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Drew9870
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It all depends on where you fish, I dare someone to come fish my local waters and call it easy, because I've given up almost, I'll go days on end as a Salmon/Steelhead fisherman does without a bite. Eugene is Carp heaven to me :lol:, just a tiny thin float and some bread, but in Salem, my best day is still 6 fish, Eugene, about 23 Carp in the 3-4hrs I was able to fish.
Some people just enjoy catching something that will give them a great fight, my 2nd biggest Carp at 28lbs ran me for around 30 minutes, and that was the last fish I was manage to land out of this local water, probably 2-3yrs ago, any fish can be easy or hard to catch, it depends on where you fish, I could be ignorant and say Salmon are easy to catch judged on the couple of holes I visit once in awhile, but I know they are not easy to catch in general, depends on where you are, yet again.
Yeah , it's definitely different depending where you fish . They usually are not that easy to catch . In the end, it's just fun to catch something... we go out on the reservoir trolling for trout, (rowing) trolling spoons down 35-40 feet over 80-120' deep water ... when a 20-35lb carp hits that rod, you're in for a fight... you dont know what it is and think you hooked the mother load of all trout ... 45 min later you see those big scales flashing and ya just shake yer head ... damn carp ! But really, it was still a good time, a good rush, lotta laughs and to me thats a good day fishing . And strangely enough, where I fish, the reservoir is all edge, sharp dropoffs and ZERO vegetation anywhere so the carp there have gone predatorial. If you open them up, you see crayfish and saw bellies . Guess thats why they hit lures there
jw but do you get these carp during Fall and Winter? I've been reading that they become more preditorial during those times....if so then I might just try lures on my pond because they stopped biting bread, but there are mixed opinions online about using lures, such as using them with or without bait glug, using them slow, etc. But it seems to me that you fished ur lures as going for trout...I caught my first/biggest when I was going for bullhead..what do you think?
I know what you are saying... yes in spring they will hit anything that comes near their spawn bed in shallow flats .... we get them all year round and get them down 30-40 feet suspended over 80-120 foot deep open water , they are not lying on spawning beds here. All I can say is that it's almost all ledge, deep dropoff, rocky and absolutely no vegetation on the reservoir. We dont get them constantly either , just here and there when fishing spinners, crankbaits for bass or trolling spoons for trout . On the other hand, If it gets windy and you see a mud line coming out, they will hit a worm/single hook cast just into the first few feet of that mud line ... We dont go out for them , it's just a laugh to catch a 15-30 lb fish 24-36" long ... breaks up the day.
you mind telling me where this "local water" is? I don't keep any fish I catch by the way
"But Mr.Game Warden, I was not chumming, I was feeding the ducks!"
Not sure how well that excuse will work, but anybody who wants to take one for the team and try it, let us know the results when you get out...
I know what you are saying... yes in spring they will hit anything that comes near their spawn bed in shallow flats .... we get them all year round and get them down 30-40 feet suspended over 80-120 foot deep open water , they are not lying on spawning beds here. All I can say is that it's almost all ledge, deep dropoff, rocky and absolutely no vegetation on the reservoir. We dont get them constantly either , just here and there when fishing spinners, crankbaits for bass or trolling spoons for trout . On the other hand, If it gets windy and you see a mud line coming out, they will hit a worm/single hook cast just into the first few feet of that mud line ... We dont go out for them , it's just a laugh to catch a 15-30 lb fish 24-36" long ... breaks up the day.
Have pics of some of the bigger ones . I'm 5'11" and one hangs from my chin almost to the ground , girth was bigger than my thigh so idk , might have been more than 36 , guestimating ... these things aren't something we're getting out the tape measure and scale for . We catch them in a very large and deep reservoir . They get huge .36 inch carp is a 30 lb fish?
Have pics of some of the bigger ones . I'm 5'11" and one hangs from my chin almost to the ground , girth was bigger than my thigh so idk , might have been more than 36 , guestimating ... these things aren't something we're getting out the tape measure and scale for . We catch them in a very large and deep reservoir . They get huge .