What is on the menu for these kitties @ Utah Lake??
I tried some really old, stink’in night crawlers of the dikes @ LB
and no such luck. The black dog had a blast down there though.
fresh carp, fresh white bass, fresh perch, fresh shiner, fresh chub
A few years back (haven’t fished there recently) we anchored up on the west side of bird island and used shrimp to catch the giant channels.
A buddy of mine from Texas swore that “stinkbait” was the hot ticket. At the end of the day I had a bunch of fish and he stunk really bad.
Randy
Live June sucker minnows.
Oops. Did I really say that?
I am attaching a couple of writeups that should add to whatever else you are able to pick up.
Good luck and have fun.
Two more great write ups from TD! Sure appreciate you putting these things together, they are well written, fun to read and very informative.
thanks again
Glad you like my “fishy porn”.
Wanna see some naked fish pictures?
lol…ok, ok…you found my weak spot. Let’s see what you got.
Hey, this is a “family friendly” forum.
Hope these pics pass the censors.
Live June sucker minnows.
Those work great for walleyes too!!
**SH-H-H-H-H-H. **
You’re gonna get both of us busted.
** If you can get them small enough..the whities sure do like to munch them up too!!**
Hey TD, any write-ups on how to catch carp with something other than a bow and arrow or a club?
I copied this a while back sorry I can’t remember the bft’er that posted it but it works as the attached picture shows I caught them yesterday using the below receipt. I was fishing the Jordan River.
1 cup Wheaties cereal (crushed)
1cup flour
8 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon honey
Molasses
Mix ingredients together with enough molasses to form the dough ball to your liking, place in a plastic tub and your ready to catch some huge carp.!
I had to add a little water and then some more wheaties and flour to get the consistency I wanted. After it set for a while it sticks on the hook better than powerbait. It has a good sweet smell that disperses really well in the water.
Thanks man! I will give that a try. My primary intent to catch carp is to get bait–that, and to do my part to deplete the overwhelming biomass.
I was down there two weeks ago, and all I had to fish with was perch meat. I got two votes in just a couple of hours with a storm coming in.
I usually like red shinners and fresh white bass when I have them.
when I fished for carp in Texas, I used Big Red soda (like a cherry cream soda) and bran flakes, all you needed on a bait holder treble and pulled them out of the aqueduct all day long. Now, a fly works just as well, olive wooly bugger - cheap and easy to tie and a helluva lot of fun on a fly rod, especially in the shallows.
I started out catfishing in OKlahoma and learned alot from masters of the art… from rod and reel to trot lines, limb lines, jug lines, and, even, noodling. What I can tell you is, though catfish are thought to be primarily scavengers, they are just as predatory as any other fish. Think about it. It’s not as if dead free meals are readily available like a buffet. Yes, they’ll take an easy meal, and that includes any unwary fish that swims close enough to get ambushed. What I can tell you is that all catfish prefer fresh killed forage to rotten masses of stinkiness. The winner for channel, blue, Mississippi white, and bullhead is definitely fresh chicken guts
. You get all the stinky essence and the freshness at the same time. Yuck! Second best and readily available at your local grocery store is chicken livers and/or hearts. If you wrap the liver in panty hoes and then tie and snip off the excess it will stay on the hook when you take a long cast and put alot of blood trail in the water. Try it and you can’t go wrong.
Best carp recipe ever.
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6 - 8 ea. 1-1/4 X8" sticks dynamite (any brand will suffice)
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12 - 16 ea. standard no delay fuse type blasting caps.
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3 - 4 ’ fuse cut into 4" lengths.
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1 roll cheap black electrical tape.
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12 - 16 rocks weighing about 1/4 lb.
Cut dynamite sticks into two equal pieces. Insert fuse pieces snugly into caps & crimp. Pliers and / or teeth may be used to crimp but a pair of standard crimpers is strongly recommended.
Use a suitable NON SPARKING punch to poke a hole into the dynamite stick segments. Insert a capped fuse section into each stick segment in the punched hole. Tape the fuse & cap securely into the dynamite stick segment and tape that assembly to a suitable rock. Split the open ends of the fuses just enough to allow a common kitchen match head to be inserted into the split. Pack the entire mess securely into a suitable container (use sufficient padding).
Now, all ya gotta do is find a school of sex crazed carp, select a suitable stick of powder from your arsenal, strike the match head while pinching it securely in the split fuse end and when you are satisfied the fuse is spitting, GET RID OF THE DAMN THING. Note, it works better if you toss it into the midst of the school of sex crazed carp.
Shortly you will experience the glee of watching those slimy critters flying every which way. Be prepared to dodge those flying in your direction.
Betcha that first one will be so much fun you’ll use up the whole shebang. That is unless the law gets there first in which case you’ll have some ‘splainin’ to do.