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) !!