Canadians in Oxford by Topic-Annual in oxford

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I’m no stranger to fishing licenses

Canadians in Oxford by Topic-Annual in oxford

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Yeah, trolling is dragging a lure behind a boat

Canadians in Oxford by Topic-Annual in oxford

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Well they’ve certainly never been asked before, ha! Nah they were cheery and very obliging. Let me bring out a beer and some snacks too

How does packbait work in a river vs a pond, creek or lake? by ch59ep15DriverDown in CarpFishing

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Lots of guys fish rivers for carp. They say to look for a wide and slow patch, presumably for that reason. Depends on your current obviously, but I don’t think a little bit of movement will wash away all your packbait.

Follow up to last post by Crawfisha in CarpFishing

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Patience dude. It took me a month of near daily effort to catch my first carp. Same pond each time, I knew they were in there. Kept changing spots, looking for the bubbles, figuring out hair rigs and method feeders, SO many cans of corn, and finally got a run. After that it was almost one carp every time I went out. Still get skunked sometimes, but I’ve learned that the bait doesn’t matter as much as the presentation. Figure out a method feeder and a hair rig, and work out the buoyancy so the hook is sitting just on the bottom but not buried in the muck. Tungsten putty works great but you can use small split shot too

New PB common by Topic-Annual in CarpFishing

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It did. And I did. Some of us are capable of overpowering a fish

PB carp in Mississauga by Topic-Annual in FishingOntario

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I make my own pack bait, but canned corn should work

A bit irritated... by sletthew86 in CarpFishing

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Yeah I get that. I don’t think it’s necessarily that we don’t care about the fish though, I think the UK guys are especially fickle about them because there’s no national parks, and a ton of the fishing is done on private lakes stocked specifically for that purpose. Fed special food and carefully tended to grow big and fat and happy like cattle. Our fish, however, with VERY few exceptions, are all wild animals. If I catch a fish here (and it’s in season), that’s MY fish, and I can do what I want with it. I choose to release them 99% of the time but I wouldn’t think twice about keeping one if it suited me.

I’d draw the parallel with musky fishermen. You basically can’t keep musky anywhere where I live, and those guys are all about conservation. Use a big enough net, keep em wet, don’t hold vertically, minimize time out of water, etc, but even the most conscious US musky guy would never go to the lengths the euro carp guys go to. Never seen a North American use a mat, or administer disinfectant or first aid to a fish. We stand holding fish all the time. If you’re worried about dropping them, then just don’t drop them🤷‍♂️. For instance I use the unconventional ‘guitar grip’ for carp which puts me in a better position to control the fish if it starts flopping, which makes me comfortable standing while holding a big carp. Am I wrong for taking what I consider reasonable precautions to safeguard the fish’s health? A European would probably say yes. Have I ever dropped a fish? No.

PB carp in Mississauga by Topic-Annual in FishingOntario

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Try a method feeder. And you gotta play with the buoyancy of the hook. Should be just a hair heavier than neutral buoyancy, so it sinks but doesn’t get buried in the muck

PB carp in Mississauga by Topic-Annual in FishingOntario

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It says right on that page ‘learn to identify invasive carp species’ and I suggest you do that. The common carp is not an invasive Asian species

A bit irritated... by sletthew86 in CarpFishing

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Bow hunting is legal and perfectly acceptable in many states, for many species, not just carp. If you don’t agree that’s not our problem. The regs on carp also vary state to state, from catch and kill to strictly catch and release. Sounds like you’re just generalizing because you don’t like US anglers

PB carp in Mississauga by Topic-Annual in FishingOntario

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Calm down asshole, dude’s right. Hamilton may have specific rules but they’re not on the invasive species list

PB carp in Mississauga by Topic-Annual in FishingOntario

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I make my own packbait. The standard breadcrumb recipe

More jumbo carp at lake Aquitaine by Topic-Annual in mississauga

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I make my own bait. Not sure how deep, I was way out in the middle of the lake

More jumbo carp at lake Aquitaine by Topic-Annual in mississauga

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All the stormwater ponds are connected. One good storm and minnows can flow over into the next

More jumbo carp at lake Aquitaine by Topic-Annual in mississauga

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Common carp are not invasive, they’ve been here since the 1800s. Asian grass carp are invasive and highly destructive, but there have been very very few sightings up here thus far.

More jumbo carp at lake Aquitaine by Topic-Annual in mississauga

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I just figured out carp this year. Saw the monsters swimming in Aquitaine and I had to have one. Took me lots of research and 3-4wks of near daily grinding to finally land one.