Carp Fishing Season East Cost

[The_fisherman]

Does anyone know anything about carp fishing seasons on the East Coast? When is prespawn,spawning period, post spawning, best fishing time of the year. I had three fishing trips to a local ponds, seen carp jumping but didn't get it to bite. Any suggestions? I used dough ball with strawberry jello, sweet potato, bread. Nothing worked so far. May be it's still to cold?

Thanks.

[OntarioFishingGuy]

Google 'Hair Rig' and put corn on the hook.

[Snakehead Whisperer]

Don't know anything about the carp spawn, but I do know a little about catching them. 

 

The best bait that I've found for carp is wonder bread soaked in italian dressing. That and squarebill crankbaits  (I seem to snag more than my fair share.) Here's a pic of my PB, caught on a homemade squarebill. 

 

 

Here in DC a lot of folks throw mulberry looking dry flies for carp during the mulberry hatch. They do pretty well with these, and topwater carping is practically an oximoron.

[BannedForSpamming-1234555]

Does anyone know anything about carp fishing seasons on the East Coast? When is prespawn,spawning period, post spawning, best fishing time of the year. I had three fishing trips to a local ponds, seen carp jumping but didn't get it to bite. Any suggestions? I used dough ball with strawberry jello, sweet potato, bread. Nothing worked so far. May be it's still to cold?

Thanks.

 

 

You should chum a area with corn a couple days before you plan on fishing it.  This way it will get the carp grouped in a area for your next visit.  Use a corn rig and the carp should expect a free snack in that area next time.

[flyfisher]

i have had better success with carp on the fly rod than any other technique.  You have to wait to see that they are feeding as evidenced by their tails sticking up and little mud clouds.  They are super spooky so a stealthy approach is paramount.  They seem to take anything buggy looking when feeding, if they are cruising I have never caught one.  My best day was one where they were feeding on top and i was catching them almost every other cast until i got tired of it.  Those days, for me at least, are few and far between but well worth the wait when it does happen.

[Dogmatic]

i have had better success with carp on the fly rod than any other technique.  You have to wait to see that they are feeding as evidenced by their tails sticking up and little mud clouds.  They are super spooky so a stealthy approach is paramount.  They seem to take anything buggy looking when feeding, if they are cruising I have never caught one.  My best day was one where they were feeding on top and i was catching them almost every other cast until i got tired of it.  Those days, for me at least, are few and far between but well worth the wait when it does happen.

Poor man's bonefish!

[flyfisher]

Poor man's bonefish!

i have heard them referred to as the golden bonefish too  it is the only fish i have caught on my fly rod that i was worried about my fly fine to backing knot, especially when i caught them on my 4 wt

[hatrix]

I use to fish with a guy who was from Romania if I remember and he schooled me on carp since that is the deal over there. You need to try and make it a competiton and that's how yu get them to bite.

You take a can of corn and poke some holes in it and throw it out there. Then you also just throw some corn out there on top of the can. They will start to compete for the corn so when you throw your hook out there all they are worried about is getting the food and they will grab your bait in the frenzy.

Other then snagging carp I have very and I mean very limited success hooking carp but I did use this method once after being told this and it worked like a champ. There is also some crazy way you tie the hooks and rig it but I don't remember.

[poebassin]

Carp like water temperatures above 60F for spawning usually. I use to specifcially target them in the fall with corn and nightcrawlers in ponds. It helps when you chum the waters to get a bunch actively feeding. I have even heard that carp might have a fall spawn too. This past weekend, I was fishing for bass on Silver Lake in western New York where the water tempertaure was around 46F. Hooked a few northern pike on the gold, red eye shad I was using and then got into this big common carp. 32 pounds plus! This carp took the lipless crankbait in its mouth - it wasn't snagged. There were a bunch rooting around feeding in the area that I saw moving to deeper water where I was casting it. If I was targeting carp intentionally - I wouldn't be using a crankbait!