Carp on Lures ?

Carp on Lures ?

Catching  Carp on lures?  Carp can be occasionally caught on lures. Flyfisherman catch them sight fishing clear water carp.  

Sometimes people fishing for other species catch Carp on lures though this is not the norm,  I probably catch a few each year that randomly hit lures and one that stands out the most to me was a 14 lb common carp that hit a rat l trap below a spillway back in the 90's.  
That fish wasn't foul hooked,  the trap was half way down its mouth!  Today we made it look easy but trust me catching carp on lures is tough.  We may never see another day like this again.

The day started off with a Bass/Crappie trip to one of my favorite spots.  A local spillway that has some easy fun fishing.

 I landed 1 nice Hawg on a White Spinnerbait, aprox 10 crappie on jigs and 2 2lb channel cats on Jigs.  I fished here from 630 am -9am. The lures that I  used were a White tandem blade spinnerbait and a 1/16 oz Chartreuse Monks head with a 2'' Acid rain grub. 

I was then home doing yard work and got a call from Fishwhisperer who talked me into a paddle on a small Piedmont river . Then Another friend called me to fish another river but I was committed to this float. (that friend caught 20 plus largemouths!! in just a few hours),,,OUCH!

The River Fishwhisper(Jeff) and I went to looked awesome. We put in and paddled to our destination fishing as we went. 

A nice drop on the river.

A nice Bass that hit a Fluke on the way to our destination.

 Jeff  caught several nice bass  as well. When we arrived at our destination we were throwing Flukes and Big pods of carp where chasing them and hitting our flukes!. They would suck it in and spit it out lots of times before we could even set the hook. They were following our baits creating huge wakes. We missed a lot But, we caught a lot as well especially on super flukes with 5/0 EWG hooks!!. 

This is one of the first ones that crushed a Fluke, you can see the Pearl Super Fluke still in its mouth.

You can also see a Fluke in this Carps mouth as well 

Jeff with a few......

 Here is one of 4 that hit a Powerbait tube under a Cork, if you look closely you can see the tube it its mouth.

We lost some really big ones who broke us off on the sharp rocks. It got to the point that we were throwing different lures at them to see what they would hit. Flukes, pop r's , curly tail jigs, beetle spins, a rebel floater and last 4 I caught hit tube jigs under a cork!

 Several Times we had doubles on. 

Date May 27th , 2016

Location:  Central Piedmont NC River

Lures-  Pearl Super Fluke w 5/0 EWG hook, 1/16 oz crappie tube(powerbait) under cork,  1/16 oz jighead with 2'' white powerbait curly tail,  Beetle spin, and several topwater lures.   The only lure I threw that they wouldn't hit was a small fluke.

An awesome day on the river and one that will not be forgotten.  Thanks for the Invite Fishwhisperer (Jeff) !!

   

Two New Shad Flows

2 New Shad Spots

One of my goals in fishing is to catch American and Hickory Shad in as many Flows as Possible.

I have caught Shad in the Santee River, Cape Fear River,  the  Neuse River,  including 5 tributary's of the Neuse which are  Pitchkettle Creek, Village Creek, Half Moon Creek,  Contentnea Creek, Little River,  The Tar River including Fishing Creek, and the Roanoke River.

The Next Streams on my "Bucket List" are The Cashie River, and Swift Creek of Tar Basin.

On 2/28/16 most of the local rivers were flooding and high from all the rain so I decided to make the trip to the Cashie River in Downtown Windsor, North Carolina.  This river starts in the Coastal plain and is short compared to the others so I figured it will not be flooding due to that.   What a nice Eastern NC blackwater river.  I fished it from approximately mid day to dark and caught maybe 10 Hickory Shad.  Not great numbers but I was glad to catch one in the Cashie.

Here is where I fished.

Tuesday the 9th I went to Swift Creek and needless to say I got skunked. I had 1 big White Shad hooked but she came unglued but it was a nice day.   I got to see some nice water and an unexpected surprised was a Black Fox Squirrel I sighted a few miles east of Wesleyan  College.


Saturday March the 13th I decided to go to the Tar River at Old Sparta , NC.    I motored upstream to the confluence of Town creek and proceeded to catch a few at the mouth.   It then hit me that I could go up into Town Creek and  add it to my list of streams.   I didn't catch a lot in there but I caught 4 or 5 and while they were not big I was  happy to catch them.

Here are a few caught in the Tar at the mouth of Town Creek.

Here is one From Town Creek.

Here is a Jon Boat that floated by me while I was anchored in Town Creek.  What  a nice and scenic creek. 

#towncreek

#cashieriver

#tarriver

#windsornc

A Pumpkinseed Kinda Day

Pumpkinseed Bream

May 3, 2016

Location - Crystal Lake


I Started the day fishing Hortons pond adjacent to Jordan Lake.   Not much was  happening there but the water looked great. I Caught a few small crappie , a Warmouth and a bass.  Really the only thing happening there was watching an Osprey nest and the parents coming back and forth bringing fish to the young uns.

Lures used-  Heddon Sonic- no hits.   Buzzbait,  1lb bass on the first cast then ZILCH.  Kalins purple rain grub, several small crappie.  Redworms,  ZILCH.

 I Left and headed south to a lake known for big bream.  I  Had a good day there but couldn't really find the big bream but  I got lucky and found plenty of  nice sized Pumpkinseeds. Some of them were really nice.

The sky looked like it was going to pour rain on me at any time but it never rained  except for just a light sprinkling.  All of my fish today were caught on a bottom rig with a 3/8 oz bell sinker on bottom and 2  - #6 hooks above it spaced aprox 8 inches apart using red worms for bait.

This first one is a Citation size Pumpkinseed.  The NCWRC Angler recognition program list the Pumpkinseed requirements as either 10 inches or 14 ounces. This Pumpkinseed passes the 10 inch mark by a 1/2 inch.

The smallest one of the day. Not a Citation but maybe one day.

 

A few more pictures,,,,

Thunder storms were off and on all day but they all managed to miss me which was great.

Here is my ending to a great day on the water......

Thanks, Mack

#vassnc

#bream

#breamfishing

#crystallake

White Bass Run 2016

White Bass Run 2016

***be sure to see the video at the bottom***

The White Bass Run this year in Central NC has been pretty good. I have been 3 times so far and have done well all 3 times.  

3/26/2016

Went fishing for White Bass with my wife and I may have caught 25~ fish and she probably got 35~ She got more as I was unhooking her fish and just having fun watching her catch them. We caught them 2 ways. 1 by anchored and casting to a known spot and 2 by trolling. When I troll I normally use 2 rods(canoe so a can't troll umpteen) but today we just trolled with 1 line for her as I was doing the paddling and unhooking. We got rained on for aprox 30 mins but otherwise it was a great day. I don't know who had more fun. The Wife, Pete the dog, or myself. Pete absolutely luvs to fish!

We caught White Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Bream, and a couple of stripers. We also saw a Few Eagles, ospreys, Herons, and a Pileated Woodpecker. All fish caught on a 1/8 oz mini trap, small roadrunner, and a small spot.

March 27th,  Went back to the same place ,  My fishing Partner today was the Famous Mark B. (Wuzworthit) who I have known since the 80's. Fish were scattered except we did catch about 20 out of 1 hole. Had several doubles on as well. We also ran into Professional fisherman Turtlestew. and also  Watched an Eagle try to steal a meal from and osprey .

4/15/2016
Went today from 12-6 pm. caught a lot of  White bass.  Most small to medium size with 6 that were good size.  Also caught maybe 10 white perch, 5 or 6 bream and 1- 4lb channel cat. Hottest action was 1230-130.  then sporadic.   Best lures were  chartreuse SSR5 with blue back and orange belly, mini trap, and road runner.    I took one of my old Heddon Sonics and it caught 3  or 4 fish then my knot broke and I lost it. Dang it!!!  I hate I lost that lure.

White Perch and channel cat

Video below added 2022

Thanks for looking,  Mack

#whitebassrun

#whitebass

#hawriver