best way to catch carps?!

[fishingrich]

i fished alittle pond in adrian that i just found... and when i was there i was using some berkley gulp! earthworms and i was getting bites all day from the carp and other little fish. but i heard throw bread to attract them and then putting a big ball of bread on your hook. is there other ways to catch carp than with bread?!
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[Tarpon4me]

I tell you what i've grown to like for the carp, Berkely Carp bait. It comes in a resealable bag, I like the strawberry 'cause it smells NICE!!!!!!!!!!!

I always want a bananna split after fishing with that stuff, I never understood that.[]



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[Kraizee_Skot]

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[daymere]

carp are bottom feeders and will eat just about anything,worms,crawdads,dough baits,cut baits,even jigs if you have alot of carp in there just throw some dry catfood in a cup or 2 and fish near the floating food with a bobber and a worm is the easiest.
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[fishstalker]

My grandfather fished for nothing but carp and taught me how to fish for them when I was a kid.(Many decades ago!) His method is as follows:

Make doughball out of cornmeal. Slowly heat water in a pan. Add some sugar and vanilla because they like a sweet bait. Stir together as water heats up. Slowly stir in yellow corn meal. Add it slowly and get the right texture which is just thick enough to mold but not too hard. Too much corn meal and especially too much heat are what make the bait too hard. Carp like soft bait so they can crush it in their mouth. Mold this into a ball about 1 1/4" and use a #2 or #4 single hook. Use 4 to 8 lb. test monofilament, and use no weight at all. Cast this out gently so it doesn't come off the hook. If using a spinning reel open the bail and when the carp takes the bait let him take it for 3 or 4 feet before setting the hook. The fight is on!

They are a lot of fun to catch but unlike my grandfather, I never acquired a taste for them at all. To each his own. Catching carp on light line is what taught me how to handle big fish on light line. That is the same way my son learned to handle big fish. The nice thing about carp is that they are available virtually everywhere and if they aren't biting you can eat the bait! I haven't fishhed for them in years but used to have a lot of fun with them. Let me know how this works for you.
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[fishingrich]

thanks everyone, i'll try those! i'll post back what if they work for me.
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[Tarpon4me]

Hey there fishstalker! That sounds like a tastey recipe. I might just try that out, and like you said, if the fish aren't biting, i'll have a bite. LOL [] Thanks for your inputs partner![cool]
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[ryanbeech]

Hey there, the best way that I've found when I carp fish is to use a mixture of salmon eggs and power bait. Go buy a couple of the hooks with coils and smoosh it all in there and just drop it in and you'll be sure to catch one. Good luck! [reply]

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[tubeN2]

Once you have figured out what set up you want to use, don't forget that Carp have a sweet tooth. We do have a few Carp Bait recipes on the Recipie board.[cool]
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