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Aqualung · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 50

This is a great carp site...hope it helps

http://www.carpamerica.com/forums/

cmorjoe · Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 256 Location: Seymour CT.

I've seen guys down on Lake Housatonic with boats with platforms in front up high. There are carp in here as big as BUICKS. Only kidding but I snagged one with a rattletrap once by the tail it almost pulled my pole out of my hand. To some I guess there OK; I have trouble with how ugly they are (they probably aren't that thrilled the way I look though)

Keith T · Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 395 Location: Mooresville,NC.

Carp don't count only BASS....LOL
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SkeeterJim · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 2219 Location: Newington, CT

Carp you say. I was down in Hamburg Cove couple weekends ago in search of stripers and there were carp everywhere!! They were jumping out of the water chasing food, mating, or whatever they were doing just to spite me because I was looking for stripers but there were so many I swear I could have stepped out of my boat and walked to the shore and never touched water!!! Now maybe I should have targeted them. Have no idea what carp would bite but they were there.
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admin · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject:

i hear they love Corn... i watch the old timers hit them with it all the time in the housy... 4 kernels on a hook and they chum the hell out of the area... 17 pounder came out of the river in falls village a few weeks back that way...
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JESTERJACKSON · Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 195 Location: Central CT

You are right corn is a great bait to use
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Redneck Fisherman · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 49

i've fished for them before. their a blast, go back and use corn on a bobber or on the bottem or worms. If that doesn't work they might be grass carp whitch are a little harder to catch because they only eat grass and leaves but they make flies to look like flower peddels or leaves so try them because a 25lb carp on a fly rod = big fun.

richep · Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 25 Location: Southington

I used to catch carp as a Kid in the Quinnipiac river in Yalesville using bread balls. I caught so many my father called me captain carp. I must have caught a 100. For a 13 year old, they were fun. We always threw them back in. And yes, they were beaten by the ugly stick.

Rookie · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 487 Location: Milford Ct

I got one on a spider jig in lilly last spring. 13 1/2 pounds. It was fun as heck
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ChaoSki · Joined: 23 Jun 2014 Posts: 169

Bringing this one back from dead.....

By far my favorite fish to hook.

Just using Corn on the hook/chumming and it has produced the best fights and the biggest fish.

I will warn you, once you start, fishing for anything else is just boring.

Pulled out 32" /20lbs + carp few months back. Last week, our 20lbs braid broke 8+ times.....and few times it did break I've never seen my rod bend the way it did.

There is some monsters out there waiting to be caught!

The best part, not many people fish for them!!!

KramerD · Joined: 18 Jun 2015 Posts: 4

That's interesting Chaoski. I guess we can caught big monsters there.

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ChaoSki · Joined: 23 Jun 2014 Posts: 169

Yep, when you have "lack of interest" + biggest fish in fresh water....it makes for lots of fun.

I mainly fish for Carp, other game fish is simply pesky in comparison and just not as desirable.

I like to Pike fish as well, but truth be told......Pike are plentyful in few areas on CT.Good news is, people avoid those as much as Carp.

Gain, to me that's an opportunity/appeal. But I always go against the herd anyways.