JoelW
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| 15 Sep 2009 06:45 PM |
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I've never caught a carp befor so i was wondering if they put up a fight. What would u rate them on a scale of 1 to 10??
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Krzfshrmn
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| 22 Sep 2009 04:42 PM |
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I would rate them at about an eight. They do not ussually jump but they run and sulk with power. |
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Lip Yanker
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| 05 Oct 2009 08:03 AM |
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They generally fight very well. When I fish for smallies with M/L or L rod/reel... they feel like a whale. Especially if you foul hook them.
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demo81
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| 20 Oct 2009 12:35 PM |
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i would rate small carp about a six and bigguns a nine I have seen a few jump a little also
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Storeyteller
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| 21 Oct 2009 05:35 AM |
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Carp put up a good fight they will make long runs and head for the bottom. I finall caught one with a fly rod and it took me twenty minutes to bring it in it was a 29 inch fish it was a lot of fun  |
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fisherfanatic
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| 30 Oct 2009 01:28 PM |
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I would give carp a nine. They fight hard even if they're relatively small (9 lbs.). A fight with a large carp (15 lbs.) is a real chalenge. They often stick to the bottom and don't give up easy. The longest I've fought a carp was almost a minute on light tackle |
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fisherfanatic
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| 30 Oct 2009 01:29 PM |
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Go to www.fishbase.com to learn more. |
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bigbarry
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| 17 Dec 2009 07:53 AM |
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THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT WHAT FISH PUTS UP THE BEST FIGHT IS TO TARGET ONLY ONE SPECIES FOR A THREEE WEEK PERIOD OF TIME. FOR THE PROPER BAIT REVIEW ALL THE POST IN UNDER THERE TOPIC.............................. THAN YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OWN OPINION , NOT SOMEONE TRYING TO TELL YOU |
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moose
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| 19 Dec 2009 04:03 PM |
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CARP WILL FIGHT HARDER THEN SOME CATFISH. I HAVE A BLAST WITH CARP OR CATFISH AND A GOOD BLUEGILL IS A STRONG FIGHTER ALSO.   
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commonman
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| 17 Jan 2010 01:53 AM |
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I have always been a flathead man, but one night, Fishing with a nightcrawler, I hooked into my first common, and now I'm the one who's hooked, "on carp." They're very strong fish. |
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EricRidenour
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| 17 Jan 2010 04:19 AM |
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Ever stop your truck with a broom stick? trust me Its a blast. Carp fishing is the New bass fishing. once you get into carp fishing there is a good chance you'll enjoy it. Lite line carp fishing is a blast!  |
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diojisdad
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| 24 Jan 2010 11:54 AM |
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Nice reference Eric!! Yup, feels about just like that. They run hard and dive hard. They are a blast. I usually don't fish for them but when nothing else is biting I sure will hook into one just for the fight. "it doesn't matter if the horse is blind....Just load the cart anyway!!!" John Madden NFL Hall Of Fame) Fred Jefferson,MD (NAFC LM) (NAHC TLM) |
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EricRidenour
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| 24 Jan 2010 09:56 PM |
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diojisdad wrote:Nice reference Eric!! Yup, feels about just like that. They run hard and dive hard. They are a blast. I usually don't fish for them but when nothing else is biting I sure will hook into one just for the fight. "it doesn't matter if the horse is blind....Just load the cart anyway!!!" John Madden NFL Hall Of Fame) Fred Jefferson,MD (NAFC LM) (NAHC TLM)
I tell ya , I started out as a trout/bass guy , got into catfishin' then stumbled into carpin' while I was fishin' for bait and man its a blast!
last year was the second year I actually got into lite line/rig carpin' and since I got more into pan fishin' last year it was easy just to stay with my lite gear and your right bro , when nothin' else is biting you can always count on catchin' a carp.
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jesse
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| 31 Jan 2010 09:17 PM |
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THE LAST CARP I CAUGHT WOULD POP WHEN BROUGHT OUT OF THE WATER TO SHOW HE WAS A 5 POUNDER. I RELEASE HIM CAUSE OF THIS.
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RedneckDMNC
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| 31 Jan 2010 10:18 PM |
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A few years back the dam on Upchurchs Pond (Fayetteville,NC) broke and emptied the lake. By the time they rebuilt the dam and refilled the lake it was extremely overgrown. After the refill, they stoocked the lake with 14,000 lbs of fish. Alot of them were carp. Then they came back and put in another 12,000 lbs. of fish. Not as many carp that time. I have caught, probably, close to 200 carp since they refilled the lake in the spring of 2008. Even the babies (<5lbs.) put up a good fight, for their size. 10 pounders are fun too. However, My biggest carp tipped a 25lb. scale. I was 15 years old, fishing for cats from the banks of the Cape Fear River, near Wade, NC, when I hooked into the biggest fish of my life! It was an awesome fight! That was 22 years ago, and I'll always remember it as if it was yesterday. Ben Bryant
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EricRidenour
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| 02 Feb 2010 04:39 AM |
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RedneckDMNC wrote:A few years back the dam on Upchurchs Pond (Fayetteville,NC) broke and emptied the lake. By the time they rebuilt the dam and refilled the lake it was extremely overgrown. After the refill, they stoocked the lake with 14,000 lbs of fish. Alot of them were carp. Then they came back and put in another 12,000 lbs. of fish. Not as many carp that time. I have caught, probably, close to 200 carp since they refilled the lake in the spring of 2008. Even the babies (
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the rod tosser
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| 05 Feb 2010 11:49 PM |
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Have to agree they are fun on a fly rod .  |
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jwesterman2
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| 11 Feb 2010 08:08 PM |
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any fishing is fun for me but about a year ago fishing the tippecanoe river of lake scafer in.. had some bass strikes early and some cats then it all stopped.so my uncle and i decided lets chum with some corn throw a few on the hook and see what happens..and ive never tried to carp fish..almost thought i was to good for that.but it was the best time i had!i do king and steelhead fishing in michigan and creeks and i broke more line,lost more fish and got spooled over and over fighting for these carpand ..yes i brought some in...so if you never did it make a day of it.all you need is a can of corn and a 6 or 12 pack of beer...have fun |
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fisherfanatic
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| 10 Jul 2010 12:07 PM |
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Definately a 8.5
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retired-psg
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| 11 Jul 2010 06:57 AM |
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Yup they fight HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and are fun to catch!!!!!!!!!!!!
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