Thread: Carp fishing

People with high fishing skill use a light line, it takes a lot more skill to fight a fish rather to haul it straight in. Whats the point of even fishing for carp if you use 65lb braid, theres no thrill to it, you might as well drag a net behind a boat and see how many carp you can catch (it's just about as much of a fight in a net as it is on 65lb braid). How about you put your """SKILLS""" to the test and whip out this thing called a Fly Rod with 8 pound leader and 6 pound tippet (which is overkill on a fly rod to me) and hook a carp on that.

You probably use the same line for trout and bass (you know, wouldn't want to fight that fish for more than a minute)

Oh yeah, I use 14lb test for Sturgeon.

Originally Posted by troutier bassier

is that a joke?

100% no

I don't attempt the oversize sturgies. Only oversize (I am pretty positive it was) I ever hooked was on 2lb test, I might as well have hooked a car driving at 3mph.

If I did hook an oversize in the area I fish, I wouldn't give up the fight, it's not the light line that I believe in, it's the strength of the knots I tie, when I tie a knot I test it with about a 10lb pull for 6lb, and after I get done tying a knot with the 14lb, I stick the hook into something and start pulling until the line digs into my index finger (I have 7 different slash marks on my finger).

If I hook an oversize, the first thing I am going to worry about is my rod.

Originally Posted by Webwader

Apparently you don't have the point of fishing in general yet.

He's a teenager, he knows EVERYTHING! I know I sure did when I was his age.