Carp question

[Albiesickness]

This cape cod guy finds himself dog sitting for his parents while they are on vacation...and out of his element.

Big carp at a local lake in wakefield ma. any ideas for catching them???? Open to anything!!!

[albacized]

From the files of 'I kid you not', I was fishing the Charles River in Watertown Sq looking for stripers. One of the fellow fisherman was using a 6" pearl Sluggo and caught a carp...and it wasn't foul hooked....


But to answer your question, trying chumming some bread around-sweetened bread such as pepperage(sp) farm cinnimon bread is even better imho-and have a baited hook out there. Personally, I don't even throw out until I see the carp-but that's just me.

[albacized]

Albie fillets also work-I bet they like albie sushi better than you did last year....(just kidding (#$119) )

[Albiesickness]

Albie fillets also work-I bet they like albie sushi better than you did last year....(just kidding (#$119) )

won't make that mistake twice!

[DAQ]

You can also try chumming with corn or baked beans. If the water is still you can use cereal like cherios or something sweetened.

D

[PJT]

Believe it or not but a Mc'D french fry works great. It HAS to be Mc'D just any old french fry doesn't work as well. Thread a couple of nice fries on a hook and send it out with just enough weight to keep it on the bottom. Just like fishing eels, let the carp run with it and count to 5 or wait for the second run and slam it back just like Roland, "Awww.. son", Martin.

That has worked for me more than I care to embarassingly disclose.

[Slappy]

All the recommendations above will work.

Bread and corn are easiest to use. The key to catching a bunch of fish is chumming, and if you can chum them in close you can sight cast to them with bread, corn or flies. They don't hit artificials very well, but they will do it at times. Tube jigs catch frequently, carp often eat small fish and insects/crayfish.

Google "hair rig"

Hair rigs are a very effective way of catching carp and hook them in the lips like a circle hook.

Handle them with care, carp are a precious resource that can't be wasted!

[peterjay]

A friend of mine in Idaho told me he liked to chum for Snake River carp with popcorn and catch them on white poppers - no reason to doubt him, as he seemed relatively sane the rest of the time

[confluential]

I've seen the fish you're talking about ... enjoy some of the fine views around that lake in the afternoons ...

[NatickDave]

Carp fishing is the preferred form of distraction for many fly-fishing guides out west...after guiding sports on trout waters all day, the complete 180-degree turn towards carp is, apparently, quite refreshing. And they are supposed to be mighty foes to have on the end of a 5 wt fly rod.

ND

[titleguy]

Would that be Lake Quannapolluted? Yes indeed, some fine scenery in beautiful Wakefield, at times. :brow

[Albiesickness]

I've seen the fish you're talking about ... enjoy some of the fine views around that lake in the afternoons ...

Yes...Pretty Girls at the lake!

But based on the advice here...I'll be the guy throwing corn, bread, cereal and with a couple of bags of MacDonald's fries...I'm not likely to attract more than carp and fat girls!

[Go Fish]

When I lived in WY we used to target them in the shallows of big reserviors. They were refered to as "Rocky Mountian Bone Fish". It is a blast to pole around in a jon boat and sight cast to mudding carp. They act just like bones, puffing up mud in search of insects and small crayfish. The fly of choice was any heavily weighted darkly, colored nymph that was presented in front of the fish, allowed to sink to the bottom and barely twiched. If the fish picked up the vibrations without getting spooked (which is a trick) it would grab the fly and the fight was ON. A 15 lb carp on a 6 wt is a blast.

Top water was great when the cotton wood trees were going to seed. The carp would much the white puff balls off the surface. The "fly" to use is heavily hackled with white neck hackle, the shank is wraped with white thread with a black portion just before the bend to look like a seed. It floats straight up and down in the water and looks just like a cotton wood seed.

Carp are a blast!

[michaeld]

My son loves to carp fish. It's simple, relaxing, they get big and pull hard.
Just bring along a couple cans of whole corn, chum the water with a few handfuls, two kernels on a #8 hook, small split shot, cast to the chum spread and wait. Bubbles are a clue to get ready. After catching re-chum.
Remember to leave your bail open or your going to loose your rig.