carp on yum grubtail

Today I went down to elk creek close to the tip to try for some smallies and possible channel cats and started out with a 3" Yum grubtail on a jighead..i worked it up and down and all of asudden i hooked something really big. i thought i had a big catfish at first but it surfaced a minute later and it was a 33" carp that im guessing was around 16 pounds..i was using 10 pound power pro line with the gruntail..it was about a 5 minute fight..i caught a few smallies and big rock bass as well..has anyone else caught carp on artificals like that before?

yeah samehere..one time i was fishing for early season steelies in elk two years ago in late august and caught 4 channle cats between 15-25 inches on mini fu jigs..there werent even tipped with anything..however no steelies that day

the carp are starting to spawn and get aggressive during this time.  I have caught quite a few carp while bottom bouncing for bass mainly on smaller lures and plastics as mentioned.  Always a fun surprise kinda sucks when you think its a monster bass and ends up being a carp though haha.

Kastmasterpro, To me it seems weird to be fishin the tribs for anything but steelhead! If the family goes to Erie for the weekend soon, i'll try to make time to toss a few jigs in Elk creek and see what happens! 

i mean i use nymphs and other flies for carp on the bayfront all the time but i didnt know they are carnivors..i always thought they eat plant life..yeah they are so easy to catch fly fishing..use 8-15 pound tippet pending on size of fly..and just slowly move your fly in a school of them and its a pleasant suprise getting acouple 20-30 pounders in a day..they fight harder than steelies no doubt and if you use a 5-7 weight fly rod it makes a better fight..iv had several take me into my line backing which is no problem in open water fishing..and they are easy to set the hook on

That is one common thing people always believe about carp is they eat plantlife. That would be a white armur or grass carp and not a common carp. Its one of those if you hear if enough on the internet it must be true. lol I have a few friends that flyfish for them and I hear its really catching on with the fly guys. I have a fun time fishing for them. I haven't had any other fish to date that rips out the line like they do and the fight is awesome.

When carp are actively feeding, they'll hit **** near anything.
I once caught one on a cigarette butt (I kid you not)-----musta been fishing in the smoking section.

I actually have a pack of the Yum small crawfish that I specifically bought a while back to try for carp with, just ain't got around to trying them yet.

I caught a carp on a little bucktail jig fishing for crappies in the river on UL tackle.That was fun.Check out Mike Bleech's article in the Erie Times,I think it was last Sunday.

I caught the biggest carp I've ever seen before on a 7'' blue/silver rapala at Shawnee about 15 years ago.
You wanna talk about being disgusted when that came to the top of the water.
 
And yes it was hooked about 4 inches deep in the mouth not snagged.

i saw my buddy catch a 3 inch carp on a 4 inch swimbait.

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I caught the biggest carp I've ever seen before on a 7'' blue/silver rapala at Shawnee about 15 years ago.
You wanna talk about being disgusted when that came to the top of the water.

And yes it was hooked about 4 inches deep in the mouth not snagged.

Stinkin' trash fish!  The nerve to hit a rapala.
Whadya do with that carp?