tony
Marlboro area - Surf
6/21/2009 14: 7:32
Species - Carp,
I was browsing the last reports in the HRFA web site , and decide to give it a shot for carp ,Well I got two today! my first Carp from the hudson... My first one lost it I was able to touched with my hand when the line snap.. (din"t carry a net wit me) second one, hit my best pole and iI was able to bring in to rocks ,what a blast! they are really runners, beautiful fish,awsome fight took a long time to bring in ,my reel kept screaming wow! for bait corn and bread ... thanks again to Bill greene for the tip it really works on Carp thank you! have a happy father day@ beacause my was great. by the way my second one was release too.
comment - ChasBo - Funny you should give a carp report. I have been reserching them this week and in Europe they are up there in the top 3 game fish. What fighters they are. One of the baits was a huge surprise. Nuts, any kind of fresh nuts that will stay on the line. Another thing that was pointed out was to always keep a can of spam in your tackle box. It is always a well recieved bait. The Hudson has cark up there in the 40 LB range. No matter what size they give your rod and reel a good workout. Thanks for the report.
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comment - Bill Greene - 6/22/09
Tony:
Thank you for your kind words -- I'm glad that worked out.
If you join the HRFA, and have a scale, tape & witness, you can get the measurements, release the fish, and enter it in the contes using the on-line form. They sell weighing slings on the carp websites -- Carp Anglers Group for one -- lists a number of providers. You wet the sling, then put the carp in the sling, so you don't have to put the scale hook in its gills, then subtract the sling weight. I do this and release most of my fish. - Bill Greene
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comment - Bill Greene - 6/25/09
Fishing nuts can be tricky -- what they do in England is shell the nut, then drill a small hole in the nut, run the line through it, then put on the hook. A bit of a nuisance, but in England they have far fewer carp, and have to go to great lengths to fool them. I actually own one of these drill bits - never used it. We have it so good in USA it's hard to believe. - Bill Greene
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comment - Tom - What do you use to catch them? I heard that they are catching some big carp in Alpine boat basen.
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comment - Bill Greene - 6/29/09
Tom:
Check my posting of 6/13 -- in particular my response about canned corn kernels and bread to an inquiry someone else made.
Alpine is down in the salty area - I think you're much more likely to get steady carp action around Croton/Haverstraw/Peekskill & above. - Bill Greene
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comment - - when i was a kid we used to fish for carp on the lower esopus in the hurley area. this older kid's sister (yeah she was cute) showed us a carp bait technique. if i remember right she would take some corn tassels, not the silk from the ears but the tassel from the top of the plant, and grind it to make a kind of flour. she would then add water, some sugar and a bunch of cotton. then bake til done, then smush it up into balls. the cotton would help it stay on the hook. flour would work just as well i suppose and i must admit that i was only 7 or 8 so my recollection of grinding the corn tassels is a little hazy. the cotton was key though. bacon worked good too.
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comment - - ps, forgot to put my name on the last post
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