Have You Ever Caught A Grass Carp On An Artificial Lure??

[Catch and Grease]

I see massive grass carp in the lake I fish on a military base regularly, and I was just wondering if they ever bite artificals. I know how most people catch them but was just curious if they will bite a lure once in a blue moon...

[wisconsin heat]

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/144574-topwater-carp/?hl=s-waver#entry1610991 

[Catch and Grease]

Wow I actually remember that post now, what a monster!

[a1712]

Not actually on the lure, foul hooked it in the dorsal. Sure had my heart racing after catching a 3-9 and a 4-2 on 10 casts off the same point. Gave the little Aldebaran and 8lb. McCoy a work out. Brian.

[Bluebasser86]

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/144574-topwater-carp/?hl=s-waver#entry1610991 

That carp I caught that I posted a picture of in that thread I got to watch eat my bait, no mistaking that it was attacking the bait. 

[F14A-B]

Not actually on the lure, foul hooked it in the dorsal. Sure had my heart racing after catching a 3-9 and a 4-2 on 10 casts off the same point. Gave the little Aldebaran and 8lb. McCoy a work out. Brian.

Nice one! Foul hooked fish pull way different than a fish hooked in the mouth.. I bet that was a fun battle on that reel.

[Senko lover]

I have snagged two. Interestingly, one of them, upon discovering that he was hooked, made a run for the middle of the pond, where he somehow managed to scrape off my bait on a log or something. All I know is that the carp was gone and I was hung up. Losing both the carp and my lipless wasn't fun haha. 

[Philo Beddoe]

Caught one earlier in the spring on a black and blue chatterbait. It was at night and man was I disappointed when I got it to the bank. I thought I had a new PB!

[Felix77]

Yes ... on a friggin' shakey head of all things ... Thought it was the biggest bass i ever hooked on to until ... 

[smr_hga]

I've heard of it... There are some in my pond and i've tried catching them with corn but had no luck. So now i just stick to bass fishing with artificials. But as long as a grass carp is a possibility, i'm keeping my drag fairly low no matter what i'm using.

[Bankbeater]

I have snagged quite a few dd grass carp over the years. I see movement in the weeds, cast the bait it, and POW it feels like I hooked a train. They really pull when you hook them in the tail.

[Dillo]

Ive never done it but its real popular here in Denver to catch them in the south platte with flies.

[Rob1850]

Years back I caught one on a hard plastic surface lure with a lip on it.  I cant remember the name or the brand but they were about 1-1/2 inches long and the ones I had were supposed to look like a bee, a grasshopper and I dont remember what else. The only resemblance to any of the living insects was that they were painted to look like them.  I  was in an 11 foot canoe casting one of these around the perimeter of a small reservoir when I threw it under an overhanging tree.  As soon as it hit the water it was sucked down.  My best guess is that the carp thought it was a mulberry or some other fruit that fell from the tree.  This thing pulled me around for at least ten minutes before I boated it.

 

I tried for at least a hour to get another to hit the  lure but couldnt.   I think it was just a lucky cast.

 

When I was a kid, my cousin and I boiled frozen spinach and put it in pieces of old nylon stockings to keep it together.  It is a waiting game and we caught a few that way. 

[DevinFishing29]

Years back I caught one on a hard plastic surface lure with a lip on it.  I cant remember the name or the brand but they were about 1-1/2 inches long and the ones I had were supposed to look like a bee, a grasshopper and I dont remember what else. The only resemblance to any of the living insects was that they were painted to look like them.  I  was in an 11 foot canoe casting one of these around the perimeter of a small reservoir when I threw it under an overhanging tree.  As soon as it hit the water it was sucked down.  My best guess is that the carp thought it was a mulberry or some other fruit that fell from the tree.  This thing pulled me around for at least ten minutes before I boated it.

 

I tried for at least a hour to get another to hit the  lure but couldnt.   I think it was just a lucky cast.

 

When I was a kid, my cousin and I boiled frozen spinach and put it in pieces of old nylon stockings to keep it together.  It is a waiting game and we caught a few that way. 

I think you are talking about the Rebel crickhopper or Rebel bumble bug. I have one of the grasshoper kind. I have caught a lot of bluegills on it and a few bass. Also have got some trout.