05-10-2011, 06:50 AM
I didn't really touch on anything either as pretty much it had been covered. If your interested in the carp there you can make chumballs and pull them up. See sins post about his family outing. I go to Mulberry lake a couple of times a month and catch big carp. Last couple trips I didn't do well though... hrmmm.
I personally have seen bass caught at every lake except Cottonwood... btw thanks for the map gnelson, I now know the names of those lakes. I saw a guy catch a 4 or 5lb largemouth in Willow lake quite a few years ago. I've also seen some nice bass come out of the Upper lake.
My tactics for carp are simple. I usually post up at my favorite spot on Mulberry, chum them up, then pick 'em off. Once you get one it takes awhile to get it in on the fly rod. 20 or 30 minute fights are common on the 15lb+ fish. If I could get the ducks to stay out of the way one of these days I am gonna chum/stimulate a topwater bit with some dog food. I read a site that said bring a couple of bags of dogfood, chum until the ducks are full, then the fish will start rising. Never had the patience to try it though.
You can do very well by simply buying a few cans of corn. Go to the lake and pick two sites a bit apart from each other. Chum half a can of corn in each spot. Then take a spinning rod and carolina rig it with a baitholder hook. String 5 or 6 pieces of corn on the hook and try to drop it in chum spot number 1. Hook big carp, reel it in, then repeat to chum spot number 2. Rinse and repeat until your arms are too sore to cast any longer.
Later,
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I personally have seen bass caught at every lake except Cottonwood... btw thanks for the map gnelson, I now know the names of those lakes. I saw a guy catch a 4 or 5lb largemouth in Willow lake quite a few years ago. I've also seen some nice bass come out of the Upper lake.
My tactics for carp are simple. I usually post up at my favorite spot on Mulberry, chum them up, then pick 'em off. Once you get one it takes awhile to get it in on the fly rod. 20 or 30 minute fights are common on the 15lb+ fish. If I could get the ducks to stay out of the way one of these days I am gonna chum/stimulate a topwater bit with some dog food. I read a site that said bring a couple of bags of dogfood, chum until the ducks are full, then the fish will start rising. Never had the patience to try it though.
You can do very well by simply buying a few cans of corn. Go to the lake and pick two sites a bit apart from each other. Chum half a can of corn in each spot. Then take a spinning rod and carolina rig it with a baitholder hook. String 5 or 6 pieces of corn on the hook and try to drop it in chum spot number 1. Hook big carp, reel it in, then repeat to chum spot number 2. Rinse and repeat until your arms are too sore to cast any longer.
Later,
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