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[Evan]

Hi Guys,

What do you think about Carp fishing during day time and during night time. Are carp more active in the dark or when its light? Would appreciate it if some of you experienced carp anglers have any advise on time of day to fish carp!

Thank you!

[hammercarp]

Carp feed both night and day. They use their incredible array of sensory apparatus to find their food. At this time of year water temperature is very important. Shallow water with good exposure to the sun will warm up first. Wind will push warm surface water. Look for areas with the wind blowing warm water into them. Hope this helps. Post up your results. It's great to see another anglers catch.

[Evan]

Carp feed both night and day. They use their incredible array of sensory apparatus to find their food. At this time of year water temperature is very important. Shallow water with good exposure to the sun will warm up first. Wind will push warm surface water. Look for areas with the wind blowing warm water into them. Hope this helps. Post up your results. It's great to see another anglers catch.

Thanks for the tips hammercarp! I am just looking into getting started with Carp fishing this year.

[aznsynaster3lg]

most of the carp I've caught were in the late afternoon

[hammercarp]

Thanks for the tips hammercarp! I am just looking into getting started with Carp fishing this year.

You are welcome. That is great. Check this out. Caping for beginnersIt may be of help . If you have any questions please ask and I will help if I can.

[Mike Rousseau]

Ive done night sessions before... Not as productive as the daytime...

Any night session I have done... The best results were around 5am-7am

Lots of big fish are caught early early in the morning...

A lot of the time I try to set up when it's still dark out... And bait up the night before...

[Evan]

Thank Mike. I might try going out early morning this weekend. Since I am new to Carp, I would like to keep things simple and just use corn. Have you guys had success with corn?

[hammercarp]

Canned corn is a great bait for carp. Buy the cheapest you can find. Generally, the cheaper it is, the tougher and bigger the kernels are. They will stay on better. The only problem with it is that it is soft and gobies will steal it on you. When the water is cold the gobies are not very active so they are not much of a problem. Bullheads like canned corn too and can be a pain as well.

[Mike Rousseau]

Thank Mike. I might try going out early morning this weekend. Since I am new to Carp, I would like to keep things simple and just use corn. Have you guys had success with corn?

woooohhh...

i wouldnt go early in the morning this time of year....

try to have lines in around 7-8am and fish till 4-5pm... there should be a feeding window in there...

[Split-shot]

I have been having good luck in the early afternoon (12-2pm). Have tried in the morning and evening as well but because it is still cold I haven't had much luck other than in the afternoon.
3 corn kernells directly on the hook seems to work, chumming with corn the day before. I am fairly new to carp fishing and haven't experimented with a hair rig yet, is this necessary in an area without a lot of fishing pressure?

[mikeh]

so far this month I have caught two in the mornings and four in the late afternoon around 5 or 6pm when the water is at its warmest in the relatively shallow area I am fishing. I'm using big hard corn boilies and a cream corn / vanilla cereal - particle / pack bait as an attractant. so far...so good.

[NADO]

I have been having good luck in the early afternoon (12-2pm). Have tried in the morning and evening as well but because it is still cold I haven't had much luck other than in the afternoon.
3 corn kernells directly on the hook seems to work, chumming with corn the day before. I am fairly new to carp fishing and haven't experimented with a hair rig yet, is this necessary in an area without a lot of fishing pressure?

The hair rig will definately increase your chances of getting a hookup. Alot of the time carp suck up the bait and then spit it out as quickly as they suck it up. A hair rig will turn alot more of those "suck ups" into hookups.

Also if you chum the night before with corn I would probably also chum a bit the day of. Where I fish for carp you can usually see the corn disappear on the bottom of the river within a couple of hours. A school of big carp can take down a can of corn no problem.

[Rainbow]

Whaohhhh! Hold on there You support the Anti-Carp-Coalition yet you fish for them?

[NADO]

Lol there is nothing wrong with fishing for Carp, the problem I have is with promoting release of Carp and not classifying them as an invasive. I could go on but lets not deviate from this thread. I will have a post in the future explaining how the coalition will attempt to accomplish its goals.

In the meantime, hair rigs will definately increase hookups. I have yet to try boilies on the rig, maybe this summer I will make some.

[Split-shot]

Thanks NADO I have yet to try using boilies. If I was to try them then I suppose I would have to change my chum to the same mix as the boilies as well. Correct?

[hammercarp]

Thanks NADO I have yet to try using boilies. If I was to try them then I suppose I would have to change my chum to the same mix as the boilies as well. Correct?

Yes it would be a good idea to break some boilies up and use them in your chum mix. As well as a few whole boilies fired out there. But the truth is boilies really are a lot of work to make are expensive to buy and are unnecessary . They are great, if you want the thrill of catching carp on your own homemade bait.
Canned sweetcorn and boiled field corm are two carp producing baits here that are hard to beat for simplicity and effectiveness. I fish with puffed corn on a hook and it has done very well for me.

[NADO]

I remember someone on here saying boilies help weed out the smaller fish. I cant say anything about there being any truth to that though.

[MichaelAngelo]

I remember someone on here saying boilies help weed out the smaller fish. I cant say anything about there being any truth to that though.

They should help me on the river with the pesky chubs. Going to test soon.