Grass Carp

[Chris Plumb]

I've recently discovered that one of the lakes of a club I joined last year has a decent head of Grass Carp. I've never caught one and would like to (Mr Hillman will know why! ) Any specific tips out there for targetting them - or is it simply a question of fishing for the commons and wait for a grassy to come by?

 

 

TIA

 

 

Chris

[Chesh]

grass carp hhhhhmmmmmm nice fish !!

 

floaters matey, tend to sort me a few out taken a number of smaller samples of standard carp rigs and boilies, apart from that if you can them on the top have a go for them there no hard and fast rig/bait to tempt a grassie, same as most carp if they want it they will have it !!

[Newt]

Cherry tomato fished under a float and mid-water. No problems as long as it is no larger than a golf ball.

 

Piece of bagel fished on top.

[Ed Matysiak]

Doggy biccies on the surface. Ive had a couple of small grass card on the mixers. Good fun too.

[Mat Hillman]

oi, Mr Plumb, asking for help like that is cheating!

 

 

Now does anyone know where I can catch a gudgeon in Essex

[Chris Plumb]

And you can stop hijacking my thread...

 

 

Chris

[Russell Fitzpatrick]

did any of you,see the new record in the papers?it was huge 39lb+ looks suspiciously like a giant CHUB!!!!conspiracy thoery i tell you,there not carp ther huge chub!!!(well i wish they were )

 

[ 18. June 2004, 09:12 PM: Message edited by: ratty46 ]

[Newt]

Well, they are sorta related. Same family.

 

Grass Carp - Cyprinidae - Ctenopharyngodon idella

European Chub - Cyprinidae - Leuciscus cephalus

Common Carp - Cyprinidae - Cyprinus carpio carpio

[rickster]

i found the best bait for grassies is in the well known high street superstore begins with T they sell a big clear bag of meaty chunks in the dog food section, cut one in half and fish it on the serface

[Russell Fitzpatrick]

Newt:

Well, they are sorta related. Same family.

 

Grass Carp - Cyprinidae - Ctenopharyngodon idella

European Chub - Cyprinidae - Leuciscus cephalus

Common Carp - Cyprinidae - Cyprinus carpio carpio

indeed they are newt,i still think theres a wee bit of chub in grass carp!maybe a common had a threesome with a chub and some fat mirror!but the mirror was firing blanks!

 

[ 19. June 2004, 08:22 PM: Message edited by: Rattus Norvegicus46 ]