Author Topic: BIG Ice carp! (Read 5399 times)

Big_Carphuna · « **on:** Feb 15, 2008, 09:06 PM »

Had this nice 34+lber today on the tip!
Only 5 carp I've landed this year through the ice, not easy!
Anyone else fish for thes guys?

Big_Carphuna · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 15, 2008, 09:07 PM »

http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w143/Big_Carphuna/?action=view&current=ice348.jpg

Can anyone post this pic as I can't seem to? Thanks!

NHfisherman · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 15, 2008, 09:11 PM »

NICE FISH!

I havent but i was looking to fish for them, i started a post on the NH forum regarding any ideas to try and catch them. What type of bait do you use?

GAMBELL · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 15, 2008, 09:13 PM »

How did you get that pig through the hole? What did you catch it on?

snohiker · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 15, 2008, 09:25 PM »

Here it is

Big_Carphuna · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 15, 2008, 09:26 PM »

Rig, as follows:

Knotless-knotted (hair rig with 50lb PP) size 6 Resistance RTH3 hook. Leader length a whopping 2+ feet....
Size 8 swivel, with a pear 4oz lead. Then 3' of 20lb flourocarbon. Another swivel. then the regular 50lb squid line from ice trap...
The plan is to keep the squid line (dacron) away from the bait as far as possible....

Bait was a tiger nut (from chufa plant root, boiled. High in sugars and bullhead don't like em) with a piece of fake, floating yellow corn. I tried sweetcorn but the d**ned bullheads were all over it.

So I switched over to more Euro gear and baits...

Still, hard to get em under the ice!

Hole was 2 x 10" holes next to each other, chipped out. Fish still touched both ends!

Wasn't really expecting one this size! Most of the fish in there are 8-17lbs....

Trick on any water for carp through the ice is finding them...they school up in tight schools, usually in much shallower water than most think. These were in 6-7' shelf with 12-17' on each side. Good wintering spot, but still tough to find them without sonar...

Big_Carphuna · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 15, 2008, 09:27 PM »

Thanks Hiker!!

snohiker · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 15, 2008, 09:32 PM »

Noproblem

JAZII · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 15, 2008, 11:05 PM »

HERE YA GO!
4# line jiggin for eyes on a river
jighead with minnow
caught 7 that day
this one was the biggest

JAZII

shantyman1 · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 15, 2008, 11:06 PM »

how much did it weigh

JAZII · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 15, 2008, 11:18 PM »

Quote from: shantyman1 on Feb 15, 2008, 11:06 PM

how much did it weigh

If you are asking me, I did not have a scale. It was also released.
If I where to give a guess, I would say mid to upper twenties.
JAZII

Wally1 · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 12:20 AM »

i wish i could catch 1 25 yrs on the ice never caught 1...sweet job guys...

turbo 42 · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 01:01 AM »

i cant beleive you guys are touchin those nasty things bare handed lol they look fun to catch but i've heard there a problem fish around here in indiana and ive had ones about twice that size or bigger swim up to the shore just a few feet away if your standing real still in the mornings but i can never get them to bite anything. what do you guys catch them on in the summer there is a pond and a river right around me with a hole lot of giant carp and i would'nt mind catching some, if you guys could give me some pointers i'd be greatful

JAZII · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 04:38 AM »

red worms
single kernal of corn
dough balls
jenson plastic eggs
look for where the carp are making a mud line, toss something small and weightless with small hook.
JAZII

Big_Carphuna · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 06:16 AM »

Fantastic fish, JAZII! I would guess yours to be upper 20's, as well. This one was shorter (just under 37"), but it's round girth made it heavy...
What state you catch that one in, Jaz??

A lot of tips and info on catching them open water can be found here: http://www.carpanglersgroup.com in thier free forum...but we're just learning how to land them through the ice!

If you can see the fish in open water, I would simply use freelined (no weight and a small #6 hook) bread, made into a doughy, but soft ball...and grind up some in your hand to chum.

SPARKYICE · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 06:35 AM »

i don't know alot about it, but euro gear is the way to go, i guess.
europeans are nuts about carp.
long (16' or more) noodle rods, light line, small hooks,
real finesse fishing.
i think some of the shanty sponsers market some of those rods

Slop · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 09:46 AM »

Holy Crap.....I mean Carp..

Those things are freakin supertankers. WTG lads!!

bart · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 09:57 AM »

The carp are awesome!

KingKool · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 10:06 AM »

Would love to know how old those bad boys are....nice fish!!!

Also to the guy who said he see's them swimming by shore and cant get them to hit...thats usually when they are spawning and thrashing around in the shallows. Also if you say they are twice the size of those fish i would bet they are grass carp...those bad boys can to 100lbs.

Barleydog · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 02:13 PM »

That is one large carp! Thanks for sharing the beast photos and story!!!

miket. · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 03:03 PM »

nice job, now thats a carp.

chicobeagleman · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 05:08 PM »

that is unreal guys.

MarkNyak · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 05:18 PM »

Awesome beast Carpy

AirManCam · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 07:04 PM »

Ha, and people wonder why we use 10" holes! :-p

Buck1985 · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 09:09 PM »

Quote from: turbo 42 on Feb 16, 2008, 01:01 AM

i cant beleive you guys are touchin those nasty things bare handed lol they look fun to catch but i've heard there a problem fish around here in indiana and ive had ones about twice that size or bigger swim up to the shore just a few feet away if your standing real still in the mornings but i can never get them to bite anything. what do you guys catch them on in the summer there is a pond and a river right around me with a hole lot of giant carp and i would'nt mind catching some, if you guys could give me some pointers i'd be greatful

If you can't get'em to bite and you're outside city limits, maybe you'd want to take up bow fishing

Big_Carphuna · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 09:10 PM »

  Thanks guys!

  I know the only "carp" that get twice this size are grassers. I've had them to over 4' long, myself (open water, of course)...
If they are grassers, bread might be the only way to go...

Is it worth it to shoot them? I would imagine it would be much more fun to catch them on rod n reel...

  Tried again today for 4 hours of nothing. Guess I paid the piper yesterday!

turbo 42 · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 09:24 PM »

yea that must be so caz beleive me they look just like a carp and there frickin huge ive heard about what your talkin about lots of people put those in ponds around here to keep the weeds down they call'em grass bass

FishingNewEngland · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 09:51 PM »

Catching a carp through the ice would be freakin' awesome!

This is the biggest one I've ever caught..

bucketbass · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 16, 2008, 11:31 PM »

is it just the size that gets you? are you doing anything besides releasing them??
i never cared to catch such a fish
if im going to freeze im going after perch or walleye thats just Me.
the best part of having so many species is targeting certain ones and accually catching them

FishingNewEngland · « **Reply #29 on:** Feb 17, 2008, 12:51 AM »

Quote from: bucketbass on Feb 16, 2008, 11:31 PM

is it just the size that gets you? are you doing anything besides releasing them??
i never cared to catch such a fish
if im going to freeze im going after perch or walleye thats just Me.
the best part of having so many species is targeting certain ones and accually catching them

Try fighting one. It's a hell of a lot of fun.

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