nbdshroom Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Went for a quick flick last week trying to get these buggers on lures but didn't have any success. Threw a bit of bread on a hook and not long after managed this sucker. With last light having gone by a while ago, packed up shop and headed back. Caught in the middle upper reaches of the Georges. Will try on lures again one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Hey Pete, your not bait fishing are you? Lol. Nice catch mate! Never caught a carp before, do they put up a fight? Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Thanks Jeff, you caught me with my hand in the cookie jar! Carp are pretty decent fighters and good fun on light gear. They pull hard in short spurts and go for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SargeRX8 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I wanna get stuck into these. Last time I tried ducks made it impossible. Hey try fool them with some sort of sponge on a hook with some s factor on it. Pound for pound they put up a good fight. Theres a small pond shall we call it near my place. Its full of eel. They should introduce these there. Its isolated. It'd give kids something to look at and feed and give me something to do! Lol they're trying to legalize bow hunting carp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) Haha, sounds like an idea! Must be some massive eels in there, but there might be some carp there. They seem to exist in any condition of water that has a fresh component. That bow carp hunting proposition is pretty extreme Edited July 13, 2013 by nbdshroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ving Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 yup carp seem to be in just about any body of fresh water! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Stalker Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 They are nice sized carp. Good to get out of the system. I have heard they pull like freight trains, I might have to give it a go one day on the bream stick with the silly string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 Cheers. I don't know about the monster-sized carp but this one had no chance on 4lb fc leader. Got him to the surface asap and it could find the leverage to punish me on the light line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Scratchie, mate, they pull harder than a teenage boy in the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matyg Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 might be worth trying bass lures for them, have heard of carp bicatch in comps before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick -angler Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 They are great on fly gear imitation bread flies, yellow glo bugs, wolly buggers and small nymphs will do the trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick -angler Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 They are great on fly gear imitation bread flies, yellow glo bugs, wolly buggers and small nymphs will do the trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve J Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 And they smash poppers when retrieved slowly first thing in the morning or late in the afternoon. Especially when they are jumping out of the water chasing insects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) They are great on fly gear imitation bread flies, yellow glo bugs, wolly buggers and small nymphs will do the trick Sounds like an exciting prospect. Might have to get myself a fly setup one of these days and give it real hot go. Will probably need to practice a heap since SargeRX8 who recently started using his flyrod definitely needed more practice from the way he was fishing the last time we did - he hooked a tree lol And they smash poppers when retrieved slowly first thing in the morning or late in the afternoon. Especially when they are jumping out of the water chasing insects. Carp on surface, that would be great. Edited August 29, 2013 by nbdshroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettmann86 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I've done a 5.4kg carp on a lil 5mm popper before great fun on 4lb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 I've done a 5.4kg carp on a lil 5mm popper before great fun on 4lb That's a good solid fish, was this in the summer when they were feeding off surface? Would of had to back off the drag on her and let her run, definitely a very exciting prospect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettmann86 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Yeah it was early February if I remember correctly and she did some fantastic runs, I've managed a few carp on different lures. Seems to be only when it's really warm that they'll have a go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve J Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 They will absolutely smash a surface lure. Great adrenaline rush on the 6lb silly string. I won't go lighter... I'm too chicken. Lost way too many good lures on under-gunned tackle because of carp. And if you are fishing bait, back your drag right off, and it helps catch the picky fish. It also stops the carp from dragging your rod in, they are notorious for pinching rods when you are not looking. Stinky fish, but good dirty fighters. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosquid Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 try small nymphs with bead heads in orange and purple. I used to catch them in South Africa in the streams this way. cheers Ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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