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Carpfishin860 · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 55 Location: East Hartford

My buddies and I have been putting in the effort and elbow grease by taking a ride out to one of our favorite Connecticut River Carp fishing spots and pre-baiting over the last couple of weeks to pull extra carp into our swim and get them feeding on our bait. We have fished the spot a few times over the last couple of weeks catching a number of carp under the recognized trophy carp weight of 20 pounds specified in the back of the CT anglers guides.
Sunday morning of May the 6th myself and my two buddies attended the carp fish-in at Batterson pond in I believe Farmington or New Brittan sponsored by Connecticut Outfitters of Wethersfield. The area was pre-baited and atleast a couple dozen carp anglers from across and out of state showed up for the event. I was only able to fish until 11am dude to my grandfathers suprise 80th bday party. I didnt see any carp pulled in from where i was positioned but quickly word spread around the pond that one of the guys caught a 38 pounder. The thing was a absolute hog and I believe my buddy Justin Solak has the picture he may post if he hasnt already.
Anyhow my buddies relocated to our spot on the CT river and I met up with them after the party. We got our lines in the water at about 5 pm and it was maybe a hour before I had a carp pulling out line. I set the hook, did battle and my buddy netted this fish for me.

This fish faught like a champ and weighed in at 26 pounds 4 ounces, my biggest of the season! I was a happy camper and set the bar to beat this year between my group of carp fishin buddies. Trying to make the most of the available daylight I scrambled and got my rig back in order and sent her back out into the river. A half hour went by and I had another carp pulling line out and to make a long story short we got the fish safely into the net and into our weigh sling and she came in at 23 pounds 11 ounces.

Another trophy fish and another great battle. My friends and I stuck around till about 9 pm and I believe we got a few more quick pulls but no more fish on the bank. All in all a solid quick session and more importantly it told us we had bigger fish in our swim.
May 7th my buddy who is new to fishing called me up and finally decided it was time he bought himself a good carp rod equipped with a Bait-Feeder reel, so I met him at Cabellas in about 15 minutes as we both live in town. He ended up purchasing a nice set up and we decided to hit the CT river for 5 oclock. We showed up to our spot and got set up and we were in the water at 5pm and it was aprox 2 hours after high tide. The wind was blistering but we stuck it out and boy am I glad we did. Nearly 2 hours into our session I got my first run and set the hook and I knew immediatly it was a biggen as it peeled line off my reel in a beastly fashion. 10 minutes later this Beautiful carp was safely on shore.

31 pounds and 7 ounces a NEW PERSONAL BEST! This thing had giant round belly on it. We ended up staying till about 10pm tonight and I ended up hooking into a total of 5 carp tonight one of which being a 23 pounder and the 3 smaller carp. I apologize for the inconvenience in the size of the pictures but I am not the most computer savy guy around and I will soon have my buddy run me through the process. Anyway the big carp are currently biting as they seem to normally due in the spring so get out there and wet a line![/img]

BassRican · Joined: 21 Mar 2011 Posts: 116 Location: Meriden

WOW! Congrats on the PB. I gotta try this carp fishing. Great job!
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Justin Tralli · Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 656 Location: Glastonbury, CT

That is awesome man! I love carp fishing on the River. That thing is a beast! I've had some huge carp on in the past but have never been able to land one that big. They either spool the reel or break off. I had one on years ago up in the Salmon River that had to be about 5 feet long and around 60lbs it ended up breaking the line after three of us tried to land it along the side of the boat. They really are a game fish that more people should try to fish for! They fight better than stripers and they're always around!

Great job dude! That's a terrific picture and catch!
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Carpfishin860 · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 55 Location: East Hartford

Thanks man and your absolutely right they are a real blast and theres a million different ways to do it an baits to use you really can get involved and the fights are awesome. Ive heard of giants around the state and it doesnt suprise me at all in europe theyve caught common carp over 100 pounds. The state record is 41 pounds 8 ounces but there is much bigger swimming around out here.

SmOoTh OpErAtOr !!! · Joined: 03 May 2012 Posts: 108

Dude that's an awsome fish it's been tooooooo long since I went for carp ur killin me Lol
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Carpfishin860 · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 55 Location: East Hartford

This is another picture of the 31 pounder and it actually stuck its top fin straight up which alot of them dont do for the camera.

TurtleKiss · Joined: 09 Mar 2010 Posts: 1200 Location: central CT

Fantastic pic...congrats on the PB!
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Michael · Joined: 28 Jan 2012 Posts: 3823 Location: Bridgeport

WTG! Congrats on new PB!

CT_BASSman · Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 349

Awesome fish! Congrats on the new PB, now you need to break it again!

icefishingnewbie · Joined: 18 Dec 2011 Posts: 275 Location: Haddam, CT

i would love to know where some of your spots mind sharing Very Happy

DirtyDawg10 · Joined: 27 May 2009 Posts: 2238 Location: Granby, CT

Nice carp! Congrats on the PB.

JustinSolak · Joined: 17 Jul 2011 Posts: 245 Location: East Hartford, CT

Carpfishin860 · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 55 Location: East Hartford

Ya it really is alot of work baiting and preparing the spots. Your paying for gas to drive out there frequently to bait it and your paying for all the bait your throwing in plus you have to buy it all then prepare it properly and it takes alot of time and effort to do it. Thankfully we have a good small crew of guys that all contribute to make it happen. You can find carp in basically all the bigger rivers in the state and a good number of ponds and lakes. Just takes a little effort to get a consistent bite going in your area for extended periods of time. Especially the bigger rivers where the fish can just leave your area and find somewhere else to eat and hang out.

Carpfishin860 · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 55 Location: East Hartford

Also thank you everybody ill be trying like hell to beat that.

JustinSolak · Joined: 17 Jul 2011 Posts: 245 Location: East Hartford, CT

icefishingnewbie: for starters on a good carp spot, try your local coves that connect to the river. not sure where you're comin from, but on the CT river, we got keeny cove, wethersfield cove, etc. or if you can find some still or slow moving water somewhere on the river. inside bends, the current isn't nearly as strong.

once you pick your spot, then you gotta feed it for a few days to draw the carp in and keep em there. it's a lotta work, but mike'll tell ya first hand, its definitely worth it.
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