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For those interested in trying out Carp fishing after reading Deborah's Fishing post, here is one more method to try...
The night before you fish, toss a couple cans of kernal corn out under your favorite dock light. Not the metal of course just the corn itself. This will pull in the carp to feed on the corn. Then the next morning, as the sun comes up, throw another can of corn down. Now for actually catching them. Take a medium sized circle hook(or really anyhook), and thread on as many kernals of corn that it will hold. Toss it out near your baited area. Set your reel to free-line, with your bait clicker on. This will allow the carp to pick up the bait and carry it off, without feeling any resistance. Then when you see/hear the line running, just start reeling and hang on!
Bobbers should not be needed. Weight would only be needed if its windy or you struggle to cast far enough. If you do use them, then use a threaded bullet weight that can slide up and down the line, so again the fish won't feel the resistance.
This has produced well for me on other lakes, and I'm sure will work on Martin as well.
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debbieduck
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8/2/2008 5:36:58 PM
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Hey, great info on carp fishing! Keep those good ideas coming!
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Aardvark
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8/3/2008 12:02:04 AM
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One thing that I have noticed is that bigger hooks don't necessarily mean more hookups. I had one bait stealer pick up my doughball several times a few weeks ago, but I never could get a hookup. The only reason I could think of was that i was using a bigger hook, a size 1 drop shot hook, than what I usually use, which is a size 4 or 6 red light wire hook, which also works on bream and catfish. Since I usually don't get to the lake early, I do my fishing late. I use bread, rice, or whatever will draw in the fish. Once the sun gets low, the fish will start moving up again. My usual method is to use my microlite spinning rig and go after bream and cats, and if a Buglemouth Bass comes along and breaks my 2 pound line, I go straight to the medium action spinning rig (heavy stuff for me, but I caught a 12 1/2 pounder earlier this summer with it-a good way to break in a new rig from the toy store in Prattville). The fun part is when I hook a Golden Bonefish that doesn't break the 2 pound line. I have landed a few on the microlite stuff, and believe me, a nice Carp on the buggy whip is a fight you won't soon forget.
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