wanted to start a fishing thread more dedicated to catfish and carp. i love fishing both and would like to see if there are any others out there that do the same type of fishing....share some tips, etc.
fishing thread for cats and carp
Fishing is easily my 2nd favorite hobby and catfish are my prime target. This will be a fun thread.
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do you do any fishing in the winter? i usually shut down for the next couple of months, until trout season starts.
biggest cat? mine is only 10lbs : (
biggest carp? mine is 30lbs : )
if i knew how to post pics on here i would...lol
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I think I am posting this right....30 lber
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Biggest Cat was 25lbs. Never actually caught a carp before, but want to. I usually don't fish when it gets below 40°. It's much colder on that water. LoL
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Fished for the last 10 years under various methods (match, carp specific and also predator). Never caught a moggy (cat) bit had some great fun catching carp both on both the rod and the match pole. Biggest was around 15lb.
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i use boilies with a hair rig and then throw it with a good oatmeal pack bait....but to be honest you can catch them on lots of things. i have used just corn and caught plenty of them. problem with corn is that everything likes corn....bluegill, sun fish, little catfish.
go to youtube and look up "cats and carp" guy has tons of very helpful info on baits lines etc...
go to youtube and look up "cats and carp" guy has tons of very helpful info on baits lines etc...
OK what are "boilies"? I was a commercial fisherman for 20 years and never heard that term before, might be regional.
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Very simply a base mix containing various fishmeal or other ingredients, rolled into a ball circa 10mm or greater and boiled solid hence the name.
Carp eat most things but they love to graze, laying a small carpet of bait (hemp or particles such as corn) followed by a corn or maize on the hook will snare a large majority of carp. Even more so of you balance the hookbait accordingly and set a good for for them.
Worth looking for UK carp methods and trying to adopt some principles particularly on "go fishing" or YouTube . A lot of carp outside of the europe are seldom fished for (if you exclude the crossbow mad men).
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they are a European carp bait but they will also catch catfish. here's a good link for info
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBxg5kfKtTI
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25lbs is nice....was it a channel, blue or flathead?
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i have never eaten one and i have been told they taste like mud....lol
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Polish delicacy apparently. Sold in a few supermarkets in the UK to please the Eastern European crowd. To avoid the muddy flavour they are reared in fresh water for a couple of weeks before slaughter.
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Channel cat. We have some really good spots on the Red River here and my father in law and I had walked back into the woods and down an embankment. Crazy thing is he caught one bigger than mine. It was a good day. Haha
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Not sure how everyone else feels about carp being an "eating fish". But in Ohio......it is most definitely NOT an eating fish and considered to be complete garbage much like the sheephead. Maybe its just regional
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no, it's a garbage fish here as well. probably just about everywhere BUT it gives a great fight and is a lot of fun to fish for.
I've never eaten carp. Catching them is the fun part from what I understand. Now we do it buffalo ribs and those are amazing.
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My biggest carp has been 14 lbs. There are a couple of rivers up this way, the Concord and Merrimack, which are excellent carp fisheries. There are 40+ lbers reported regularly. My brother in law and I would fish for them with medium weight spinning rods and 10 lb test. I have no idea how many we broke off but man was the fight fun.
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New rod and reel....might be some time before I get out since we are getting 6 inches of snow today.
Silvercat rod with a regal 3500 reel and 40lb spider braid. Man I cat wait!!!!
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Silvercat rod with a regal 3500 reel and 40lb spider braid. Man I cat wait!!!!
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Cool post. I'm all kitted out with stuff but haven't really gone carp fishing for a while. Even my normal fishing is on the back burner cause of golf.
I've been doing the Euro-Carp fishing thing since 2004. I even used to be a member of the Carp Anglers Group as well but let that lapse. My personal best is a 58lb grass carp and about a 22lb common I think. Used to catch tons of under 15lbs carp at Lake Mead outside Las Vegas but nothing huge.
Here's a shot of my favorite spot on the Apalachicola river in Florida. Carp were hanging near the submerged tree. Fast current beyond there, though. Tough to hold bottom even with 4 oz gripper leads. So, I always fished the margins and did really well.
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I've been doing the Euro-Carp fishing thing since 2004. I even used to be a member of the Carp Anglers Group as well but let that lapse. My personal best is a 58lb grass carp and about a 22lb common I think. Used to catch tons of under 15lbs carp at Lake Mead outside Las Vegas but nothing huge.
Here's a shot of my favorite spot on the Apalachicola river in Florida. Carp were hanging near the submerged tree. Fast current beyond there, though. Tough to hold bottom even with 4 oz gripper leads. So, I always fished the margins and did really well.
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nice setup....looks very carpy. i have never caught a grass carp.
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Thanks.
I caught my one and only by accident. I read they ate hydrilla and other vegetation but this one sucked up a boilie. Fought like a 10lb'r until it saw the bank, then it took off and that's when the fun started. 30 minutes later and one dead arm I got him. A passerby and his grandson were nice enough to take the picture, but, they missed the tail.
I caught my one and only by accident. I read they ate hydrilla and other vegetation but this one sucked up a boilie. Fought like a 10lb'r until it saw the bank, then it took off and that's when the fun started. 30 minutes later and one dead arm I got him. A passerby and his grandson were nice enough to take the picture, but, they missed the tail.