[Carp action heating up in MN rivers]

I'll be having a fish in at my lakeside cabin, Lake Marion, soon. Hope to see you both there.

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You used Hevi Core?

I don't really fish anywhere that boats get that close to me.

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Ahh OK. I use sinking braid so I'm OK then.

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Why do you fish with your rod tips in the water?

[We now own a piece of Carp fishing heaven!]

Got a lot done the last couple of weeks. Pretty soon we'll be having a fish in. Damn carp were jumping while I was pressure washing the deck tonite. Course my carp gear was in my car back at the other house!

[How, when, where do carp spawn?]

Maybe I will try to hit it tomorrow after work maybe they are done and ravenous!

[How, when, where do carp spawn?]

Finally had a fishing companion with my future son in law home from college for the summer. Been bragging up Carp fishing for a year so I was excited to show him.

Took him to my favorite lake. I have killed the last two trips there catching big carp left and right.

Overcast and windy. But the water was warm and the same temp as last week. Fish were still breaching. Fish were very uncooperative. What's weird is we had lots of takes only two hookups. It was like they were picking up the method feeders and moving them???? I thought maybe spawning fish??? Ive fished bass when nesting and they would pick the jig up and move it out of the nest. Maybe the carp were doing that??

We only caught two with one being snagged underneath. The other was a big one that looked to be full of eggs.

A strange day and one not typical of this venue.

[Disgusting Idiotic Newspaper article on Carp]

Yeah an aquarium tank is far different than an entire lake.

On a really small pond with a ton of carp I could see carp making a difference in water clarity maybe.

Hell when I fish in our boat with its giant front mount trolling motor and I'm fishing shallow that motor stirs up the bottom way more than carp. Maybe its trolling motors causing algae blooms?

[Disgusting Idiotic Newspaper article on Carp]

His facts are all wrong. Where I live in MN its all farmy and EVERY lake turns murky from farm runoff! Even lakes without carp!

[Alarms]

I have a cheap set of NGT alarms. I have nothing to compare them to since I've never had alarms before. That said they work. They also have adjustable sensitivity which seems rare in cheap alarms. Also came with batteries.

Now I just spent some coin on a more spendy set ( needed a wireless remote ) I'll be bummed if I don't see much difference from my cheapie set.

[Disgusting Idiotic Newspaper article on Carp]

Its the Star Tribune out of Minneapolis.

[Disgusting Idiotic Newspaper article on Carp]

http://www.startribune.com/bill-marchel-now-s-the-time-to-bowfish-for-carp/306159301/

I had the "joy" of reading this at lunch the other day. The guy is an idiot. Some choice quotes:

"Carp — big and ugly — are invading the shallows to carry out their annual spawning ritual. Because of that, they are vulnerable."

Carp are many things but you can't say they are ugly.

"The menial carp also is unsightly and destructive. It roots around on the water’s floor, muddying lakes and rivers and causing algae blooms that reduce light penetration. Less light affects the growth of weed habitat that is good for waterfowl and fish."

The menial carp?????.....

[A Bittersweet Realization]

I got the Fox warrior S ( I think? ) from BCT. I got the ones with full cork handles. 3.5 curve. $129 a rod. Amazing in every way.

[Bait Casting Rod Recommendation]

Getting my start in bass fishing seeing all the TV hosts and the pros using baitcasters made me want one.

I've tried several times throughout my life to use one and god dammit I just can't cast them. At least not like I can a spinning rod.

Maybe its time to try again......

[Looking for VT State Chair]

Minnesota needs one too....

[Game&Fish Magazine article]

That show is so silly. They try to manufacture all this spooky drama over catching a catfish or some other harmless fish.

[Beekay guide to Carp Baits]

The first and only carp book I got is the beekay guide to carp rigs! It was very helpful. I take it with me every time I fish.

[Hey Fly Fishermen, big money Pro Am carp tourney]

Not here I could fish carp with a bazooka the DNR cares not.

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I love your videos about fishing tactics and tips. Less so much the Delkim run videos. Why do you need to rub in my face your awesome bite alarms

[Carp World Records & Euro Paylake Carp]

Right but you notice all he catches are giant bass? Never any medium or smalls.

[Carp World Records & Euro Paylake Carp]

You ever watch Bill Dance? I swear he fishes the same lake or pond ( which he never gives the name of or even the state he is in ) its so obvious he fishes in a private stocked pond. Every bass is huge and like a carbon copy of the previous one.

[Yellocheek Carp - From China With Love]

Wow! What kind of gear did you catch him on? How long was the fight?

[We now own a piece of Carp fishing heaven!]

There's a steak fry Friday night at the rod and gun club on the lake. I'll probably go over with the neighbors. I'll try to scope the guy out.

One of my neighbors has a tackle business he's anxious to see my carp gear.

[We now own a piece of Carp fishing heaven!]

They killed them. I assume they threw them in a farmers field.

On the other side of the lake my neighbors say there is a reknowned carp hater. It was he who instigated and carried the trapping of the 8000 pounds of carp.

[We now own a piece of Carp fishing heaven!]

The more the merrier!