Re: Rahway River Carp
I think that vanilla is the magic ingredient. I make a corn meal bait with yellow corn meal, flour, corn starch, honey, vanilla, yellow food dye and water. After I cook the concoction, it gets thick and stays on the hook well. I always throw out a can of corn for chum and caught more than 700 carp this year. Largest was 20.5 lbs. I believe that carp like yellow. I caught many carp on yellow or gold lures. 24 pounder with a yellow jig on 4 lb test was my largest carp caught on a lure. My heaviest carp on corn meal was 42.5 lbs. I actually landed a 20 lb carp on 2 lb test line in the Delaware River, but the fish was sick and dying. I really enjoy carping when they are biting. If the carp aren't biting, I cast a small jig with an ultralight spinning outfit until I get a bite on bait.
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