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Welcome to the forum Grayson. A snowman rig might catch a larger carp if you had small and large carp together in an area. If you are just getting started catching carp you will have much better luck using sweet corn or boiled field corn(maize) on a hair rig. Chumming the area you fish and using some type of packbait or method mix will really help also.
I have never fished Old Hickory but I think I can give you a couple of spots to try. The Old Hickory Beach Recreation Area which is near the dam, would be a place that I would try. If you do not see any carp along the bank while you are fishing there you may have to fish a deeper water area. I have had some good catches fishing below dams in east TN. During the summer you can reach some deep water by fishing the lockside below Old Hickory Dam. The channel where barges travel to move through the locks should be about 20 feet deep. Good luck!
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Congratulations on that great mirror!
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Good job Brad. Have you had any luck this week?
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Congrats Horace on your great day and new PB.
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Great fish Kent.
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Nice fish Brad. I bet it was over 34 inches long.
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Congrats Horace and Tim! Hope you catch some more of those grassies.
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Here's a closer picture of Brad's mirror.
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Congrats on your great day Justin!
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Congrats Tom. Hope you catch more mirrors there. If a game warden is ever around an unlicensed companion could get in trouble for netting your fish, just ask Brummie Bri.
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Brad, I ordered the book Carp on the Fly from BPS about a month ago. I have not received it yet. When it gets here... I can let you borrow it for a couple of weeks. When I first ordered the book it was out of stock, but it is supposed to be available now and I should get my copy any day now. I will be learning how to catch carp on the fly this spring. I have only caught panfish on my flyrod so far.
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That's the way to have fun Captain! I was successful but lonely yesterday. The kitchen sink is a pretty good bait sometimes
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Great fish Kent. Bigger fish are more likely to feed in colder temps than smaller fish.
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Fantastic fishing guys!
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Congrats to all on some fine catches. Is there a picture of the 31 pounder somewhere? I want some of those crayfish boilies. Hope Wayne has some to sell at the Marathon.
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Good work guys. I am certainly learning just how hard it is find larger fish. I think it is a good idea to hide your trophy swims from commercial fishermen. We anglers can enjoy your captures and stories without seeing the background or knowing where you were fishing.
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That's great Kent. You are a good ambassador for carp fishing.
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http://www.mnhs.org/market/mhspress/Minnes...5-320/index.htm
Read this it tells.
That's a great article on carp history Mickey. Thanks for sharing it!
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[i met up with Brad and Mike at beautiful Chilhowee lake to do some daytime carping this morning. This spot is only accessible during the daytime. We may have gotten some bites here but no runs. We checked the water temperature and it was in the 50's. the air temperatures was already in the upper 80's. The water temperature here varies with the amount of water released from the upstream dam. Today it was just too cold.attachment=26602:[Aug_9__Small_.JPG]
We decided to move to another place that is mostly limited to daytime fishing. We moved to a city park lake where I have had some luck recently. I hoped the pond experts(Brad and Mike) could help me find out whether there were any large carp there. It is a fair sized pond of at least 6 arces but the maximum depth is only about 12 feet. The water temperature today is in the 90's. We started fishing the pond about 3 pm when the air temp had reached the high for the day of 96. At least we had a bit of shade from a tree.
I knew there were several carp below 10 pounds here. With 6 rods in the water how much could we learn? Well, in about 4 hours we learned 2 things: 1) There is at least 1 common carp over 10lbs in the pond.(I caught a new pond record
of 12lbs 7oz on juicy tutti fruity maize)attachment=26603:aug_9_a__Small_.JPG]2) There is at least one grass carp in the pond. Brad caught his new PB grass carp of 23lb 2oz. We got it back in the water quickly and I believe it will be fine.
We landed 3 commons and would have had some more but for Brad's bad luck with a hook pull at the bank and a mysterious break in his line.
Mike landed a common and a channel cat.
Overall we had a hot but successful and fun day.
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It's great to see you doing so well Bri. Hope your luck continues. I would like to come down and fishing with you when the temps drop a bit in the fall.
I have started fishing with Brad up here in our area. Hope the Alcoa gang and I can post some pictures in a few days.
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Very nice captures Kent. Bri wrote that he had looked for deep water and ledges, about how deep were these carp? Hope the boats stay away from your "happy" swim.
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Good job Bri. Thanks for sharing your success. I am having the same problems here. Some spots I wanted to try here have been screwed up by new construction(no longer have access). I have ordered a smart cast to help me and can't wait for it to arrive. Great job with the self timer
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If you know of any restaurants or snack bars on the water you can probably find some freeloading carp. There is a floating snack bar at a local marina that attracts carp and sunfish looking for a handout. This snack bar is only open about 6 months of the year and the carp show up every summer. Today I fed them some corn pops and some teenagers threw them some popcorn chicken. They will eat that too! I could not get them to take a corn pop out of my hand though. The largest carp among these today may have been 19 or 20 pounds. There is no fishing from this dock at the snack bar. The best way to catch some of these is probably from a boat when the marina is not too busy. Enjoy these pictures.
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Great story John! Thanks for sharing your family's vacation to the St. Lawrence. I may never get to go there but I enjoy learning about the fantastic carp fishing it offers.
Shame on CarpDaddy!!!!!!!
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Bravo! I don't need pics to enjoy that story.