Never even heard of a Mirror Carp b4, I suppose its an invasive species not native to NA? Good catch on the Cats as well, fine eating there but I have eaten Carp b4...
From what I have heard, the Asian Carp, I believe, that are in the Mississippi and a number of other large rivers is a very good fish to eat. With as many of them as they are out there, I don't understand why they aren't commercially fished.
Congrats!! If you don't mind tell me a little on how you fish for carp in the lakes? I've caught them in pay lakes but I'm wanting to try to catch some for fun in wild waters. Do you bait ahead of time? What baits are good? Is this the best time of year? I know it's a lot of questions. Thanks.
I've caught a bunch of mirrors in and around the Piedmont. They aren't that rare in lakes that have them. The rare one is the leather carp, like a mirror but no scales at all.
Usually I fish a small point as then makes cruising carp come a little closer. My main like is 16 lb Momoi and a leader of 30 lb Floro . weight is either oz or 1.5 oz.
You need thick heavy flour for the leader as You want the carp to feel the leader once they suck in the bait. sounds backwards but what the carp does once they feel the leader is they try to spit it out. The stiff Fluro usually will not get spit out and they scare and run thus setting the hook on themselves. Leader nneds to be short to make it stiffer. 1 to 2 inches is all . packbait of oatmeal and creamcorn goes on the weight and hook has 4 - 5 kernels of whole kernal corn.
Got a few other ingredients but they are secret. there was a guy European fishing around from me and my rig and bait smoked him that day.
you really have secret ingredients? is it better than the root beer deer corn?
yep, is it better than the root beer in the deer corn?? Probably. Deer luv that root beer though. have you tried it?
That's a nice day Mack. I love when you carp fish and catfish. There's a lot of people who think they are rare, must be that not many people target them. I've caught over 10 in the last year from Jordan lake and from the Cape fear Below Jordan. Have caught more in Jordan tho. Never caught one anywhere else tho so maybe Jordan just has a good population of mirrors lol.
That's a nice day Mack. I love when you carp fish and catfish. There's a lot of people who think they are rare, must be that not many people target them. I've caught over 10 in the last year from Jordan lake and from the Cape fear Below Jordan. Have caught more in Jordan tho. Never caught one anywhere else tho so maybe Jordan just has a good population of mirrors lol.
bingo, they (CH enviromentalists) have always said jordan's waters were so nasty that strange things would occur in the fish.
mack says mirrors are a mutation. jordan would be exactly the lake to expect mutants. LOL.
darkthirty you are the expert, any validity to that theory, you too say it's full of mirrors.
bingo, they (CH enviromentalists) have always said jordan's waters were so nasty that strange things would occur in the fish.
mack says mirrors are a mutation. jordan would be exactly the lake to expect mutants. LOL.
darkthirty you are the expert, any validity to that theory, you too say it's full of mirrors.