The Next Great Fish
By: Bradley J. Durick
When you go fishing what are your goals before you leave? Are you looking to catch as many fish as humanly possible? Are you looking to catch dinner? Are you looking to catch a lot of fish and have the fight of your life while you do it? Well I have the fish for you. Most of you who know me are already thinking “he is going to say catfish”. In most cases you are right. I love the whiskered beauties more than any other fish. NO, today I’m talking about carp.
I have recently had my eyes opened to the possibilities of catching carp. Just last season I heard that people fly halfway around the world to catch our carp and all I could say was “why”. Well after thinking about it all winter and reminding myself that I give a lot of people guff for fishing for walleye exclusively I figured that I better get off my high horse and quit snubbing the carp. What really got me going was a trip to Lockport, Manitoba earlier in the year I met a gentleman from England who has traveled to Canada for the past 11 years just to chase carp. After that I figured heck they are right in town how hard could it be to catch a few. I like to catch everything else I might like carp as well.
Now I’ve decided that I’m going to catch carp how do I start? I called up to Lockport thinking that if people travel around the world to catch these things the resort owners must have a clue of what to do. After a discussion about how to bait the fish into the area to set up a good day and how to set up the rod and execute a game plan to catch carp I was off to put the plan in motion.
Here is what I knew. Find a spot where the current slows or even forms a back eddy. Chum the area for two to or three days and start fishing. I found this spot chummed the area and was ready for action. On the day of the outing I got some table corn at the grocery store for bait and decided that because I really don’t know if I like this game I’ll just use some walleye gear that’s laying around the house. I went to my spot rigged up a hook with a spit shot and a bobber for my wife and a Carolina rig for myself. After only about three minutes the bobber dropped and my wife tangled with a nice five or so pound carp. The fight looked fun now it is my turn. It only took a couple of minutes and I was hooked on carp. Using the walleye gear really made it fun. Carp fight with a tremendous side to side action that most fish don’t have and when you pair that fight with walleye gear it really makes for a battle. Skipping to the end of the story on our first try we managed to land 13 carp in only about two hours.
I am still learning the carp game and believe me I have a lot to learn. I will however say that I want to learn it. What a great fish to go and catch when you have some time to go fishing. In my case I can be carp fishing in about 10 minutes any time I want to.
If you are looking for a new challenge of the catch or want to get your kids interested in fishing this is the fish for you. You can literally be set up and fishing for about $20.00. Once you get the basics down carp are an easy and fun fish to catch.
When you go fishing what are your goals before you leave? Are you looking to catch as many fish as humanly possible? Are you looking to catch dinner? Are you looking to catch a lot of fish and have the fight of your life while you do it? Well I have the fish for you. Most of you who know me are already thinking “he is going to say catfish”. In most cases you are right. I love the whiskered beauties more than any other fish. NO, today I’m talking about carp.
I have recently had my eyes opened to the possibilities of catching carp. Just last season I heard that people fly halfway around the world to catch our carp and all I could say was “why”. Well after thinking about it all winter and reminding myself that I give a lot of people guff for fishing for walleye exclusively I figured that I better get off my high horse and quit snubbing the carp. What really got me going was a trip to Lockport, Manitoba earlier in the year I met a gentleman from England who has traveled to Canada for the past 11 years just to chase carp. After that I figured heck they are right in town how hard could it be to catch a few. I like to catch everything else I might like carp as well.
Now I’ve decided that I’m going to catch carp how do I start? I called up to Lockport thinking that if people travel around the world to catch these things the resort owners must have a clue of what to do. After a discussion about how to bait the fish into the area to set up a good day and how to set up the rod and execute a game plan to catch carp I was off to put the plan in motion.
Here is what I knew. Find a spot where the current slows or even forms a back eddy. Chum the area for two to or three days and start fishing. I found this spot chummed the area and was ready for action. On the day of the outing I got some table corn at the grocery store for bait and decided that because I really don’t know if I like this game I’ll just use some walleye gear that’s laying around the house. I went to my spot rigged up a hook with a spit shot and a bobber for my wife and a Carolina rig for myself. After only about three minutes the bobber dropped and my wife tangled with a nice five or so pound carp. The fight looked fun now it is my turn. It only took a couple of minutes and I was hooked on carp. Using the walleye gear really made it fun. Carp fight with a tremendous side to side action that most fish don’t have and when you pair that fight with walleye gear it really makes for a battle. Skipping to the end of the story on our first try we managed to land 13 carp in only about two hours.
I am still learning the carp game and believe me I have a lot to learn. I will however say that I want to learn it. What a great fish to go and catch when you have some time to go fishing. In my case I can be carp fishing in about 10 minutes any time I want to.
If you are looking for a new challenge of the catch or want to get your kids interested in fishing this is the fish for you. You can literally be set up and fishing for about $20.00. Once you get the basics down carp are an easy and fun fish to catch.
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