Day 366: Union County Carp - NJFishing.com Your Best Online Source for Fishing Information in New Jersey

catfishonthelake · #1 05-13-2012, 11:05 AM

Yeah Danyeo, there's some nice fish in there. And thanks Fishon. I'm just gonna go back to blogging once a week instead of once a day. I'll still go fishing prob once a week and I'll get the report up.

jmurr711 · #2 05-13-2012, 07:36 PM

way to go bro that text hurt though!

catfishonthelake · #3 05-13-2012, 09:37 PM

Sorry Jmurr. I was just trying to let you know they were on the feed by me and was hoping you could get out and they'd be on the feed by you too. Went for a re-run tonight. Came tight with 2 but both came unglued. Not used to losing one fish little less two. One was small but the other was real nice.

jmurr711 · #4 05-14-2012, 10:06 AM

we tried for snakes and got cockolla but saw the carp real active getting there freak on! we went to a lake by my cousins and caught nada except sunfish and a 3lb bass in a barehook ahhahaahah

saxmatt · #5 05-14-2012, 11:43 AM

Nice carp! It's good to see some other people are targeting them. I think I saw you post a fish ID question out of one of you're carp spots about a year ago back before I was a member. Those small fish you were catching that look similar to a baby common or a goldfish were actually Crucian Carp. They are common in NJ. They look almost the same as baby commons but don't have barbells.

Chris1129 · #6 05-14-2012, 11:47 AM

Very nice....who would have thought such big fish are in that lake!

catfishonthelake · #7 05-14-2012, 11:51 AM

Cool man. Thanks. I just got into carp fishing last year and I absolutely love it. I've tried using boilees on hair rigs, but I find I have the best luck with corn in the local ponds. I went back again last night for an hour or so and came tight with two but both came unglued which is unusual. I usually land 75 to 100 percent of the ones I hook, but oh well, I guess that's gotta happen at some point.

saxmatt · #8 05-14-2012, 12:03 PM

I've tried pretty much every bait that carp fisherman use including those expensive boilies from K1 and Dynamite baits, and I've found the most productive bait is sweet corn. #1 sweet corn, #2 bread, #3 oat ball. Shows you don't have to break the bank to catch carp. They love alcohol, if you haven't tried it soak sweet corn in vodka or whisky mixed with different flavors like strawberry, pineapple, banana, or buy little nips of pucker. Sometimes there will be 1 flavor they go nuts for and it can change overnight. Try this mix around your lead too: 1 large can of quick oats and 1 large can of creamed corn. It breaks apart and puts a big pile of food around your hook bait.