Best carping in western pa,

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2008/06/14 18:59:59 (permalink)

Best carping in western pa,

U guys that like carp fishing head to the juniata river in bedford and fish .  All u need is a few cans of corn and some small hooks and the party is on.  I hit it later in the summer when the good fishing comes to a close.  Try it.
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    JEB
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2008/06/16 09:57:54 (permalink)
    Best carpin is at the spillway in Pymatunning, the side you can fish...
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    mikelravy
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2008/06/16 10:31:56 (permalink)
    Only if you like catching dinks.  I rate Pymie as a very poor carping spot.
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2008/06/17 14:08:35 (permalink)
    it is great for numbers, but you'll be pushing to catch two over 10 lb if you sit there all day. There are some nice fish there, but not many big fish.

    Erie has the monsters if you want to catch fish over 20 lb with any regularity. The problem is how big of an area you have for the number of fish. I've caught fish from Erie tribs that were in the 35lb range and we saw a dead one while bass fishing the bay that would have pushed 50+.

    The mon river has a bunch and some big ones, but you have to find them.
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2008/06/17 21:04:43 (permalink)
    I am begging all serious and recreational carp fisherman to go to Shawnee LK in Bedford co.  And don't be afraid to keep or feed the wildlife with all you catch. That lake is in trouble bigtime and needs all the help it can get seeing as how the PFBC is sitting on thier hands with the lakes problem. The over-running carp problem would be a good place to start.
     
     
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2008/06/17 22:48:24 (permalink)
    They actually had an article not long ago and carp had nothing to do with the lakes problems. I do agree there are more than the usual but the main problem there lays elsewhere. Heres a good example of a runoff problem. Next time you go there go to the colvin boat launch and walk to the bridge and examine the water then walk the whole way past all the boats to the fartherest spot and look at the water and you can see the huge difference in the clarity there. I will pull up the article when I find it again.
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2008/06/19 16:34:02 (permalink)
    I saw the article,,they have no clue whats wrong. Now they want an outside party to overlook thier data. It still wouldn't hurt to lower to population of carp and now that I think of it the shad they stocked in that place are starting to over-run it if they already have not.
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2008/06/20 09:50:11 (permalink)
    They've been trying in a very haphazard way to lower the number of carp in Pymie for yeaqrs.  That is why there are so many little ones, the eradication program removes the big ones and allows the lake to be overrun with dinks.
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2008/06/21 03:12:53 (permalink)
    Shad are a pain in the ****....
    if the big fish cant eat them fast enough they take over...FAST.
    Some of the pay lakes have the problem in the carp lakes...
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2008/07/10 10:45:55 (permalink)
    Anybody catching carp on the flyrod, what are you using if so. Been getting a few on small nymphs.

    Keep your powder, martinis and trout flies dry.

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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2008/07/14 17:49:51 (permalink)
    i am doing my part to eradicate some carp all over.  me and about 10 of my buddies got into bowfishing about 3-4 years ago and just shoot the heck out of them.  pymy is a great spot for numbers with the bow.  2 of us filled a 55gal trash can in about 5 hrs.

    The worst day hunting or fishing will always be better then the best day at school or work!
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2008/07/19 23:44:41 (permalink)
    What do you do with that many dead carp?
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2008/07/21 11:24:05 (permalink)
    big meat grinder and make great fertalizer.

    The worst day hunting or fishing will always be better then the best day at school or work!
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2008/07/21 12:55:30 (permalink)
    I'd bet my bottom dollar you didn't turn them into fertilizer, probably more work then you are willing to do. You sure you didn't leave them shoreside to rot. A lot of  people say they use them for fertilizer as a way to justify killing a fish and not putting it to use.(when they really don't do anything with the fish, but waste it.)
    Alright, I'm done. Don't feel like going down this road again.
    post edited by Carphead - 2008/07/21 12:57:23
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2009/03/02 11:38:02 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: Five weight

    Anybody catching carp on the flyrod, what are you using if so. Been getting a few on small nymphs.

     
    golden bones...
     
    the most difficult fish to consistantly catch on the fly
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2009/03/03 19:03:59 (permalink)
    And the hardest fish not to snag when throwing a Rattle-Trap in a drawn-down lake.
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2009/03/10 11:01:43 (permalink)
    easy on the bowfishing talk FROST these guys will jump ****. I love it. These guys want the carp in there rivers & lakes thinned out but not by bowfishing.Maybe the carp problem will magically fix its self.
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    RE: Best carping in western pa, 2009/03/10 14:14:03 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: carpklr5point

    easy on the bowfishing talk FROST these guys will jump ****. I love it. These guys want the carp in there rivers & lakes thinned out but not by bowfishing.Maybe the carp problem will magically fix its self.


    i don't see a need to thin out the population... didn't know there was a "carp problem"
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