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  1. If you keep records or a log of what days you fished and several weather conditions, water temp., what bait you used, on what body of water, that's as good a start as any. I do not keep accurate records, but my ol' buddy Possum does. We fished the same 2 days, 2 years running I knew the date and he had all the other details. We had very similar results on our Spring get together, but vastly different results on our Fall trip. The only major differences in the Fall was water and air temp. were both warmer. 

  2. On 4/25/2017 at 2:10 PM, Mad Chummer said:

    Good to see you guys fishing and toking. Lol. What's the peanut butter concoction?

    I made some Peanut Butter pellets that aren't boilies and a top secret Peanut Butter glug that's very thick. 

     

    It was another great day on the water with Possum. We seem to bring out the best & worst in each other. 2nd time he witnessed my PB being caught and he also witnessed my first mirror. I witnessed his PB for that river and his first mirror at that swim.

  3. 4 hours ago, possum said:

     

    But the camaraderie was absolutely priceless!

    Jerome may beg to differ. Anyone who throws a man's Maize in the lake that he had picked out for his hair rig isn't much of a comrade mate! LOL

     

    It was a great time indeed. I will add some pictures I took tomorrow. 

  4. On 4/18/2017 at 3:01 PM, Tony Locke said:

    Of course if I end up losing the fish of a lifetime, I may have to reconsider tactics...

    Years ago a friend of mine & me were fishing for "whatever would bite" which on that day was long eared sunfish and fallfish on my favorite local river. He was armed with a 5' Ultralight spinning rod & reel & 6lb test mono. I was armed with a 6'6" Microlite (either South bend or Eagle Claw) rod and a ultralight spinning reel with 6lb test mono. We were doing quite well catching sunfish and fallfish when a decent sized school of carp swam by and staged on a sandbar to feed. I told my buddy "Man I wish I had my carp rods (back then 6'6" uglystick medium spinning combos no BR's back then) with me." Then I decided eh why not and put on half a nightcrawler and threw out to the sandbar. In about 10 minutes i got a take and in about 10 minutes more I caught an 8lb carp. It was one of the better freshwater battles I had ever had. Ever year since I have considered trying for carp with ultralight tackle but as Tony said with my luck I'd hook a monster and lose it.

  5. Yes. I have never caught a carp on a boilie homemade or store bought. Not 1 ever. I've used K1, Dynamite & royal carp boilies. I have caught 3 fish on boilies 2 catfish & a sucker. I have caught hundreds of carp in my life. Sweet corn, flavored sweet corn, doughballs of nearly every recipe imaginable, chickpeas, range cubes, nightcrawlers etc etc have all caught carp when I used them. Do boilies work for carp? If you have a truck load to throw in a lake/river over time, sure. Throwing in a few handfuls or some chopped up and fishing on top of them even after a few days, not in my experience. 

     

  6. 8 hours ago, The Big Worm said:

    One thing to add to this to help speed up the carp moving is after holding the tension for a while...and this works best with braid....is to STRUM.....the main line past the tip of the rods so the vibration is direct...usually I'll do it like I'm picking a single guitar sting  three of four times getting maximum vibration ...then right after that is when I go slack with the line and wait for movement, quickly  taking the rod and tip as high and tight as possible when the fish moves to get the fish UP over the weeds.

    (If you hold a cheap disposable spoon handle in your mouth and do the same strum to the spoon, you'll see how freaky and a un-nerving it is and you'll do anything to get it to stop, so will the carp)

     

    I agree with this. You could also hold pressure on the fish and bang your fist or palm against the butt of the pole to send vibration down the line.

  7. I'm not sure exactly what you're asking about, but the only difference I make is to use a lighter weight/lead. If you don't need to cast a long distance you don't necessarily need a heavy weight/lead as there is little to no current in most lakes/ponds. Hope this helps.

  8. 18 hours ago, needmotime2fish said:

    I can't really compare because I've never tried using sea salt or Kosher salt -- but I do always use non-iodized.  I use it in many packbait recipes, as well as in my spod mixes and a lot of my home made boilies.   So when I see a grocery store that has their (store brand) on sale, I buy 1/2 dozen boxes and stock up.  I can usually find it for about 35-45 cents a box on sale.

    margarita party at NMT2F's place!

  9. I really like Gamakatsu 1/0 live bait hooks when baiting them with sweet corn. The only problem is they are a little small. I like to use 3-4 kernels and they just barely fit with the snell/knotless knot being on the shank. I'd like the same type of heavy hook with that shape but with a slightly longer shank. Any idea what to use? I thought about 2/0 but i buy online and can't see what they look like in person. Thanks in advance for any ideas.

  10. 7 hours ago, chicarp said:

    Possum-

    If you don't mind my asking what is R&W and VBN? Bait companies? Where do you get them from?

    Thanks in advance.

    oops

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