CARP - no snickering please !

[tlapinski]

I used to fish for them a lot when I was younger and lived in Western MA near the CT River. I used wheaties mashed up and mixed with strawberry soda on a small hook and slip sinker. It was not uncommon to take several over 20 pounds on a given outing. The state record is 44 pounds, landed in the CT River. This one should blow your mind though... WORLDRECORDCARP.COM: New world record common carp from Rainbow Lake 91lb

[Sgt Striper]

Originally Posted by tlapinski

I used to fish for them a lot when I was younger and lived in Western MA near the CT River. I used wheaties mashed up and mixed with strawberry soda on a small hook and slip sinker. It was not uncommon to take several over 20 pounds on a given outing. The state record is 44 pounds, landed in the CT River. This one should blow your mind though... WORLDRECORDCARP.COM: New world record common carp from Rainbow Lake 91lb

Yup, 91#'s and he caught it on one of my favorite rods, the SP!

[FishermanTim]

I see them all the time when kayaking the Sudbury River, and when you see carp that would measure anywhere OVER 3 1/2 feet, you start to see where the challenge would play into it.

I've see carp that were close to if not over 4 ft in length and whenthey spooked, they left no doubt that they were a BIG FISH.

Now I regret not targeting these beasts this past summer, as they seemed to out number the bass and pickerel in the small section that I fished.

The added plus was seeing a family of osprey diving/fishing and seeing a young eagle that was either born there or is staking out the area as his "territory".

[bart]

I tried for carp today because I haven't got a bass in a few days. I was chumming the area pretty hard and a nice guy down the way was fishing a crankbait for bass. he ended up hooking something big that was taking drag and taking him all over the pond before losing it. he was fishing an ultra-lite set-up so I'm not sure if I drew in some carp and he snagged one or if he hooked into a big bass. I got a 22" PIG of a bass the other day in the same area on my medium set-up and it made a strong run at first so who knows. But he said he's caught carp in the lips before on lures. I've never heard of that, but he seemed to know his stuff. he had modified the crankbait in a cool way i'd never seen. Either way it was pretty exciting for about 15 seconds. Now its time to eat

[Rappin Mikey]

Fun fish to catch. They get real big my way in the CT River. When they get hooked, they get pissed! A much better fight then they present while just swimming around. Look over any bridge that goes into Holyoke, MA in mid June on a sunny day, you'll see some bruisers.