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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 15, 2016 11:03:17 GMT -5
The wife hooked into our biggest carp yesterday and got him to the bank but was having a hard time keeping him there so without thinking I grabbed the line with my bare hands to try and get him slid up the bank but he took off,cutting my hand with the line and breaking the line. She was tickled pink that she even hooked into it and got it to the bank,too bad we didn't have the landing net with us but we will for now on. I've been trying to catch 1 since last summer but haven't been lucky enough to,but I'm hoping that green worm she had on the hook with the night crawler was the reason he went for it because I'll be trying that 1 myself.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2016 11:17:02 GMT -5
I hope your hand is okay. I just bought a net last week for an Ohio river catch fish or carp fishing trip down in Patriot, IN.
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Post by featherduster on Jun 15, 2016 12:12:27 GMT -5
What will you do with one if you catch it?
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Post by deadeer on Jun 15, 2016 12:44:31 GMT -5
What will you do with one if you catch it? Only one good use in my book, FERTILIZER! lol |
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Post by esshup on Jun 15, 2016 19:43:39 GMT -5
What will you do with one if you catch it? Only one good use in my book, FERTILIZER! lol Use #2, target practice for bowfishing..... |
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Post by schall53 on Jun 16, 2016 9:04:32 GMT -5
Get yourself a can of sweetcorn, thread it on a hook, put on a small weight, lay it on the bottom, you will catch carp.
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Post by bullseye69 on Jun 16, 2016 17:18:34 GMT -5
What will you do with one if you catch it? Only one good use in my book, FERTILIZER! lol My grandfather used to smoke them. They were pretty good. Hard to get lit tho...  |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 17, 2016 15:28:42 GMT -5
I hope your hand is okay. I just bought a net last week for an Ohio river catch fish or carp fishing trip down in Patriot, IN. It still bothers me some,the other hand didn't even get cut but it's sorer than the 1 that did,beats me why,but I'll live. This is my 2nd net by the way,the 1st one broke trying to pull out a dead carp when I lost most of my fish during the hard winter a few years ago. |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 17, 2016 15:30:13 GMT -5
What will you do with one if you catch it? Being as they're grass carp I put in there for moss control,I'll throw them back in,just fun to catch from what I hear. |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 17, 2016 15:33:00 GMT -5
Get yourself a can of sweetcorn, thread it on a hook, put on a small weight, lay it on the bottom, you will catch carp. I've tried corn,spinach dough balls and bread but no luck,never tried fishing on the bottom though,always close to the top like she was but I'll give it a try,thanks. |
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Post by esshup on Jun 18, 2016 8:25:18 GMT -5
Grass Carp don't do a good job of Filamentous Algae (FA) control unless there aren't any other plants in the pond. Eat something or die I guess.
Tilapia do a much better job of FA control, but since they are a warm water fish and don't live through the winter they need to be restocked every year. They need to be stocked at the rate of 40# per surface acre when water temps are 60°F and above.
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 18, 2016 9:46:38 GMT -5
There's not any other plants in the pond that I know of,except cattails. They do a decent job of keeping it clean but I think the aerator helped some too,not sure. This is the first year I have had no moss on top but everybody else around here does,I see some on the rocks on the bottom but it's not top to bottom like 2 years ago.
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Post by esshup on Jun 18, 2016 13:07:14 GMT -5
The aerator helps the bacteria at the bottom of the pond utilize the nutrients in the pond, and the Triploid Grass Carp are most likely eating the algae due to no other plants in the pond too. It's really about nutrient management and not plant/algae management. One pound of phosphorous can grow 500 pounds of algae if there is sufficient Nitrogen in the pond.
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Post by throbak on Jun 18, 2016 14:38:58 GMT -5
Grass carp taste as good as Walleye can't hardly tell apart except for the big bones
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 26, 2016 12:23:53 GMT -5
I caught this nice striper out of there the other day,they've more than doubled in size from last year.  |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 27, 2016 20:33:20 GMT -5
I caught these today,both about 1 1/2lbs and 20" long. They're definitely getting there .   |
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Post by deadeer on Jun 28, 2016 0:22:13 GMT -5
Looking good. In the first pic with the cat, I thought you had a painting of a big buck rack on your shirt at first glance. Lol
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