04-23-2011, 07:17 PM
Man o' man...
Nothing better than seeing the happy faces of youngsters catching fish. Nice pics and beautiful family Syn.
I am glad those chum balls worked out for you. That's a bit of different recipe than I have used in the past because it is supposed to also bring in sunfish.... did ya happen to notice if it brought any bluegills in... that was the reason for the recipe change. The only reason I ask is that the chum balls cost more than the soaked field corn I used in the past. If they don't help bring in the 'gills then there is really no reason to pay more.
Just an idea for a couple of you guys. Several years ago(before I owned a boat), I had a friend drop me off at a cove one evening (no idea where it was other than in the boulder basin). I set up camp then I walked the entire cove stopping every few feet to toss out a cup of chicken scratch. I used up two of the big bags of chicken scratch from wal-mart this way. I am quite sure every bit of coastline off of that cove had chicken scratch right off it's banks. I then made dinner drank a few beers etc etc... When I woke up in the morning it was truly an incredible site. There must've been thousands of carp working every inch of that shoreline. What a nice day of fishing that was. By the time my friend came and got me I was plumb wore out from catching all those fish. As a side note.. I tried this once by just dumping the bag of scratch in one spot.... bad idea... you want the fish moving up and down that shore looking for your scratch... not sitting in one spot fixating on it.(This only applies to LARGE amounts of chum... you want small spots of chum very controlled so you can fish right on it).
Your post really made my day. Carp are such an underutilized fish, especially when it comes to youngsters. Catching is so much more fun for the youngsters than sitting there.
Way to go brother....
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Nothing better than seeing the happy faces of youngsters catching fish. Nice pics and beautiful family Syn.
I am glad those chum balls worked out for you. That's a bit of different recipe than I have used in the past because it is supposed to also bring in sunfish.... did ya happen to notice if it brought any bluegills in... that was the reason for the recipe change. The only reason I ask is that the chum balls cost more than the soaked field corn I used in the past. If they don't help bring in the 'gills then there is really no reason to pay more.
Just an idea for a couple of you guys. Several years ago(before I owned a boat), I had a friend drop me off at a cove one evening (no idea where it was other than in the boulder basin). I set up camp then I walked the entire cove stopping every few feet to toss out a cup of chicken scratch. I used up two of the big bags of chicken scratch from wal-mart this way. I am quite sure every bit of coastline off of that cove had chicken scratch right off it's banks. I then made dinner drank a few beers etc etc... When I woke up in the morning it was truly an incredible site. There must've been thousands of carp working every inch of that shoreline. What a nice day of fishing that was. By the time my friend came and got me I was plumb wore out from catching all those fish. As a side note.. I tried this once by just dumping the bag of scratch in one spot.... bad idea... you want the fish moving up and down that shore looking for your scratch... not sitting in one spot fixating on it.(This only applies to LARGE amounts of chum... you want small spots of chum very controlled so you can fish right on it).
Your post really made my day. Carp are such an underutilized fish, especially when it comes to youngsters. Catching is so much more fun for the youngsters than sitting there.
Way to go brother....
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