The lakes to run with Murray Cod

Disinformation said :

Look on Youtube for “Matt Hayes Carp Fishing” There are about 8 or 9 episodes which will transform your fishing knowledge and success with these fish.

Thank mate, I’ll check out the videos. Much appreciated.

Disinformation said :

Interesting. Since specialising in targetting carp for fun, nine months ago, my fishing buddy and I have taken over 400kg of carp from LBG. Biggest are 5.84kg. Smallest has been 320 grams.

That’s a lot of fish, Disinformation. What do you do with them all? Can’t imagine anyone eating one carp voluntarily, much less 400kg of them.

peterepete said :

Sounds like something bad is about to happen. Reckon they have a plan and they are just waiting for the right moment before they take over – quiet before the storm. Remember you can only kill a carp by taking its head off – like a zombie.

CARPOCALYPSE!!

Interesting. Since specialising in targetting carp for fun, nine months ago, my fishing buddy and I have taken over 400kg of carp from LBG. Biggest are 5.84kg. Smallest has been 320 grams.
Selecting the right time, best place, prebaiting with burley, burleying the selected fishing area and fishing the hookbaits accurately on top of that area with knotless knot hooks makes all the difference. Look on Youtube for “Matt Hayes Carp Fishing” There are about 8 or 9 episodes which will transform your fishing knowledge and success with these fish.

Sounds like something bad is about to happen. Reckon they have a plan and they are just waiting for the right moment before they take over – quiet before the storm. Remember you can only kill a carp by taking its head off – like a zombie.

Switch wrote: “Re: Scarcity of carp: on a bike ride last weekend, I was resting at the bike bridge over Yarralumla Ck, near Scrivener dam. There were at least 30 huge carp just sitting in the sunshine, not moving, in the water on the northern side of the bridge. Doesn’t sound like they are rare and endangered enough to me yet.”

Bloody hell. I was wondering if I was hitting the right spots. I’ll get my tackle together and head down there this arvo to smite them hip and thigh. Well, whatever the carp equivalents of hips and thighs are, anyway.

Thanks for the tip. Much appreciated.

Out of interest, I see a decent number of people dropping a line in Yerrabi…whats the catch rate there, anyone?

Re: Scarcity of carp: on a bike ride last weekend, I was resting at the bike bridge over Yarralumla Ck, near Scrivener dam. There were at least 30 huge carp just sitting in the sunshine, not moving, in the water on the northern side of the bridge. Doesn’t sound like they are rare and endangered enough to me yet.

LSWCHP – my uneducated guess is that the post on heavy rains leaving the carp overfed would be right. Mr Chatterbox has only taken up fishing in the last year, and only knows what he gets from youtube and other net based sources and there has only been one time he has fished in LBG and didn’t come home with at least one ugly carp.

Not sure if timing matters but he usually drops his first line about 5.30ish and home by 10am at the latest. If I have been absorbing info whilst feining attentiveness at masculine topics of little interest, apparently stick to the juicier corn brands such as Edgell. And creamed corn is good for attracting the carp but not filling them up.

Mr Chatterbox (and Lil Master Chatterbox) maintain that although they are terrible pests, they are great fun to reel in.

Good luck.

“And while I’m at it, I’ve seen several other anglers catching redfin on lures the same time as me, but I’ve never seen anybody land a carp. Just people packing up and shuffling off empty handed like me.”

Well, LSWCHP, great to hear you are getting so many redfin and also that you are unable to catch carp. It would be great if carp numbers are down. Last year and the year before I certainly didn’t have any trouble catching big carp in LBG, and lots of other fisherpeople were doing likewise.