Gone Fishing..................

[nfpgasmask]

lol, to be fair its a shallow lake, biggest carp we have had out of there was 13.8lb!!!!!!

Yeah, it's funny how carp can inhabit such shallow water. The lake and surrounding canals where I caught that big one up there is only like knee deep. Carp are weird.

Bart

[crotchrocket]

Yeah, it's funny how carp can inhabit such shallow water. The lake and surrounding canals where I caught that big one up there is only like knee deep. Carp are weird.

Bart

lol, bloody show off!! I remember driving a boat through one of the great lakes (30,000 islands rings a bell???) and going up what can only be sdescribed as a really shallow stream nbetween two islands and there were carp everywhere and i mean 3 - 4 feet long. You could have picked them all up with the landing net!!!!!

[nfpgasmask]

lol, bloody show off!! I remember driving a boat through one of the great lakes (30,000 islands rings a bell???) and going up what can only be sdescribed as a really shallow stream nbetween two islands and there were carp everywhere and i mean 3 - 4 feet long. You could have picked them all up with the landing net!!!!!

Yeah, that is how it is at the lake where I caught that big carp. In certain spots you can actually see their dorsal fins sticking out above the water. Crazy. The funny thing is, I have no idea when they like to eat. I mean, I've dangled bait right in front of their mouths and they don't bite. Other times, they are like frenzied. I have only ever been able to catch carp on live earthworms. I've tried chicken livers (great for catfish however) and dough-balls with zero success.

Bart

[handeeman]

I do have a recipe for carp. If I remember correctly, you lay your carp on a 2x4 board just slightly longer than the carp, scale the carp, then season it with your favorite seafood spices. Take another 2x4 board place it on top of the carp and nail the 2 boards together. Place the board on an oven rack (preheated to 350 degrees) and cook for one hour. take it out of the oven, throw away the carp and eat the 2x4's . Gone Fishing.