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Aqualung



Joined: 28 May 2007
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is a great carp site...hope it helps


http://www.carpamerica.com/forums/
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cmorjoe



Joined: 03 May 2007
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Location: Seymour CT.

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:16 am    Post subject: Carp with bow and arrow! Reply with quote

I've seen guys down on Lake Housatonic with boats with platforms in front up high. There are carp in here as big as BUICKS. Only kidding but I snagged one with a rattletrap once by the tail it almost pulled my pole out of my hand. To some I guess there OK; I have trouble with how ugly they are (they probably aren't that thrilled the way I look though)
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Keith T



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Location: Mooresville,NC.

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Carp don't count only BASS....LOL
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SkeeterJim



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Location: Newington, CT

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Carp you say. I was down in Hamburg Cove couple weekends ago in search of stripers and there were carp everywhere!! They were jumping out of the water chasing food, mating, or whatever they were doing just to spite me because I was looking for stripers but there were so many I swear I could have stepped out of my boat and walked to the shore and never touched water!!! Now maybe I should have targeted them. Have no idea what carp would bite but they were there.
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Joined: 02 May 2007
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Location: Sharon

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i hear they love Corn... i watch the old timers hit them with it all the time in the housy... 4 kernels on a hook and they chum the hell out of the area... 17 pounder came out of the river in falls village a few weeks back that way...
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JESTERJACKSON



Joined: 07 May 2007
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Location: Central CT

PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You are right corn is a great bait to use
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Redneck Fisherman



Joined: 16 Aug 2007
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i've fished for them before. their a blast, go back and use corn on a bobber or on the bottem or worms. If that doesn't work they might be grass carp whitch are a little harder to catch because they only eat grass and leaves but they make flies to look like flower peddels or leaves so try them because a 25lb carp on a fly rod = big fun.
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richep



Joined: 07 Sep 2007
Posts: 25
Location: Southington

PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used to catch carp as a Kid in the Quinnipiac river in Yalesville using bread balls. I caught so many my father called me captain carp. I must have caught a 100. For a 13 year old, they were fun. We always threw them back in. And yes, they were beaten by the ugly stick.
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Rookie



Joined: 08 May 2007
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Location: Milford Ct

PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got one on a spider jig in lilly last spring. 13 1/2 pounds. It was fun as heck
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ChaoSki



Joined: 23 Jun 2014
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bringing this one back from dead.....

By far my favorite fish to hook.

Just using Corn on the hook/chumming and it has produced the best fights and the biggest fish.

I will warn you, once you start, fishing for anything else is just boring.

Pulled out 32" /20lbs + carp few months back. Last week, our 20lbs braid broke 8+ times.....and few times it did break I've never seen my rod bend the way it did.

There is some monsters out there waiting to be caught!

The best part, not many people fish for them!!!
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KramerD



Joined: 18 Jun 2015
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's interesting Chaoski. I guess we can caught big monsters there.






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ChaoSki



Joined: 23 Jun 2014
Posts: 169

PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep, when you have "lack of interest" + biggest fish in fresh water....it makes for lots of fun.

I mainly fish for Carp, other game fish is simply pesky in comparison and just not as desirable.

I like to Pike fish as well, but truth be told......Pike are plentyful in few areas on CT.Good news is, people avoid those as much as Carp.

Gain, to me that's an opportunity/appeal. But I always go against the herd anyways.
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