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[usernamehere]

very nice pump I also caught a similar sized carp on saturday.

[tcp]

Good job man,  you netted that fish like a pro.  Glad you enjoyed it, now you get to defend carp fishing from every "laugh-at-you" a-hole that still thinks they are garbage fish.  Nothing around here will pull your drag like that in mid summer except carp (or maybe some large drum or something).

 

CONGRATS on the large carp!

 

 

OH and nice fish OP.  fatty!

Edited by tcp, 02 June 2014 - 10:25 AM.

[classic drifter]

you still go there eh?   gotta go there some time, massive carp there

yeah, on a regular basis, for largies, carp and pike, very good sucess rates, thats why the spot keeps me coming back,

[PUMP KNOWS]

Good job man,  you netted that fish like a pro.  Glad you enjoyed it, now you get to defend carp fishing from every "laugh-at-you" a-hole that still thinks they are garbage fish.  Nothing around here will pull your drag like that in mid summer except carp (or maybe some large drum or something).

 

CONGRATS on the large carp!

 

 

OH and nice fish OP.  fatty!

 

 

Thanks bro

 

 

Here's something else I captured yesterday

 

[chinooky]

awesome vids! grats again

[PUMP KNOWS]

^^^

Thanks

 

very nice pump I also caught a similar sized carp on saturday.

 

Same spot and on a micro jig?

[OCDComputing]

Very nice!

[PUMP KNOWS]

^^^

Thanks

 

Here's the rest of the vids

 

 

[tcp]

Same spot and a fly rod!  Those fish are getting ready to spawn, huge ones there, darn!!!  I tink I know where that is now, based on that barrier.  anyways,  good work man.!

[Shawarma]

Looks like Saturday morning until 1ish is my carp day. We'll see how it goes!! Those vids inspired me lol.

[tcp]

I need to get down to toronto with a fly rod badly,  islands are probably on fire right now.  hopfullly the wife lets me go this weekend!

[PUMP KNOWS]

Looks like Saturday morning until 1ish is my carp day. We'll see how it goes!! Those vids inspired me lol.

 

I need to get down to toronto with a fly rod badly,  islands are probably on fire right now.  hopfullly the wife lets me go this weekend!

 

 

Do it guys!!!

[tcp]

Found a great stretch on the Grand River for carping yesterday.  Going to shoot a video there, beautiful scenery, loads and loads of water, waded 2 km and saw hundreds of feeding carp in every little eddy and slack water.  Managed to spook most of them but landed this little guy for my efforts. 

 

 

[PUMP KNOWS]

^^^

Nice pic

 

Do you prefer catching carp on flyrod over a spinning setup?

[tcp]

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Nice pic

 

Do you prefer catching carp on flyrod over a spinning setup?

Fly for sure.  Its the complete opposite of baitfishing.  With fly carping, its a hunt, you have to sneak up on the fish without beiing detected, cast a fly to a feeding fish and have the fly drop within range of its vision and watch as he eats the fly, the take is so subtle you cannot feel it so you must strike at the moment when the fish eats because he will spit the fly guarenteed, its a visual game, high anxiety the whole time.  Then the fight is on, its much more challenging to play a fish on the fly gear.  I use an 8wt outfit and even a small carp can take me into the backing and bend the rod to its limits.  Also, I can get out wading and cast to numerous fish, possibly hooking some within 1 hr, its much more fast paced.  Another thing, you only need the most minimal of equipment to get going,  waders, rod, flies, net (although you dont really need the net, just makes landing the fish much much quicker), camera if you so desire.

 

With baitfishing, you select a spot to fish, you put out the bait, you make sure you have a good rig so that you hook up when a fish eats your bait.  Its a waiting game after that,  a good chair, some beers and maybe a magazine are needed to pass the time.  Depending on how much stuff you bring, you are pretty much invested in your location as well.  So moving around doesnt happen much, you put bait in a specific spot and your invested in that spot now.  Sometimes you get lucky and start landing fish right away, but often times you must put in a few hours before the bite turns on.  Ive had weekend long sessions where the first 24 hours I did not get a bite,  it took that long for the fish to find my bait. But after that 24hr mark, it was nuts for the remaing 48.  Bait fishing requires lots of equipment generally.  You can get away with a bucket, backpack, rod and net but when i go I like to have some comforts, I always bring my carping chair, rod quiver (holds my 12' rods, 6' net handle and net, banksticks and rod pod, brolly) a bucket(s) full of bait(weighs a good 20-30 lbs), usually a cooler for my drinks and snacks, sometimes I ll bring a barbeque and most times I will bring a landing mat as well to keep the fish safe.  With all this crap I normally need to use a small shopping cart to carry it all out depending if there is a hike to the spot, you can actually buy carp wheel barrows to carry all your shyte.  When you hook up bait fishing, the fight is pretty awesome cause your sitting there waiting around and then all of sudden its high anxiety time , but with the rods I use, its pretty easy to control the fish and bring them in.  I use standard UK carp rods, 12' - 3lb test curve.  Very beefy rods, Also my spinning reels are massive.  I have the wychwood Exocist big pits.  this combo makes its nice and easy to bring in the biggest of carp.  you can control which way they swim and basically zig zag them in to the shore doing the pump and reel technique, after they are finished with their initial run(s).

 

To me, baitfishing for carp is more of a camping thing, when i have lots of time to invest, its good with the family or with friends, its more social.  Fly fishing is more of an everyday way to catch em for me.  I can jump in the river on the way home from work for an hour, search out all the usual hiding spots and if i find a fish I can try to catch it, if not, i leave and go home.  Lately Ive not had the time to invest in baitfishing.  I have a 2 month old baby so this year fly fishing is the only way for me as Im short on time.

 

I do love both styles but at this time, fly carping is what im all about.  Another perk of fly carping, you get to learn the fishes behaviour and habits as you are constantly watching them and seeing how they react, this information can help you with your baitfishing as well, cause you will eventually learn where the fish are at any given time, although im finding carp are somewhat difficult to pattern, but there is definitly a general pattern they follow.  you dont get this with baitfishing at all because the only thing you watch is your rod tip.

[PUMP KNOWS]

Fly carping sounds so much fun.  I like the idea of sight fishing and hunting for carp compared to the baiting and waiting technique.

 

I might look into getting on the fly for next year.  I just want to learn the basics of carp fishing first and then work my way up to the fly.

[tcp]

Fly carping sounds so much fun.  I like the idea of sight fishing and hunting for carp compared to the baiting and waiting technique.

 

I might look into getting on the fly for next year.  I just want to learn the basics of carp fishing first and then work my way up to the fly.

Sure man,  you got some AMAZING waters closeby for both techniques, but especially fly during the spring/early summer.  In your vid, you can see what im talking about!

[classic drifter]

oooooowwwwwkaaaaay fellas! the skunk has been wiped off! heres one from the local pond! gooooooldeeeennn!!!

hopefully come saturday will be a better deal with multiple fish and over 20 lbs!

[Carp Addiction]

Nice fish!

 

Hey do you release your catches?

 

If you do try to bring some sort of mat next time, to protect your catch

 

Carp are big heavy fish, so it wont take much for rocks and twigs to damage or pierce their eyes or scales, not to mention rub off their protective slime-coating. You might catch that same fish sometime down the road with some lacerations, and or some other unsightly marks on its left side because it wasnt protected the first time out of the water.

 

Just giving a heads up

 

All part of having fun, but also taking care of these creatures, thats why were on this thread

[tcp]

Nice fish!

 

Hey do you release your catches?

 

If you do try to bring some sort of mat next time, to protect your catch

 

Carp are big heavy fish, so it wont take much for rocks and twigs to damage or pierce their eyes or scales, not to mention rub off their protective slime-coating. You might catch that same fish sometime down the road with some lacerations, and or some other unsightly marks on its left side because it wasnt protected the first time out of the water.

 

Just giving a heads up

 

All part of having fun, but also taking care of these creatures, thats why were on this thread

Agreed, should use a landing mat, or at least rest the fish in some soft grass.  but nonetheless, CONGRATS classic drifter, always feels good to kill the skunk.  Im sure thats just one of many many more for you.  Once you go carp, its hard to go back to smaller fish.  For me its, steelhead,and carp, thats all i care for.

 

A tip for the landing mat,  even just a garbage bag would help , just make sure the bag is wet before laying the fish on it.  That will keep the slime from rubbing off.  after you can use the garbage bag to clean up any mess that you brought or found. or just throw the bag out.  I have a proper landing mat that I use to weigh the fish in as well, its a bit excessive in my opinion, but when im on a long session catching lots of fish, I peg my mat into the ground with tent pegs, setup my camera by the mat and it makes things easy, also keeps the fish nice and clean for the pics.  Carp can survive lots of abuse, and being out of the water for a long time.  but its best to do as little harm as we can.  

 

Anyways,  congrats again!  I like the baitcaster.  thats a good reel for carp since it has the free spool clicker thing.  perfect for carp!  For a real challenge,  try your center pin sometime!  its awesome. you could rig up the same way you did to catch that fish, or you could use a float rigged for the depth of the lake, with a small sinker to keep you on bottom.  corn on a small hook.  throw a handful of corn over your float.  wait for the float to go down.    you can have great success on any pier or marina.  The biggest carp fall for this trick all the time.  ive heard of 40lb carp being caught this way.