Grass carp

[texasbasser]

Heres a nice grass carp i caught last january in a 1 acre pond.. I see it almost everytime im out bassfishing, but havent caught it since.


tb

[FishingLTJ]

How did you catch that? Usually they won't bite anything, did you snag it?

[PADavid]

That is a great fish! Where is that located?

[FishingLTJ]

Looks like he is in south texas, according to his profile!

[PADavid]

Yeah, I meant which lake. I have friends that tournament carp fish that area

[texasbasser]

thanks for the compliment guys... I caught it in a 1 acre pond near my house, and I snagged it on a spinnerbait Non intentionaly. I thought I had a new world record bass when I set the hook and it took off lol.

tb

[jrod_butler]

lol, i was about to say...i've never heard of anyone outright just catching a grass carp, all i've heard of was snagging

[slim357]

You can catch them. You just have to use plant stuff as bait, i hear those baby tomatoes or whatever those little ones are called work well. Also corn works well, ive also heard of people using french fries

[SilveDreamDave]

Grass carp are notoriously hard to catch, especialy in the uk. That looks like a fine fish. The method they use in the uk is floating bread crust, or a product called boilies, (hard round compound baits) usually scented with oils. Nice fish, well done even if ya did snag it, i bet it battled hard.

[texasbasser]

lol, i was about to say...i've never heard of anyone outright just catching a grass carp, all i've heard of was snagging

I actually hooked it this last weekend on a craw pattern fly but got off about 10 seconds later. I read the book "carp on fly" and it tought me alot. Cant wait to land it on flyrod!

tb

[Granny Fish]

Hi Tex -Bassman! That is a sweet carp you got there. Just learned recently that in California all grass carp have to be released. Appearently they are protected! Common carp are ok though. I can see why you thought what you did about the monster bass... lol. They put up a really good fight.

Folks, carp are not difficult to catch if you know how to target them. Some people even target them with flys.

[texasbasser]

Actually, In texas if you catch a grass carp in a uncertified lake(you need a special certificate thing to put them in your pond legally) you must kill it immediatly. The lake i caught it in wasnt a certified lake, but I'd never just throw it on the bank to die. Worst rule in the book.

tb