Where To Find Them

[Haris122]

What's the way to fish it right? Have you been there recently and caught common carp?

[Wayne SW/MO]

You talk as if it hs commoms so chum it with some softened deer corn and use the same on a ahir rig to fish over the chum area a few hoirs, 12 is best, later?

[Haris122]

Yeah I meant Common ones. Hmm, I never really gave the hair rig or chumming and returning several hours later a try. Certainly worth a shot. I'll try that out one of these days. The one common one I caught to date was on a corn paste type bait that you can mold around the hook, I figured I'd have at least had bites on it when I went, but I do hear they're difficult to fool.

[Haris122]

I got a 9 lb one at Flamm on the Meramec on some shrimp of all things, a few days ago. I had to finesse it some with the drag, since I knew some of my line wasn't in the best shape, but good thing was that I got it on the medium-heavy rod, with 20 lb test. After what felt like an eternity, but probably actually amounted to only 6-7 minutes, I got it to shore, we weighed it, and I let it loose again. Later on I had something else take another piece of shrimp on the medium rod with 10 lb test, and the drag started going and the rod bending pretty ferociously, and then it broke the line and the rod popped back up. Got me convinced to at least change out the 10 lb line, cause it's frayed even more so than the 20 lb from constant use in the spincast reel.

[oneshot]

I'm going to have to put some Pics or Video on here showing how to catch Carp. It is not Rocket Science I just use Dough Bait, no Weight, #6 Treble Hook, no Hair Rig, I might Chum but do some while I fish. Catch all the Carp I want.

Grandson with the first one I put him on

oneshot