Caught one around 18lb on a whole sardine when pike fishing on the canal. Size 6 treble in the bottom lip...
I caught a carp once on the canal lure fishing in winter, dropped my 2.5” kypyto Shad to the bottom under my feet and the braid pulled up tight! My little Shimano Rarenium was singing away. That's 3x carp I've caught on lures fair and square in the bottom lip!
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Dunno. You can get frozen baby chicks for feeding snakes at some pet shops. Not sure how you would present it though!
Dunno. You can get frozen baby chicks for feeding snakes at some pet shops. Not sure how you would present it though!
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On a hair. They are a great catfish bait, and carp do like them too... Seen a carp caught on half a hamster used for the cats too
On a hair. They are a great catfish bait, and carp do like them too... Seen a carp caught on half a hamster used for the cats too
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Half a mackerel with a set of trebles in it. 20lb carp inhaled the lot. A mate that was carp fishing, strawberry bottom bait, SBSbait if I remember correctly, had a run, landing 20lb pike.
We we were in Wales so not sure if it counts..
Half a mackerel with a set of trebles in it. 20lb carp inhaled the lot. A mate that was carp fishing, strawberry bottom bait, SBSbait if I remember correctly, had a run, landing 20lb pike.
We we were in Wales so not sure if it counts..
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We we were in Wales so not sure if it counts..
We we were in Wales so not sure if it counts..
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Caught several carp to low 20's on half a mackerel whilst fishing for catfish in France a few years back. Also netted an upper double common for a chap that was spinning for pike (UK).
Caught several carp to low 20's on half a mackerel whilst fishing for catfish in France a few years back. Also netted an upper double common for a chap that was spinning for pike (UK).
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I have read a few times that Carp will eat other fish, in effect most fish would given the chance. We used to keep tropical fish and as soon as the fish gave birth you would need to isolate them in a small net system to prevent the other fish eating the babies- even the mother.
Think fish meal baits......
I have read a few times that Carp will eat other fish, in effect most fish would given the chance. We used to keep tropical fish and as soon as the fish gave birth you would need to isolate them in a small net system to prevent the other fish eating the babies- even the mother.
Think fish meal baits......
Forgot my bait one winter trip to a runs water, had some Opal fruits in the truck. Caught two singles.
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fished some lakes that had a boilie ban.... caught nowt on pellets and plagued by silvers on naturals so stuck a jelly babies head on and had a 17lb mirror.... pink btw, and the last one, tried green etc but nothing.
fished some lakes that had a boilie ban.... caught nowt on pellets and plagued by silvers on naturals so stuck a jelly babies head on and had a 17lb mirror.... pink btw, and the last one, tried green etc but nothing.
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Nice.
Canal carp is satisfying alone but in winter even more so.
Nice.
Canal carp is satisfying alone but in winter even more so.
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21lb Common on a roach head, wire trace and a 4s hook while eel fishing.
21lb Common on a roach head, wire trace and a 4s hook while eel fishing.
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A friend of mine had a mid double on a hair rigged snail a couple of years ago.. Last year my 8 year old son had two single figure commons on the same piece of McDonald's bacon from the burger my wife brought over for him lol
A friend of mine had a mid double on a hair rigged snail a couple of years ago.. Last year my 8 year old son had two single figure commons on the same piece of McDonald's bacon from the burger my wife brought over for him lol
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I would not call that bacon but fair play to him on the results
I would not call that bacon but fair play to him on the results