[Delawareriver]

Originally Posted by NJ219bands

Only had 1 bite on my homemade corn meal bait and landed this fish with a #12 treble hook on 8 lb test line. It put up an outstanding fight for a long time. Only caught 1 carp in the river this year. Only caught 1 carp in the river 2 years ago. The bowfishermen that killed 100 carp a night ruined my Delaware River carping.

Its funny how carp guys complain about the bowfishing guys ruining their water. Number one its everyone's water, number two we did better in the river this year then the past 4 or 5 years. Our annual tournament had 3 teams weigh in bigger stringers then any of the other tournament winner weights in the past 3 tournaments. If you cant catch fish in areas that you caught carp in the past ita not that the fishery is ruined it's because the fish are some where else. One week we pulled into a cove and literally saw maybe 2 carp, next week we checked back and we shot 70 carp in 4 hours with plenty left swimming around. You gotta learn the movements with tides and try different areas. Some times that river is amazing how it can change day by day or even one tide to another