very nice mark, i take it you got a scale now eh?
im gonna upload the one i pulled out of Elm Bank Saturday
http://www.mafishfinder.com/view_photo_details.php?id=24911&pid=0
My 13yr old nephew took this pic so thats why its blurry LOL
im gonna upload the one i pulled out of Elm Bank Saturday
http://www.mafishfinder.com/view_photo_details.php?id=24911&pid=0
My 13yr old nephew took this pic so thats why its blurry LOL
do you "chum" the area first??? Like throw lots of bread balls in a section where you've decided to setup?
I wanna hook a nice carp, just for the 'action' of a larger fish. What sort of sections of a river do you look for? Should the water be on the calmer side or faster moving?
thanks
I wanna hook a nice carp, just for the 'action' of a larger fish. What sort of sections of a river do you look for? Should the water be on the calmer side or faster moving?
thanks
I dont' bait the area. I'm fishing at a point where the river widens out, so I'm casting far out towards the channel. I did try using a method ball this time, and caught my first fish with it. That's just a mix of food balled up around the sinker. Sinker hits the water, bait gradually comes off and attracts the fish. Then they hit the hook-bait. My other fish have all been on a single bait.
Most of the Charles is pretty calm. If the water is moving, they like to be out of the current, but on the edge. Same as stripers really - they like to save energy and wait for bait to be carried to them. A spot where a stream flows into the river is good. They like structure, like a lot of fish. Sometimes they're right along the shore. Best thing to do is just find a fishable spot and give it a try. There's carp all through the Charles, so it's just a matter of time before they cruise through wherever you are.
Most of the Charles is pretty calm. If the water is moving, they like to be out of the current, but on the edge. Same as stripers really - they like to save energy and wait for bait to be carried to them. A spot where a stream flows into the river is good. They like structure, like a lot of fish. Sometimes they're right along the shore. Best thing to do is just find a fishable spot and give it a try. There's carp all through the Charles, so it's just a matter of time before they cruise through wherever you are.
great advice, thanks man. Do you use a hair rig or just cover the entire hook with the bait ball?
Also, I've never really done any bottom fishing. How soon do you set the hook...by the time you know a fish is on, has the carp already swallowed the hook?
I've read that the hair rig prevents them from swallowing the hook and they are usually hooked right in the lip.
Thanks.
Also, I've never really done any bottom fishing. How soon do you set the hook...by the time you know a fish is on, has the carp already swallowed the hook?
I've read that the hair rig prevents them from swallowing the hook and they are usually hooked right in the lip.
Thanks.
I've tried a hair rig a few times, but all my fish have been with a baited hook. I tie a leader to a barrel swivel, and hang a bank sinker on a barrel swivel on the other side of the barrel, so that the line can move through the swivel. I leave the draw loose, and when they pick it up and turn against the sinker, there's enough resistance to drive the hook. I pick up the rod when I see the line running and snug down the drag and start reeling. There's no setting the hook - it sets itself.
They use a bolt rig, with the sinker secured to the line, but that would leave the sinker trailing from the fish if the line broke off between the reel and the sinker. I use a three ounce sinker.
Carp will pick up the bait and blow it out again, and you wont' know it. You just have to wait for them to turn and run and hook themselves. There's a lot of good videos on Youtube.
They use a bolt rig, with the sinker secured to the line, but that would leave the sinker trailing from the fish if the line broke off between the reel and the sinker. I use a three ounce sinker.
Carp will pick up the bait and blow it out again, and you wont' know it. You just have to wait for them to turn and run and hook themselves. There's a lot of good videos on Youtube.
They use a bolt rig, with the sinker secured to the line, but that would leave the sinker trailing from the fish if the line broke off between the reel and the sinker. I use a three ounce sinker.
Nice fish. I don't have a whole lot of time to comment but I wanted to chime in on this part at least this morning.
A true bolt rig is designed to hold the weight tight when a fish picks up the hair, this is quite useful for hook ups and in snaggy waters where it is important to have the weight rise off the bottom quickly with a strike.
However, there is always some safety mechanic that allows the weight to slide off with a small amount of tug. Meaning that on a strike the weight would lift ..however if the weight came in contact with pretty much anything it would become a free sliding weight. Or depending on the rig fall off completely leaving the line intact ( ie safety clips )
yeah charles is a really good spot for carp -
@ kayak what i do is i use a trebble hook and wonderbread
stick one hand in the water - so its lil wet take the bread and fold it in your hand and lay the hook inside like a piece of ham then fold it over like u have a hot dog in - compress it really nice to a ball
untill u feel a lil pinch from the hooks - it will caste nicely and stay on it for at least 30 mins or two cast
and just have it sit there - fish will take it and start going off - dont try to set the hook or he will spit it out - u see hes on when ur rod bends 180 degress and the boat moves
last week i had my buddy see his 40 lbs line rip at charles while going for carp and it took him 10 mins to get the wtf of his face
so there is some huge monsters in there
@ kayak what i do is i use a trebble hook and wonderbread
stick one hand in the water - so its lil wet take the bread and fold it in your hand and lay the hook inside like a piece of ham then fold it over like u have a hot dog in - compress it really nice to a ball
untill u feel a lil pinch from the hooks - it will caste nicely and stay on it for at least 30 mins or two cast
and just have it sit there - fish will take it and start going off - dont try to set the hook or he will spit it out - u see hes on when ur rod bends 180 degress and the boat moves
last week i had my buddy see his 40 lbs line rip at charles while going for carp and it took him 10 mins to get the wtf of his face
so there is some huge monsters in there
