carp fishing

[red_eyes]

any1 know of any good spots to catch, carp at onota, and pontoosuc, and what they are hitting on.

[bongsmoker]

oatmeal balls   and  bread balls    squish the bread around a hook and throw in the frezzer the night before you go they will thaw in the watter

[red_eyes]

Carp have been hitting really good at onota on bread balls, got 5 carp so far, two 8lbers, one 9 1/2 lber, one 11lber, and biggest so far this year for me 14lbs 30"

[bassfisher32]

we went last night on the meramack river on the mass nh border got no carp but got 2 smallmouths on carp bait.

[troutfinder22]

You sure thats  a fish story  I am sure u guys wernt sober last night Did u even go to NH??

[bassfisher32]

smoke another trout finder we would have taken you but your shaddow was around

[troutfinder22]

thats a bunch of crap she was home and in bed bye12 (she had to work in the morn)  U dont here me complaining about your shadow  ( FB

[bassfisher32]

mine hase been in huston for thee weeks whats to complane about  i havent fished this much in years and i still have 12 days left

[mullen2525]

theres a little pond near my house which holds many small carp averaging in the 13 inch range,  I catch these on bobber and worms and bobber and bread balls well the other day we nearly landed a monster(for this pond) of around 20 inches but he snapped the line.  Now the small carp are fun to catch because they are abundant but knowing there are some larger ones here excites me even more. I basically would like some tips on how to catch these small ones but still attract the larger ones every once in  a while.  any tips on rigs or line test that would be suitable to catch larger as well as the smaller fish would be appreciated

[jf5]

I think that you can beef up the line test and it wouldn't hurt you that much. My experience with carp has lead me to think that they are not line shy.

[buzzbomb]

If you're ledgering (think Lindy/slipsinker rig) keep the terminal rig (hair rig or whatever) a couple of pounds less breaking srength  than your mainline so it doesn't become a death rig/tether rig if it breaks. Carp, especially big ones, like to head straight for snags when hooked.  There are lead clips available so if your weight gets snagged you can just break the clip off and not lose any of your other tackle.  good luck to you!

[red_eyes]

I use 10 lb line, med - heavy rod - reel, treble hook, and boober at top, you dont need sinkers, cuz the weight of the bread balls will get you out far enough, set the bobber 2- 4 ft from the bait

[mullen2525]

i'll give your methods a try, and yeah buzzbomb these guys love to head for snags the pond i fish for these small guys was flooded above its normal level by some beavers so theres a bunch a small trees in the water and everytime you reel in a fish they take off for these groups of trees, makes it a little fun they fight hard although i've lost a few this way 

[Original FISHER Jodoin]

Never fished for carp, but i wlill take this info into consideration.