Docto,We were talking about Approved Trout Waters open to year round fishing such as Twin Lakes. On page 13 of this yrs. digest at the bottom right,it states the permit is NOT required unless a person takes ,kills ,or possess while in the act of fishing, a Trout or Salmon. I may be wrong ,but that is the way that I read it.  sam

I do very good with rice....
use a 28oz box of minute rice,24oz bottle of catchup,16oz of pinapple juice.....
I use a play mate cooler...dump the dry rice in the cooler... In a bowl mix the juice and catchup very well and heat in microwave for 3 minutes mix again and add it to the dry rice and mix it VERY GOOD!!! Let it set for at least 2 hours before you go fishing.....
I put a small split shot 2 inches form the hook and use corn pops for the hook DO NOT LOOSEN THE RICE SCRAPE WHAT YOU NEED A LITTLE AT A TIME.... Put the rice in your hand put the pop in the middle and pack it tight it will break in 3 to 5 minutes....re bait every 15 to 20 minutes.....Carp love this stuff........I pay lake fish ALOT and have won lots with this bait....Good luck.....

you could try adding boiled millet to your pack bait mix. It makes mine break up in about 10 minutes, with the added benefit of giving the fish some particles to nom on. Can't go wrong with a few scoops of hemp protein powder either.

Just finished making my second batch. Similar recipe, but with a bunch of parakeet feed with millet being the primary ingredient. Also hemp seed papaya, strawberries, oats, soybean meal, and a bunch of other stuff. Will post results eventually.

I have been fly fishing for carp in May-July on the Three Rivers within Allegheny County for a few years now.  It is intense on a fly rod when sight fishing for them, they fight like redfish down in Florida.  Find a mulberry tree and when the berries start dropping, they gorge in schools.  It is some of the funnest times there are.

FishinGuy I've been trying to PM you. Don't know if they got through??

Finding a mulberry tree hanging over a river is about as good as it gets for carp. You can use a glo bug or sucker spawn pattern with purple yarn and get hook up after hook up.
 
This is one of the best sites around if you're interested in fly fishing for carp: http://www.roughfisher.com/

I'm pretty sure I was across the lake and down a bit from you jug, I was carp fishing also but no luck, I was using blueberries and cream flavored instant oats

Jug that's right about the bait on the sinker. A mini chum pile right by your hook bait is the idea. Google pack bait, or method bait.

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Does anyone know if the spawn has begun yet? I never payed much attention to these patterns but im trying to improve my carping skills more than anything this year so im taking in everything i can. Slayed them at bridgeport the past few weekends but no size to them so im back at twin lakes today trying to hook into a behemoth. Hows everyone elses carping been lately?

Flyingmoles, i gave the gulp corn a try but no luck with it yet. Gonna keep trying it though.

Bridgeport has been pretty crappy this year. The biggest I've gotten from there this year has been a 9lb mirror. I didn't notice any spawning going on yet. I'm kinda guessing that those few cold days may have pushed the spawn back a little.
 
When I use the gulp corn. I just use 1 piece with a dough ball or boilie. It's enough to make your bait sway in the water but not quite float. The carp loved it last year. I haven't gotten to use any yet this year.

My pack bait is working well. Fished some new water on the Mon in the rain today. Landed these fish, had one break my 30lb leader on a piling, and lost one more in a snag. I think the biggest was about 15 lb I couldn't close my fingers around it's tail and I can palm a basketball. His first run was about 50yds.