I fish purely for sport,and go to the lake and catch 4-10 fish 20-40lbs in about 2 hours. Does anyone else fish for carp?

We will probably get thrown out of here for discussing this..LOL!!Yep,I love fishing for carp....The Carps intelligence,sense of smell etc. is found to be higher than the Bass,and Trout!!!..Only in the U.S.A are they considered trash fish.
I love to fish for them with a fly rod...I like to find them tailing in the shallows and throw a nymph or crawfish fly at them.You need some serious stealth,and accurate casting to hook up....They are the poor mans Bone fish....Nathan
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Ultra-light set-up with 4 pound test. Throw out a hand full of corn. Small treble hook with a split shot 18" above. Cast, leaving a lot of slack. Sit back and wait. I've caught 8-10 pound carp with this method. They have a month long derby here in Bakersfield every summer with a purse of a $100 for the biggest carp weighed in. Fun to catch on the light gear.

Yep!, carp fishing is fun. Once I found out that corn thing, I catch small to 8lb carp. I use 6lb spinning set up with long long rod. (9feet)

This is the 1st year I fished for them at the county park and had a blast using 4lb test and corn. Took my 14 year old with me she loved it also. They really do pull hard, (especially on that 1st run, zzzzing!) and are fun on ultralight gear.

Here is something I just ran across.


http://fishingnetwork.net/carp.htm

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FishjunkeyOG

Hey fishjunkyOG, thanks for great info. It helps alot.

Your welcome. I've been wanting to try fishing for carp myself . I've seen some big schools of the larger units while targeting Stripers at Castaic .

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FishjunkeyOG

any good spots near North Hollywood or West Hills?

For Carp? Balboa lake , if you can put up with the smell .

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FishjunkeyOG

wow, im gonna go one day. but i havent seen anyone catch carp larger then 1.5 pounds, they are pretty stunted there.

anyone know about the lake in reseda park, can you fish there and what species of fish are in there.

Cst,

I don't think there are fish in there anymore. I used to fish there back in the day. I used to catch Bass,Cats,Bluegills & all the different types of water foul . I used to tie some mono on the back of my rc boat with a meal worm and catch bluegill .I know they drained it several times over the years.

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i went scouting once and saw what i thought was a baseball bat, but it turned out to be a koi! maybe he was the only one in thereh though

Yeap! I do fish for them and would say that they are pound for pound one of the strongest and WISEST fresh-water fish to catch.

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would you suggest corn or do you prepare something special, also my friend told me about using glazed donuts in the colorado river for carp

I fish for them when it is too cold or too hot for bass. My rod of choice is a 7.5' ul w/ 4-2lb line and corn. I usally catch them in the 5-15lb range on a 30 minute fight! I have killed a fw reels this way but it is great fun! The biggest one I have cought was around 40lb+ at a restraunt on the delta where they feed them scraps the can be seen year round 5'+ bring the stand up rods LOL