perch Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Hey guys been fishing my local creek a fair bit recently and have been sight fishing carp in shallow water with quite abit of success in using unweighted baits but a while back the fish were on spawn and where hitting plastics intended for bass so today I went down targeting them on plastics and sight casted it and had them hit it but quickly spit it out and they would only hit it when I had scent on I was wondering if anyone would have any suggestions to why they are spitting the plastic heres a couple I’ve caught in the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perch Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 Sorry guys it’s not letting me upload them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 crop the fotos..or reduce the quality so there under 4.8 mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 9 hours ago, perch said: Hey guys been fishing my local creek a fair bit recently and have been sight fishing carp in shallow water with quite abit of success in using unweighted baits but a while back the fish were on spawn and where hitting plastics intended for bass so today I went down targeting them on plastics and sight casted it and had them hit it but quickly spit it out and they would only hit it when I had scent on I was wondering if anyone would have any suggestions to why they are spitting the plastic heres a couple I’ve caught in the past A Carp would normally swim along sucking up the bottom, sieve out what is food and spit out the rest. They don't have teeth like predatory fish do. Obviously they eat live things like shrimps, worms, grubs...but not before they have "tasted" them. I guess they are hitting your lure /plastic and finding the "taste" abnormal, then spitting it out. Maybe you could try smaller lures? Certainly would be good fun catching them. Let us know how you go with them. Cheers, bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perch Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Hey rick I tried compressing them but they still wouldn’t upload and ive gotten some 2 grubs so I’m hoping that will do the trick and also do you think they would be shy of line because I ran 4 and 6 pound and was getting smoked to often so I’m now running 15 pound leader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirvin21 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 keep plenty of hook exposure and hit them as soon as they pick up the plastic before they spit it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perch Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 2 inch grubs I meant and yeah I think I’ll have to do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 straight 8lb mono should handle most carp..they don't have teeth...rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perch Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Yeah I know the only reason I run it is the system I fish has lots of snags and I’m often fishing off high banks making landing them hard heres the pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJay Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Solid few carp there man nice and lean! If you see them topwater feeding they cant resist the old dog biscuits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJay Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Dog biscuit on a Pop Up Snowman Rig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 that's a monster carp dude...rick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perch Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 Yeah I’ll give that a try thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJay Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 On 2/1/2018 at 8:21 PM, perch said: Yeah I’ll give that a try thanks Its always been a dynamite bait for me brother, it sounds daft but if you can find the biccys that have a wee hole in the middle theyre the easiest to throw on a hair rig...Cjay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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