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Hello everyone, I wasn't sure where to post this since I couldn't put it on the FFF forum itself... anyway, I'm getting a CAG membership this Christmas and I plan on participating in the FFF this year. However, I've never fished in the winter before and I'm not sure what works best.
Recently, water temperatures have been in the mid 40s, and I predict they will approach the high 30s on January 1st. With that being said, I assume I should focus on the deeper water? I've also heard that oxygenation is important, so I've found a swim where a shallow creek flows into a deep hole, around 15 feet, in a secluded bay off a large river. Does this sound like a productive swim, or should I concentrate more on the shallower areas that might get more sunlight exposure?
Finally, I'm used to prebaiting large amounts in the spring and fall but I'm aware less is more in the water months. I plan to chum half a gallon of particle on December 30th, simply to get them rooting around on the bottom for freebies.
Any opinions or other tips are welcomed and appreciated. Thanks for your time!
Ryan
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12 hours ago, FJR1 said:
You can fish at anytime between midnight and 11:50:59 p.m. on 1/1/18. You can fish the entire 24 hours or just spend a few minutes on the bank. The only other item I need to stress is that this event is reserved for CAG members. Best of luck! --Frank
Yeah, I plan on becoming a member around christmas
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Nice fish! I plan on participating in this years FFF.. do you need to fish at night? I was hoping to fish for a few hours on new years day, because I might not be able to fish at night
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On 10/6/2017 at 5:25 PM, MOCarper said:
........or......................go to your camera; hit the 10 second remote button, and the reverse button- set the phone where you can see yourself-hit the button and you have 10 seconds to position the fish/scale/logo.....works very well (with cooperative fish)....For evening shots I place a small lantern-put the phone in front, between you and the lantern/light-I also turn off the flash-gives a more night time feel.....
.........I also have a $1.00 tiny tripod which fits my phone (dollar store/cvs/)....you can also set the "bursts" which takes 5 photos at a time- there are subtle differences in each pic- I happen to like using the ones with the carp's mouth open........ , but I'll try the app too!!.....
+1 on the tripod and 10 second remote button..
That's exactly what I did here:
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Is that a fully scaled beauty I see? Incredible!
I'm still patiently waiting for my first mirror...
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I'd love to try this out, but water temps around here are bottoming out in the 40s! Fish not biting recently, been hit with cold front after cold front and it's really shutting them down
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20 hours ago, Jerome said:Young fellow, it seems to me that you should write an article for a carp magazine... Not only did you catch amazing fish, but you also write well...
If interested, send an e-mail to naca@carpanglersgroup.com...
hmm.. just tried and I got this error
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9 hours ago, Blayne Beeler said:
Using braid in this situation certainly makes sense, any brand you recommend? I've tried Suffix Fluorobraid which sinks but unfortunately I have found to be very inconsistent breaking off WAY too many fish so any braid recommendation you can provide would be welcome. I am currently using Fox Submerge 40# braid which I assume should work? My next step will be getting some back leads and giving this a shot. Thanks again!
Personally, I use 30lb power pro in moss green, but any power pro line in a camo color like dark green or brown in the 30 - 50 pound test range should also work excellently.
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I'd definitely recommend the 12' rods. Personally, I use Sonik S3 3.5 TC rods and I can easily cast 100 yards with them.
As for your debris problem, I definitely recommend a backlead on braided line. Don't use Fluro or mono, because in my experience they stretch too much to allow for bite detection at long distances.
Finally, definitely use a much heavier gripper style lead. I use Korda big grippa leads exclusively in 5oz size. If you buy a >3.25 TC rod you should be able to cast it with ease. They hold pack bait/method mix wonderfully, and I rarely have it fly off on the cast. They hold bottom wonderfully, too.
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Hello fellow CAG members! Lately I've had an idea that, if followed through, could be my next go-to tool in carp fishing. As you can see in my interests column, besides carp fishing I love computer programming. So I've decided to combine my two passions to make a probability calculator, where you input several factors such as wind, moon phase, tide (if applicable), water temperature, etc., and a general probability of catching a certain number of carp is calculated. Of course, the program will never be completely accurate, but I would like to take on the challenge of programming such a tool. Who knows, it may become a carp anglers' best friend!
My question to you is what variables/factors should determine the outcome? Which circumstances of said variable will catch the most and least fish?
For example, if one of the variables you have in mind is water temperature, you could say,
" Water Temperature - 5) 60-70 Degrees 4) 70-80 Degrees 3) 50-60 Degrees 2) 80-100 Degrees 1) 0-40 Degrees "
Based on the user input, a percentage for that variable would be calculated. For example, if the user says that the water temperature is 65 degrees, that would be considered a 5/5, or a 100% chance. These percentages would be calculated for every variable and averaged. If the average percentage is 0 or 100 percent, since there are no certainties in fishing, the program would output a 1 or 99 percent chance of catching a carp, respectively. The odds of catching two carp would be half the odds of catching one, three carp a third, etc.
Any ideas?
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Last week I went on a vacation with my parents on a private riverside cabin.. the carp madness that followed made this the best session of my life! We arrived at the cabin for the weekend and I immediately began by chumming 2.5 gallons of particle bait. The sun set behind the woods on the opposite bank, and I entered my bivvy ready for my first night session ever...
This 18 pound beauty so rudely disturbed me at 3:00 AM... I was having my favorite dream, where I'm on a weekend vacation and get to fish for carp the whole time. Oh wait..
The river went quiet for the remainder of the night, and I thankfully got some sleep. Little did I know how much I'd need it for the coming day..
Around 9:00 AM my cygnet grand sniper pod almost dove into the river, all thanks to this cracking 19 pound common. Midway through the battle with this one, my other rod set off..
Thanks to this other high double, my lines crossed multiple times. It's almost like they were communicating, "how do we mess with him the most?!"
I reeled the rods in and took a short break to eat breakfast, and then fed the fish another 2.5 gallons of particle. I was soon rewarded with this immaculate 20.. I love it when they put their dorsal up!
Of course, this vacation wasn't just about fishing... my family and I decided to do some sightseeing and returned to the cabin around sunset. With the final minutes of daylight I chummed the final gallon of particle I had brought with me, and set up my sleeping bag. I was in for the craziest 45 minutes of my life.
I lay down in my bivvy, exhausted from a long day of battling carp and hiking in the poconos. As soon as I begin to fall asleep, my fishy friends decide it would be a good time to set off a rod..
This 30 certainly helped boost the average size! I couldn't believe my luck! on the last night of the trip, I was blessed with this gorgeous carp. As I posed for the above picture my shallower rod ripped off, almost entering the swift current of the river below.. I set the fish into the water and sprinted toward my rod pod.
Despite being the smallest fish of the session at only 14 pounds, it fought as though it was a state record. Sometimes, the smallest carp put up the biggest scrap! I released it, satisfied with my weekend of fun. I returned to the bivvy, made my sleeping bag and lay down for a nights rest. "Not so fast!" as my rod pod proved to me a mere 10 minutes later. I sprung out of the sleeping bag and, with it still zipped around my legs, hopped down to the pod and began the legendary fight that ensued. I use a big pit reel with 500 yards of 30 pound test braided line, and this fish pulled the line down further than I had ever seen it. I lost track of the time, and I began to tremble from the excitement of what could be on my line. As the fish broke the surface, suddenly everything became more serious. I scooped the net up to reveal my second largest carp to date...
Clocking in at a whopping 34 pounds, this common came only ONE POUND AWAY from breaking my PB! I couldn't believe it. This past weekend session has been the best I have ever experienced. Let's just say that I'll be returning to the cabin again, to catch many more immaculate carp!!
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14 minutes ago, Jerome said:
a. DEPTH: the 'go deeper' thing holds some truth because of the water stratification, warmer water around 38F sitting on the bottom, but it takes some depth for the stratification to work. So yeah, 15 to 20 feet. BUT this is clearly NOT the only factor, and more often than not, other factors prevail, and I caught a lot of them in 6 to 8 feet of water...
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c. OXYGENATION & NUTRIENTS: solid oxygenation keeps them feeding. A water outflow (pipe, small tributary) would do the job. But this has to come with easy food (nutrients), because carp don't like to spend a lot of energy in the winter to go find food.
Then my spot should be perfect! It sits at the confluence of a smaller creek and the main section of river. The tributary creek has an abundance of natural food such as crabs, mussels, baitfish, berries and snails, and is usually warmer than the river water. The current pushes all bait and warm water to the mouth of the creek, where it meets the main river on a steep drop off, so I can position one rod in deep water (20+), one in medium depth (12), and one rod very shallow (5-6). The natural food supply, along with oxygenated and warm water should be great!
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7 hours ago, Jerome said:
The difficulty is that they tend to move to or near their winter's quarters around that time, and disappear from many usual Sep/October hot spots. If you can find them don't hesitate to feed them as usual. But you need to find them, and that is the hard part.
Where are these "winter spots" usually? Im guessing deeper water, 15-20 feet or so? Actually, the water temperatures have been in the 60s, so is it possible they could still be in their September/October hotspots (shallow water, from my experience)?
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Looks awesome! A bit too far to drive from jersey though
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2 hours ago, Savayman said:
How are the water temperatures?
Over 50F and that level of chum should be fine.
In New England they are way above average and hopefully we’ll be fishing well in to December this year.
Yeah they have been around 55F, +-2F. Would they be in the shallows backwaters or the main channel with those temperatures?
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I hate November. It's when my carp fishing experience comes to an unfortunate pause due to freezing water temperatures. I planned my last session of the year next Thursday and Friday, November 9th and 10th, as the weather recently has been quite warm. I'm aware that the forecast will likely change somewhat, but it's not looking good. A major high pressure system and cold front will move through my area late next week (sunny weather, colder water temps). In my carp fishing experience, the best time to fish is during a warm front and a low pressure system (I've attatched a picture of the weather forecast). The only thing I have going for me is the tides, which should be at slack high at the time of my session. That is when I catch most of my fish from my 'secret' swim.
I'm aware that in the cooler months overfeeding the fish is a bad idea, but since it's a tidal river I'm fishing I figure there will be enough carp to mop up the chum. My normal fall baiting routine involves chumming 5 gallons of bait a day, for 5 days. I've reduced that to only 2.5 gallons a day for 3 days, but I've never done sessions this late in the year so I'm not sure if I'm overfeeding them. Does this seem good? Additionally, what water depths should I be fishing this time of year?
Thanks so much!
-Lizard
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2 hours ago, philaroman said:
location, location, location...
I'm in Philly & can't remember the last mirror I saw anywhere in my area... out of many hundreds caught over many years (maybe even thousands observed/caught over decades)
pretty sure that mirrors are a tiny fraction of 1% in the Lower Delaware R. Basin, unless there are isolated lakes/ponds with higher concentrations, that I don't know about
Darn.. it looks like it's going to be a while until I get one. I know they are extremely rare, but have you ever seen one in the lower river at all, in your years of carping? Or should I give up on my dream of catching a mirror entirely?
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So with the 2017 angling season almost near an end, I took some time today to go through my fishing log and reflect on all the Carp I've caught this year. Out of a total of 35 (I don't have a lot of time to get out on the water) I realized I have never caught a single mirror Carp.. not just this year, but in my entire Carp fishing experience. Factoring in my past years of fishing, I've probably caught around 60-75 Carp (I began euro carping only 2 years ago) all of which were commons. Is this abnormal? Shouldn't mirrors be slightly more common? I've seen pictures of them from the Delaware river, my local river, but have yet to catch one to this day. I heard somewhere they make up about 2% of the Carp population on average in most American rivers, so shouldn't I have caught at least one by now?
Thanks!
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On 10/8/2017 at 11:36 PM, Mr. CEO said:
I'll be sure to check out those spots on google earth. I hate how prebaiting provides such an advantage but often times the water your going to fish is too far out of the way to drive there and back everyday (at least for me). The closest decent body of water for carp fishing from my house is 30 minutes. All others are 45 minute to 1+hour drives.
Yeah, same goes for me.. over here in New Jersey I have some OK waters about 20 minutes away, but my favorite swim is 35 minutes away and a real pain to prebait...
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I know I recommended two swims on Lake Erie (in Cleveland), but if you are concerned about the size of the water then there are much better alternatives for you. After all, the most important part of carp fishing is your confidence, not the bait you use or the gear you have. The swims I recommended aren't inherently bad for fishing, but since they are directly on the main lake with little structure to hold the fish naturally, they would simply require a gargantuan amount of chum to hold the fish. If you are OK with following MoCarp's suggestion (boiling 50 pounds of maize and driving an hour to chum 10 days in a row seems a bit time consuming), then those swims will produce unimaginable numbers of carp over 30 pounds. However, since you're travelling to see a friend in another state I doubt either of you would be able to prebait anything in advance. Prebaiting is still going to be an advantage no matter where you choose to fish, but finding an area with lots of structure where the fish feed naturally may allow you to catch fish without chumming at all.
Such a place is the marina on East 55th street. Carp are not shy of human activity, like their Euro cousins across the pond. In fact, over in the United States it is quite the opposite. A marina will likely have people around, and people mean bread for the ducks (and carp)! Additionally, the boat docks provide cover for the carp and bait fish they occasionally eat. As well as that, the marina is sheltered from the swift currents and winds of the main lake from a row of trees on the opposite bank from the boat docks.. that is where you should fish. Alternatively, if you'd like to try a little tributary fishing you should visit Wendy Park. It sits directly at the confluence of the Cuyahoga river and Lake Erie, meaning any carp entering or exiting the mighty Cuyahoga must pass in front of Wendy Park. No matter where you choose to fish, prebaiting would certainly increase the numbers of carp that you catch, but you may be able to land a few fish without prebaiting, if you fish at either Wendy Park or the East 55th street marina.
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I just use the trunk
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I've never fished in Ohio, but I do know that Lake Erie produces some of the largest carp in North America, some fish topping 40 pounds on a regular basis. If you're willing to drive an hour to get there, there is a fishing area on the lake on East 72nd street in Cleveland, and a pier called Edgewater pier, also in Cleveland. Again I'm from out of state so take what I say with a grain of salt, but I would put my money on Lake Erie. The fish will move in to the shallows during the next few weeks making them accessible from shore.
Hope this helped!
-Lizard
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Another vote for the Delaware river, specifically the Burlington Bristol bridge or palmyra cove nature park
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Awesome fish! Congrats!