Mike Iaconelli.....OH SNAP!

[MoCarp]

2 hours ago, Harps said:

There are 20+ pounders laying in virtually every piece of fishable water I've seen in Missouri,

I would be interested in anyplace that has bigger carp, most people that have pointed me at huge carp waters the fish are about 1/2 size as advertised 

it takes a fish from 32" to 40" to break 20# depending on how porky they are built

 

Below are pics of a 20# and 21-4 taken by a woman from our group recently in AZ,

the carp on the stringer is from a newspaper that says its 30 pounds 3' long 

the last is a friend and youtuber Brian Wingard with a 37-8

Waters that have numbers of huge fish are not as common as most people think, it would be a worthy goal to quanify trophy fish of any species 

EX.are 8# bass common? where in Missouri can you realistically expect to catch one that big?

 

 

http://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/sports/local/2015/05/27/local-man-catches-pound-carp-buckeye-lake/27946105/

 

[Blll]

I used to fish rivers around the Chicago area for carp and have a 22# as my personal best. Made my own doughballs, made hair rigs and sold them, I was pretty into it. Here on Beaver, I've seen several carp that dwarfed my PB. With so many other options I've not targeted (or caught) any carp. I'm kinda intimidated by the big lake and would not know where to even start looking to catch carp. Would baiting a small area with corn be worthwhile? I would love for the grand kids to catch some without having to cast much. Isn't it odd how some fish pictures are so presented to distort the size of the fish. JMO

[fshndoug]

I would bet money that the fish on the stringer is not anywhere close to 30 lbs.Look at the size of the head and the hand holding the stringer.

 

[MoCarp]

52 minutes ago, Blll said:

I used to fish rivers around the Chicago area for carp and have a 22# as my personal best. Made my own doughballs, made hair rigs and sold them, I was pretty into it. Here on Beaver, I've seen several carp that dwarfed my PB. With so many other options I've not targeted (or caught) any carp. I'm kinda intimidated by the big lake and would not know where to even start looking to catch carp. Would baiting a small area with corn be worthwhile? I would love for the grand kids to catch some without having to cast much. Isn't it odd how some fish pictures are so presented to distort the size of the fish. JMO

Bill I know a couple guys that fish beaver, it still kind of untapped, I do have a friend near you than I could hook you up with, he prob has a spot or two picked out, Pm me Ill get you hooked up,  baiting up a spot or two always helps, a 5 gal bucket of boiled corn a couple of times and kids can have a blast!, warning though its very addictive!

16 minutes ago, fshndoug said:

I would bet money that the fish on the stringer is not anywhere close to 30 lbs.Look at the size of the head and the hand holding the stringer.

 

I totally agree! I bet that fish would be lucky to break 1/2 that!!!

[MoCarp]

Here is Brian's You Tube channel, it covers most anything you want to know about catching common carp

 

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https://www.youtube.com/user/bwingy

 

another guy that has a channel called Carp & Cats.... here is a vid on chumming and he has others where he takes his small kids fishing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AwV16GSkr0&t=1021s

 

[snagged in outlet 3]

8 minutes ago, MoCarp said:

aiting up a spot or two always helps, a 5 gal bucket of boiled corn a couple of times and kids can have a blast!,

I always used green giant canned corn.  Chum in the morning and come back in the evening.  Works like a charm.  I used ultra light spinning rods with a split shot and a scud hook.  That scud is offset and it hooks them really well.  My kids have literally caught hundreds of carp that way.  Well they did, now they're grown and gone.  

[MoCarp]

2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I always used green giant canned corn.  Chum in the morning and come back in the evening.  Works like a charm.  I used ultra light spinning rods with a split shot and a scud hook.  That scud is offset and it hooks them really well.  My kids have literally caught hundreds of carp that way.  Well they did, now they're grown and gone.  

sweet corn out of the can does work, had a guy join me and a buddy once  and shelled out a med bass spinning reel on a feisty 12#er that he finally got in, reel never sounded right after that...bluegills can be a pest stealing the corn off the hook, but I always use ether sweet corn or cream corn in pack bait I use

[snagged in outlet 3]

My daughters Barney rod caught em like crazy.  Until I casted it out and set it down to do something.  Wasn't fast enough to step on it when it flying into the water

[MoCarp]

2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

My daughters Barney rod caught em like crazy.  Until I casted it out and set it down to do something.  Wasn't fast enough to step on it when it flying into the water

long before I chased carp, I have lost more than one rod to carp, even had one get snapped under a boat cleat once on Stockton drifting for walleyes!......it took a long time to over come my personal hate of ol rubberlips,  fought a 10#er for 30 min till I finally saw it, the whole while I thought it was a record smallmouth!

at some point during our journey as an angler we get to the point to enjoy what we are given, or just get tired of banging our had against a wall trying to catch bass in 104 degree heat while fighting cabin cruisers and jet skis,.

my personal fishing calendar is....late fall- winter, trout....late winter early spring, walleyes/crappie, early summer LMB and giant sunfish, summer wading for SMB and night fishing for carp/cats....early fall GIANT carp!..then repeat with some side trips to places like Canada or the gulf for reds/flounder/specks