people I know have lost rods doing this.
And.....if you cant find a can of friggin corn anywhere in your neighborhood....don’t worry...there’s always artificial alternatives.
May 3, 2021 15:22:42 #
Danger25 wrote:
And.....if you cant find a can of friggin corn anywhere in your neighborhood....don’t worry...there’s always artificial alternatives.
May 3, 2021 15:53:18 #
Frank romero wrote:
I took kids fishing and gave them a can of corn. They got to rough housing and spilled half a can in the water. Afterwards they would put 1 kernel of corn on hook and caught a whole bunch of them.
Hello Frank: I have to agree with other posts here about using corn for carp. When much, much younger I grew up outside Stockton, Calif close to a canal with carp (within walking distance). One day could hear a funny sucking noise in the water but couldn't determine the source, until I saw the carp ~ sucking on a used corn cob floating in the water.
May 3, 2021 15:58:57 #
I thought it was the #1 rule of fishing: IF you can see them, they can see you.
May 3, 2021 16:01:41 #
primitive wrote:
Carp always congregate around sewer outlets. I can tell you what bait to use but you aint gonna like it.
We have some in our lakes below runoff of Sierra Nevada's,,pretty sure they are not congregating around sewers here where i live,,,,,fun to catch and they eat alot of algae,,,,
May 3, 2021 16:19:42 #
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