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I never really dropshot unless I'm fishing for catfish or carp (seldom)....is a heavy worm like a 6" senko not worth using? I have some duper flukes and dropshot worms from *** but have yet to get a chance to try them at a good spot for drop shotting I just feel like a heavier bait like a senko would lie flat against the line and wouldn't be as effective. Maybe I just am tying the drop shot wrong, or am wrong in general?

So I have seen some MONSTER carp swimming in the pond on my university campus, and me and my friends are trying to catch these guys. We have caught a few, but all no more than 6ish lbs, and no where NEAR as big as the ones we have seen swimming the shallows. Question is, what do yall use for carp bait? We have been using white bread, which seems to work okay but not great. I'm thinking I'll float some bread on top of the water tonight since one tried to eat my bobber last night . We usually just put bread balls on a hook and let them sit on the bottom. We also dropshot, and sometimes use bobbers since they like to stay near the surface So what do yall like to use for carp and how do you rig it? if it helps, there are also catfish and bluegill in the pond and I think some bass as well.

throw it out, wait 10-15seconds after it hits the water... *pop*...*pop pop*.......*pop*......*pop* etc usually wait 5-15 seconds between movements

Well I spent 110 on a revo s and all star select rod, but for lures I only really buy soft plastics and the occasional topwater, jig or frog. I just spent 40 on about 50ish trick sticks, 10 duper flukes, 25 baby bush bugs from ***. Great deal for all of that. Just the other day I got a spro frog, and immediately lost it on a log I was raging, so I bought another so I spent 20 on one spro basically : ( I also lost a scumfrog bigfoot and a popper but I can get those back I just haven't waded in yet

Buy the bush bugs from www.*.com, they are 3 dollars for 10 or 6 dollars for 25. Very good price

I've found that you really need to committ 100% when lipping a bass and lip them hard so you can hold on despite the flopping. When you aren't fully comittedyoull have a weak grip and that's when you can get stuck. Just use some needlenose pliers and hold them tight. You can always pinch the barbs but you risk losing a fish that way. Just gotta be careful with those treble hooks

Sooooooo................you suck at tying knots, and do a poor job of landing fish. Must be the lines fault, and probably the rod, and the reels drag too, but definitely not yours : :-X In all seriousness, learn from your mistakes. It is very frustrating to lose big fish, and very tempting to blame equipment. Personally I don't like YZ line either, but not for the same reasons. I actually found it to be extremely strong.......almost to a fault. When you hit your thumb with a hammer don't blame the hammer. Well I've always used the improved clinch and have never had a problem until switching to this line, but perhaps thats because it's a lighter test than I am used to In other words you think it was equipment failure and not your ability that caused your problem ? The fact is, I have never had issues with my line breaking until I switched to this line recently, and I obviously have been landing my fish the same way, on the same knot and have caught big fish doing so (like the one in my avi at over 6lbs). I've already said it may be the clinch weakening the line due to improper lubrication or whatever. I'm just trying not to lose more fish. Leave my thread if you're just looking to start trouble and not contribute anything, I'm not here to argue with you about stupid stuff, especially when you're obviously just trying to start trouble So you were using 6# test of some other brand, and landing your fish this way? Perhaps you lucked out and the fish in your avvie didn't struggle like a maniac while dangling. No, I believe my last line was 10# mono, but the hybrid is supposed to have a breaking strength of about 12lbs.

Sooooooo................you suck at tying knots, and do a poor job of landing fish. Must be the lines fault, and probably the rod, and the reels drag too, but definitely not yours : :-X In all seriousness, learn from your mistakes. It is very frustrating to lose big fish, and very tempting to blame equipment. Personally I don't like YZ line either, but not for the same reasons. I actually found it to be extremely strong.......almost to a fault. When you hit your thumb with a hammer don't blame the hammer. Well I've always used the improved clinch and have never had a problem until switching to this line, but perhaps thats because it's a lighter test than I am used to In other words you think it was equipment failure and not your ability that caused your problem ? The fact is, I have never had issues with my line breaking until I switched to this line recently, and I obviously have been landing my fish the same way, on the same knot and have caught big fish doing so (like the one in my avi at over 6lbs). I've already said it may be the clinch weakening the line due to improper lubrication or whatever. I'm just trying not to lose more fish. Leave my thread if you're just looking to start trouble and not contribute anything, I'm not here to argue with you about stupid stuff, especially when you're obviously just trying to start trouble

I usually say something like "there he is" or something, then talk to the fish when bringing it in like "come on baby come on" as I try to land it haha

Lost another tonight. Tried a palomar knot for the first time and it really seemed strong, then the fish hit and the knot immediately failed, I don't get it Looked like a 3lber or so, but a fish is a fish. Ended up with just a foot long dink

Sooooooo................you suck at tying knots, and do a poor job of landing fish. Must be the lines fault, and probably the rod, and the reels drag too, but definitely not yours : :-X In all seriousness, learn from your mistakes. It is very frustrating to lose big fish, and very tempting to blame equipment. Personally I don't like YZ line either, but not for the same reasons. I actually found it to be extremely strong.......almost to a fault. When you hit your thumb with a hammer don't blame the hammer. Well I've always used the improved clinch and have never had a problem until switching to this line, but perhaps thats because it's a lighter test than I am used to

I tried using other knots and I realllly suck at them. Tried the palomar, san diego jam and uni and have a lot of trouble tying them. Maybe it's just the site that showed me and I need a video but I'm awful haha. With the palomar I always have way too much tag end and end up wasting like 6-8" of line. If I don't have that much at the end I can't tie the loop

I swear I am absolutely awful at tying knots. I use the improved clinch and have tried tying the palomar, uni and san diego jam and really suck at doing them

Yeah idk why I did the swinging thing, I guess I just wanted the fish off the water so it didn't get away. Ill remember to lip it out of the water next time, thanks guys

I had the urge to get a higher test when I got the 6# hybrid, but decided against it since I was told the 6# had great managability. I'll give the hybrid more chances and see how it goes. What I'm thinking now, is that the way I tie the improved clench is weakening the line as I pull the knot tight. I'll try out some different knots, thanks everyone