Trouble Finding Carp

[worstfishermanalive]

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!

[tjm]

have you read this? http://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/3601-carp-a-beginner’s-guide/

 

[worstfishermanalive]

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.

[MOPanfisher]

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.

[worstfishermanalive]

I'll do that Lake Degray and Millwood are about two hours away each so I'll try them next, thank you!

[Terrierman]

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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Look for a good stagnant mud hole lake.  That’s what works around here.  We chum with canned corn in the morning and come back in the evening to fish.  I like evenings for carp.  

[tjm]

  On 6/13/2020 at 4:25 AM, worstfishermanalive said:

So I live in El Dorado

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

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  On 6/14/2020 at 9:49 PM, tjm said:

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

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I thought he meant el dorado springs mo 

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Or maybe he is the “worst fisherman alive”😂