Passaic Carp Saturday 10/3

[saxmatt]

Nice job! Cool to see more people fishing for carp. You'll get more hookups if you don't use circle hooks, they can easily eject them. If you're seeing a lot of bumps and fish taking a few feet of line out and dropping your bait you either have the wrong hooks or dull hooks.

[Eskimo]

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Good job.
I've never heard of anyone using circle hooks for carp. They do put up a hell of a fight. They pull and pull until they can find some woody structure to break you off on.


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[saxmatt]

Originally Posted by Eskimo

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They pull and pull until they can find some woody structure to break you off on.
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Not if you have the right equiptment. I use 12' rods with 50lb braid and 60lb floro shock leaders. I've caught a bunch of carp with hooks and line hanging from them, deformed lips from treble hooks or lip grippers, torn gills, and if you break them off they can become teathered to a snag and die. if you want to fish for carp as a sportfish that's awesome but please use the right gear.

[Chrisper4694]

Nice job man, they are for sure some of the strongest fish that swim. If only they were inclined to hit lures more often I'd target them more haha.

[xDirty]

If you dont mind me asking, what baitcaster combo do you use, it looks bad ass in the picture.

[JDTuna]

Originally Posted by xDirty

If you dont mind me asking, what baitcaster combo do you use, it looks bad ass in the picture.

Thats actually an Avet SX. I usually use it for stripers, but it works well in this scenario.

[xDirty]

Originally Posted by JDTuna

Thats actually an Avet SX. I usually use it for stripers, but it works well in this scenario.

What about the rod

[ReelErIn]

Cool that pic reminds me of Carp fishing on the Garfield side when I was a kid
in da early 60's

[JDTuna]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

Nice job man, they are for sure some of the strongest fish that swim. If only they were inclined to hit lures more often I'd target them more haha.

Thanks! I have actually caught them on tiny jigs and soft plastics, casting to them while they root around in the shallows. In the Passaic, they're usually easy to spot early in the morning.

[JDTuna]

Originally Posted by saxmatt

Nice job! Cool to see more people fishing for carp. You'll get more hookups if you don't use circle hooks, they can easily eject them. If you're seeing a lot of bumps and fish taking a few feet of line out and dropping your bait you either have the wrong hooks or dull hooks.

Thanks!!! I have actually done pretty well with circle hooks. I put the reel almost in freespool, then when they pick up the bait I engage the drag (like I do dead sticking for most fish). The reason I missed fish the other day was because I have forgotten to put the reel in freespool after fighting a fish, so when they hit they felt resistance and dropped it. The one plus with the circles is I don't pull the hooks on carp once they're hooked. Also, I wouldn't necessarily mind missing a fish here and there knowing they won't get gut hooked. Definitely a fun fish. I have also caught them sight casting with tiny jigs.