03-26-2006, 03:33 AM
Where the carp lie depends on the time of year and the body of water, so there are some rules of thumb. But you are right, there will be some search and destroy kind of missions to your favorite waters to directly observe the fish.
Here's a couple of "Rules of thumbs", look for them in the shallow and/or slow moving water first. They like weeds for the plant material and bugs, and they like mud for the worms.
Canned corn does work(where it is legal), but almost everywhere I've fished for carp, Field corn has worked much better. Here in Utah, all corn is illegal so I use different methods.
If you can, make some dough bait using 3 or 4 different kinds of additives and bring them all with you; for example:one with banana, one with strawberry, one with nutmeg or cinnamon, and one with cayenne(flavor the dough so that the flavor is not too strong - rule of thumb:flavor should be about as strong as what a person would tolerate) also, bring some field corn.
(I have a few other secret ingredients, but that would be for a PM and after you've told me what has worked in your area. If one thing works, it is likely and predictable that another thing will be killer.)
If chumming is legal in your area, there are some definite methods to employ that work great. But, If you do it wrong, you will catch nothing - and I mean NOTHING!
Anyway, good luck !
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Here's a couple of "Rules of thumbs", look for them in the shallow and/or slow moving water first. They like weeds for the plant material and bugs, and they like mud for the worms.
Canned corn does work(where it is legal), but almost everywhere I've fished for carp, Field corn has worked much better. Here in Utah, all corn is illegal so I use different methods.
If you can, make some dough bait using 3 or 4 different kinds of additives and bring them all with you; for example:one with banana, one with strawberry, one with nutmeg or cinnamon, and one with cayenne(flavor the dough so that the flavor is not too strong - rule of thumb:flavor should be about as strong as what a person would tolerate) also, bring some field corn.
(I have a few other secret ingredients, but that would be for a PM and after you've told me what has worked in your area. If one thing works, it is likely and predictable that another thing will be killer.)
If chumming is legal in your area, there are some definite methods to employ that work great. But, If you do it wrong, you will catch nothing - and I mean NOTHING!
Anyway, good luck !
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