Mr.Whiskers
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Thompson bay carp
Hammered em. My arms hurt. Some snagged, most legally hooked.
Spoons, rapalas, anything.
Pigs that pull like a freight train.
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/21 22:27:47
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/21 22:30:43
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ORIGINAL: Mr.Whiskers
Hammered em. My arms hurt. Some snagged, most legally hooked.
Spoons, rapalas, anything.
Pigs that pull like a freight train.
Nice. Any size to them? Big = 20+ lbs.........
4 out of 3 people don't understand fractions.
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Mr.Whiskers
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/21 22:54:02
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No real hogs, but that doesn't mean they are not there. Didn't a guy stick the state record common carp a couple years ago in horseshoe pond? I bet there are a ton of 30 pound fish, with the occasional 40 pounder mixed in. I will also wager the next state record will come out of there too.
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/22 06:19:53
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I smashed a 40 pounder out of there 2 years ago. What a fight!
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/22 08:14:00
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Carp certainly love being in Thompson Bay. It always seems like their "hang out." My buddy foul-hooked on one last year while fly-fishing, man did it seem like it was hooked on forever. I'll pass on those.
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/22 21:37:08
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TD hit the nail on the head! Anything else you'd like to share Mr.Whiskers?
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/22 21:43:58
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I can't wait to shoot some big ole carp with the bow. It's been too long since I did it and the garden shows it. I need some good fertilizer.
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/22 22:04:14
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ORIGINAL: frost
I can't wait to shoot some big ole carp with the bow. It's been too long since I did it and the garden shows it. I need some good fertilizer.
I throw bass and muskie on my garden..........
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/22 22:47:53
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Sure would. If the parking lot on the east side of the street is full, there is an overflow lot across the street. You can also park in the beach ten lot and walk down a path to gain access to the warmer and more productive parts of the bay.
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/23 09:48:43
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Best fertilizer is a mix of muskie and brook trout. The little natives work best, but you need a ton of them. Maybe a ratio of 50:1 brookies to muskie. Grind em up, blood, guts, and all, then spread over your garden area. Bonus is that you can make a sandwich from it to eat while you do your garden.
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/23 20:51:39
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I like to use cats for my garden, especially the ones with whiskers.
BH
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/23 23:59:55
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Gardening is for women, especially the ones with bloody hands from being on the RAG.
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/24 22:04:05
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/25 12:27:37
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/25 21:48:20
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They hit Lures. Seen it wif my own two eyes. As far as fishing for fish that are spawning? You might want to give up steelhead fishing the cricks than, as they are spawning. No fishin the bay for perch and crappy in the spring, as they are spawning too.............
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/26 16:10:16
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I believe that you believe carp hit lures.
still doesnt make fact
This quote in an article from ohiogamefishing.com would suggest otherwise, it even recommends fishing spinners during the early spring pre-spawn period. Sounds like lures are a viable option for carp right now to me. Doing a simple Google search on "carp fishing" will turn up many other similar articles. Don't exclude lures when you're fishing for carp! Most people don't even think to try lures when fishing for carp. The fact is, carp, even smaller ones, eat minnows at certain times of the year. This is especially true in the early fall season. The carp begin feeding heavily in schools in anticipation for the upcoming winter. This is when I will pull out one of two lures: 1) A 1/4oz. jighead with a white grub, bounced on bottom, or 2) a small, gold coloured spinner. The spinner has produced unbelievable amounts of carp this year for us in the local "practice lake". The grub seems to work better when they are burrowing in schools or when you are fishing for loner fish, which tend to not be as spooky. Some people swear by using flies for carp as well. I can imagine catching a big carp on a fly rod!
Spring
During the early spring, carp will be moving from deep wintering areas to the first breakline near spawning flats. They will be moving in schools and feeding heavily for the most part. If you're fishing on small lakes, you'll want to go to the northwest corner, where the water warms up earliest. Carp are warm water fish and will often be found in areas where bass might be. A muddy bottom with some weed growth is preferrable. This is a time of year where the females will be full of eggs and food. (Pre-spawn). This is a very good time of year to throw small spinners, and slowly reel them along bottom in areas where there are carp, or bottom bounce a jig. This is also a good time of year for live nightcrawlers as bait. Corn generally doesn't work as well during early spring as the carp are mostly feeding on sludge worms and minnows.
Mid to late spring the carp will either be still in pre-spawn, or will actually be beginning the spawning process. When they are actually spawning, they are nearly impossible to catch. Quite often they will find shallow, muddy areas with some sort of wood or weed structure. Reed beds, brush piles and logs will attract them, but you might as well not bother trying to catch them at this time. They pair off and begin a spawning ritual, ramming themselves against the objects, onto shore and often jumping out of the water in pairs. It is an interesting thing to watch, and it can drive you absolutely crazy if it is happening while you are fishing. Quite often you will see the biggest of the big carp jumping like this. At this point you will probably want to still look for the pre-spawn carp to bite. Carp do not feed during the actual spawn.
http://www.ohiogamefishing.com/community/archive/index.php/t-13344.html
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/26 16:32:24
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+1 I've caught them on spoons and crayfish. And many many other people catch them on jigs, minnows, and just about anything at some point. Not all carp spawn at the same time either, they'll spawn through most of the summer, those fish are all likely prespawn, not spawning...
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/26 16:41:19
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Bill, give it a try sometime. You won't be disappointed.
As for Johnny law, send him over. The more the merrier
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/26 17:02:51
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You might be right though, I've never seen one hit an apple or an orange... Spoons, yes. Fruit, not so much... 
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/26 18:10:25
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Carp will eat lures at the right time and place. I've caught them on spinners, tube jigs,swimming streamers and even had a couple attempt to eat a fly rod bass popper of the top. When I was a kid I fished below New Brighton dam on the beaver river allot. In July/August the gizzard shad would be schooled up below the dam by the millions, and there was thousands of carp sucking them off the surface against the concrete walls and rocks below the dam. You could catch them on about anything shiny if you kept it in the shad long enough.
P.S. There is no chance there's a carp spawning anywhere in PA in March,ever, and especially not Lake Erie. Maybe schooled up on a pre-spawn feeding frenzy in areas the water warms first,but they aren't spawning.
If you ever somewhere people feed the carp, toss a penny in the water, and tell me those fish wouldn't hit a spoon. (I did this off the viewing platform of kinzua dam/allegheny reservoir).
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/26 19:58:39
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I have got them through the ice on mini foo's and minnow's and jigging spoon's!!!!!!And what stillhead just said, they are in the warmer water....
But on another note they keep the lake clean so i would not kill them with a bow just so you can beat your chest and say look what i killed!!!!try throwing a night crawler with 6# line on a noodle rod......IT IS MUCH MORE FUN!!!!!!!
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/26 20:32:18
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Ive had Carp after carp below a dam on the ohio on cranks, 2 15 lb creek carp on a spinner and a minnow, a 35 lb carp on a pike shiner, and carp busting poppers on the surface at raystown over 180 feet of water. But carp dont hit lures or chase anything that resembles a minnow.
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/27 16:14:07
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It's nice to see someone just admit when theyre wrong about something, rather than taking up 3 pages of irrelavent bickering.
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/27 17:11:27
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ive seen carp and cats both hit spoons and power worms. i really dont think it is illegal to snag carp.
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/27 22:53:34
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ORIGINAL: Stillhead
Carp will eat lures at the right time and place. I've caught them on spinners, tube jigs,swimming streamers and even had a couple attempt to eat a fly rod bass popper of the top. When I was a kid I fished below New Brighton dam on the beaver river allot. In July/August the gizzard shad would be schooled up below the dam by the millions, and there was thousands of carp sucking them off the surface against the concrete walls and rocks below the dam. You could catch them on about anything shiny if you kept it in the shad long enough.
P.S. There is no chance there's a carp spawning anywhere in PA in March,ever, and especially not Lake Erie. Maybe schooled up on a pre-spawn feeding frenzy in areas the water warms first,but they aren't spawning.
If you ever somewhere people feed the carp, toss a penny in the water, and tell me those fish wouldn't hit a spoon. (I did this off the viewing platform of kinzua dam/allegheny reservoir).
When there is a bloom the carp will still eat the gizzard shad seen it a lot of times in the beaver and Ohio rivers. Seems like river dwelling carp are more aggressive than there lake dwelling counterparts.
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/28 07:46:53
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I wonder what would stress a carp more. Occassionally foul hooking one, or bow fishing them?
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/28 11:58:13
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ORIGINAL: BloodyHand
I wonder what would stress a carp more. Occassionally foul hooking one, or bow fishing them?
BH
No stress when you're dead, just sayin...
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/28 12:03:01
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RE: Thompson bay carp
2012/03/28 12:59:33
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Logic tells me that dead would be less stressful than living. Those that will suffer the most stress is the unborn. They have the stress of being born and that of all there years of living.
Enjoy Life, Be Happy, Go Fish - Often! "God has blessed America - may He continue to do so, even though we are not worthy of it". Author..... Wally Cat
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