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Hey cam, I'm still here in the state and am actively carping every possible chance I get. I actually just went out for a short session yesterday!
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Very, very, nice! Congratulations. Any technical details on the capture of this beautiful fish?
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What tactics were employed?
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Sounds like a great way to get the next generation hooked on carping! Go for it, and let us all know how it goes!
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Here's a few pics of the other two tone I got at the second swim. The contrast isn't nearly as intense as the one in the other pics, but it was gorgeous none the less!
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Brid, I've tried your email and tele, but neither seem to work. I'm very actively fishing, and would love to get together!
Greg
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Hello Jaffer. Gamaktsu is now making 'carp' hooks. I ordered some from cabelles and the price was ok. I got the A-1 super size 4. Teflon coated and in gamaktsu fashion, very sharp. Seem to be pretty good hooks
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I've been using the Gamakatsu G-Carp Specialist R hooks in size 6, and I have absolutely nothing but praise for them. The price is right, and they're very strong. I've been using them exclusively for the past couple months, and will be continuing to do so for the duration of my carp fishing. They're just as good (if not a tad bit better) than hooks two/three times the price.
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Thanks Jaffar, we had a blast! I put a lot of work into getting that fish, and I'm just glad it payed off!
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Thanks guys, it was an absolute blast! Any one of you is welcome to come join us if you happen to be in the area. We're always looking for good folk to talk carp with!
I forgot to put up a pic of our rig of choice and of the "staging area". It got pretty unorganized and hectic towards the end of our trip. As the days went on and more and more fish kept coming into the swims as we continued to catapult bait in it got to the point where we could only have one rod in at a time! It's funny, you don't really realize how much kit you've amassed over the years until it's spread out all over the bank! I think it's time to invest in a barrow...
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My brother and I went on a carping expedition at the beginning of this month, and it turned out to be our best session we've had in the 4 years we've been doing it.
We were fishing for a total of 5 days, and landed 52 carp with a gross total weight of 600 pounds 15 ounces. We caught several gorgeous mirrors, and a pair of stunning two tones (first ones ever!).
We baited our swim with ~200 pounds of corn, hemp, pigeon seed, boilies and pellets. We fished a double boilie rig with a Korda solid filled with stick mix, pellets, panko, halved and crushed boilies wetted down with matching CC Moore Equinox liquid and Feedstim XP.
The results were mind blowing! I finally crushed my PB of 15lb 12oz that had been standing for three years when I landed a stunning common of 20lb 3oz! It felt incredible to say the least, and I feel honored to have been able to be in the presence of such a creature!
We'll be heading over to our spot in the fall to see if we can't get some larger fish, and possibly squash out new PB.
Here's a few pics:
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I'm currently living in Everett, and I'm always looking for people to go carping with. There doesn't seem to be much of anyone in the state (or at least on the west side) that are interested in carp, other than as a bow fishing target.
If you or anyone else in the state would like to get together, shoot me a PM!
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Great to see brothers bonding and fishing. My brother is my #1 carping partner. Cant imagine going on any of my own quests without him!
Keeping the brotherly bond strong, good on ya'!
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Pardon my extremely long absence everyone, life has gotten in the way of me being active on the forum! I am still however very actively carping, and would love to meet up for a session! Brid and Chrismac, are you still wanting to meet up and share some bank space? I'll be heading over to Potholes/Moses on the 31st through the 4th for a carping excursion. You are both more than welcome to join!
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I cant wait for the article! I'm with barbelfloat on the thought that amino acids are a fascinating topic. I've been toying with the idea of experimenting with aminos for quite some time. I know that CC Moore's Minamino is the "original" formula from back in the 70's, or at least some semblance thereof.
Mario, you mention that the main ingredient in the amino additive is the real key. CC Moore's description of Minamino states that it is derived from liquidized liver and spleen, to which they add vitamins, minerals, and various other aminos. Sounds disgusting, so I'm sure our cold blooded friends would love it (especially your channel cats barbel)!
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greg.
sounds like a good spot. they love eating bread all year round too and its sounds like people have been baiting up for you! just make sure the water coming in through the pipes is warmer than the lake. take a thermometer with you as really cold water coming in can kill it. best of luck mate
andrew
Andrew, good to hear from you my friend!
Well, everything seemed promising for a productive session today; from the inflow of water to my swim and virtually constant supply of bread, to my light pre baiting of the area two days in a row with hemp and corn. Yet despite my best efforts, I didn't manage to get so much as a tap on my rods from anything other than those darn coots! It was however thoroughly enjoyable spending the bulk of my day on the water with my brother. I find that after spending a few months cooped up indoors I start daydreaming about the waters edge and screaming reels!
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Congrats to everyone who managed to wet their mats today! Catching anything in winter is a feat in and of itself. And a big shout out to Cristian, I cant think of a better way to start out the new year! I bet you're going to be spending a decent amount of time on the bank in the coming months
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Proper carping Clayton! Congrats on a great first session!
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Cold water increases PVA melt time as well. Sometimes all of it won't melt away either
I'm heading to my swim tomorrow for a trial run. I'm thinking some real world experimentation would be best! Also, it'll hopefully give me an indication as to where the fish are, so I can hit em' hard on New Years!
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Make sure it does break in very cold water though... This isn't necessarily obvious! You don't want to experiment on Jan 1st... Experiment ahead of time! ;-)
Very good point Jerome! It hadn't occurred to me that the water temp could affect the breakdown of pack. I'll fill up a bowl with water as cold as my tap can get and time breakdown speeds according to different numbers of compressions. It might be worth experimenting with my new pva as well, as I'm not sure how temperature affects the breakdown of pva mesh.
Everyone has been full of great advice! CAG members rock!
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Bread is a great winter bait. If people are feeding waterfowl bread than you can be sure the carp have learned to take advantage of the free food. You might want to try fresh bread pack bait around your baited hook. It is easy to make and cheap as well.
Thanks for the tip! I was thinking about incorporating bread into my approach for that specific reason. I'm going to try putting a loaf or two through my food processor to use as pack bait.
Do you think it could be worthwhile to try mixing it with the Live System stick mix and Milk and Nut Crush for making small pva sticks? I'd imagine the freshly diced bread would act as a good binder for the extremely small particle size of the other two mixes.
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Interesting post! I agree, if you find them you can catch them. However If you dont know whir they are light prey bating might be your only chance. I like to fish small ponds in winter, with this tactic I have caught lots of winter carp however their not always large. Some ponds I have fished in winter were only one to three acres. By fishing small ponds in winter I only need to move around the pond to find them and because their not moving far and fast in winter this makes
finding them easy, dont be fooled small ponds can hold lots of carp.
I wish I had more local water holding carp. Unfortunately there are only 4 lakes in my general vicinity that contain them, and all but my favorite one are very large so I'd have no idea where to start, especially in winter! Small ponds do sound like a nice way to go about winter carping; with such a small body of water the carp are left with many fewer places to "hide", increasing your chance of putting a perfectly presented bait right in front of them!
Fantastic winter carp by the way!
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Sounds that you have multiple solid options here. In my own experience, an outflow just a couple of degrees warmer than normal water can do marvels. Some turbidity is good, this means nutrients. I would also add that if they are there and in a modicum of feeding mood, you will probably catch relatively quickly (again, they congregate). So a good tactic could be to lightly prebait 3 or 4 possible spots. Try one for a couple of hours, then move to the next, etc. Until you find them! That is, if you find them... Which is really the hard part...
Good luck!
Hopefully I'll be able to locate some kind of shoal! This is certainly going to be a learning experience. I'm off to the swim to chum out a small amount of corn and hemp right now. I think I'll follow your advice and feed a few spots as backup options in case my favored swim doesn't pan out
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Tactics? I am going to drink a bottle of cheap champagne then go to bed in front of a propane heater, I am hoping I remember to cast my rods out first.
Haha! Sounds like you win even if you don't end up landing anything
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Sounds like you've got a good spot!
Well the spot is certainly productive in the warmer months, and I've got my fingers crossed for this up and coming session! This will be my first ever time fishing (for any species) in the winter months.
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They can actually feed a lot during the winter, contrary to popular perceptions, *IF* they are in a suitable spot (e.g. well oxygenated and nutrient-rich area). In more regular spots, it does seem likely that metabolism (hence feeding) would slow down though.
Still, they really don't seem to move much, and they seem to congregate in the winter. So prebaiting to attract them isn't going to make much sense. Yes, the primary challenge is indeed to find them.
I'd suggest to prebait lightly a few days in a row, just to put them in a feeding mood. And yes, I would advise to stick to the bait you know works well in the area. All those theories about winter bait are dubious at best (ok, to be more polite, let's just say 'pretty much unproven').
Good luck!
PS. if you know of a water outflow (preferably a tad warmer, e.g. sewage outflow from the local town/city), you may want to give it a try in the coming few days. You may hit gold...
Jerome, you make many good points. I never considered the potential benefits of fishing close to a water source feeding the lake. It makes total sense though, as the water flowing in could be a few degrees warmer causing increased activity, and hence, increased appetite. I cant believe I've never thought about it, but there are two runoff pipes that feed into my favored swim, 20' away from where I'm generally sitting! It can cause a decent amount of turbidity in the swim though, especially during this time of year (rain, rain and more rain!).
My favored swim is also home to a non migrant population of water fowl which get fed bread daily by the locals. I've noticed this spot is the most productive I've fished on the lake by quite a lot. I wonder if the combination of fresh (?) water being fed into it, and the virtually constant supply of bread is what keeps the fish in the area. It certainly cant hurt!
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I've used all manner of baits here in the state. The first few years I started targeting carp exclusively, I used nothing but corn as hookbaits. Everything from canned sweetcorn and commercially made "carp corn", to pressure cooked feed corn mixed with various flavors, extracts, amino acids and dyes. I will say though, of all the various flavors and additives I used with corn, the best results came on feed corn cooked with either pineapple or peach flavoring, and a sweetener of some kind.
These days, I tend to be more of a boilie fisherman. I've been fishing CC Moore Equinox and solid bags almost exclusively for the past two years. The results have been nothing short of spectacular. I tend to bait up with mixed particles (sweetcorn, feedcorn, hemp, pellets, panko, etc.) with a good mixing whole, halved and crumbled boilies, and let that work its magic for a day or so before fishing on top of it.
If you're ever up for a day/weekend session, just let me know. I've got several hot spots over on the east side, and I'm always looking to meet up with fellow carpers to exchange tips and ideas with. My brother and I will actually be fishing the Moses Lake area from May 14th to the 18th. If you've got any free time, you're more than welcome to join us!