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So I live in El Dorado and have fished everywhere I could think of including but not limited to: Moro Bay, Felsenthal, White Oak and Tricounty Lake. I have used pack baits, bread and sweet corn all using hair rigs. my current setup is 12 pound line>.5 oz egg sinker>helicopter>swivel>8 in braided line>#6 hook with hair rig. I just got done with white looking for grass carp, chummed the heck out of it and not even a nibble. That is what's really freaking me out is no fish has shown interest in my line. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong, it's getting to the point I'm thinking carp are all part of my imagination or maybe a persistent hallucination. I've gone for common, hybrid and grassers where ever they say they are I go and can't find them. If I ask people just tell me to get a boat but I can't afford one nor really want one. Do you guys have any suggestions of what I'm doing wrong or where I could go to catch them? My sanity is starting to erode I've been trying for a few months now just fishing on the weekends and nothing not even nibbles.

Thanks for your help!

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I did actually, more of what I’m trying to find are specific locations where I can bank fish for carp. I’ve just had a hard time locating carp out here probably because all of the rivers are high. Also I apologize for the multiple posts, not sure what happened but probably in my excitement to get input did something weird so I flagged them in hopes of getting the deleted.

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Any f the big 3 COE lakes have plenty of carp.  Find a spot with easy access and give it a try.  We used to bait an area with shelled corn and the go back with canned corn, love catching them, even been known to eat a few.  Grassy/dirt banks seem to be better than gravel.

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Get some shelled corn and a gunny sack.  Put ten pounds of corn in the sack and a brick to sink it and tie it shut. Chuck it out 20 or 30 feet from shore with a rope to retrieve.  Let it sit about three days and give that area a try.  I bet your luck changes.

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On 6/12/2020 at 11:25 PM, worstfishermanalive said:

So I live in El Dorado

just to be clear you are in south Arkansas? my first thought was central Kansas..

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