wantabigone Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Finally wet a line this warm season with my 2 boys. We fished for carp in London and had a blast. We caught dozens in the 5-12 pound range. My youngest son (age 7) and I stayed upriver and caught 5 but lost at least 12 due to poor hookups. We had many hits only to see them steal my bait which was evident by the bare hook when I reeled in. My oldest boy(17) was more adventurous strolling downstream and catching dozens of carp in the various small pools. Weather was perfect and the boys were excited. PERFECT day with my boys. I have a new idea on baiting my hook and am looking forward to trying it out in a few weeks to see if I can get a better hook up percentage. The only thing I regret is that my oldest said he saw 2 walleye on a stringer and he was going to release them when he was confronted by an "older" guy yelling at him to leave them alone. As they were not in season in the area they never should have been on the stringer. Unfortunately he did not say anything to me until we were half an hour away heading home. I would have gladly released the fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Sounds like a great day minus the walleye on a stringer. They may be coarse fish to some people but hey, they put up a heck of a fight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Im trying to figure out where I can fish carp around here. I know theres some in the Barrie marina,but it,s a P3TA dealing with the robcops. May need to make plans to visit my ole friend Beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantabigone Posted May 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Sounds like a great day minus the walleye on a stringer. They may be coarse fish to some people but hey, they put up a heck of a fight! They sure do put up a good fight! Now I need to find where the big ones are hanging out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 I know a southern part of Simcoe that is full of them,boat access only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 What a great day you had. Too bad about the walleye. I had the same experience where I was fishing carp. This boat came along. They were obviously fishing for bass as they covered the shore throwing spinnerbaits. As they motored over my line one idiot looked at me and said " Carp" in an all knowing kind of way. I replied "Yup" and then said " I would probably be fishing for bass but the season doesn't open for another six or seven weeks." A few seconds later the idiot replied " Ya right " . They then sped off to go poach some where else. Anybody know these two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopheraaron Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 What a great day you had. Too bad about the walleye. I had the same experience where I was fishing carp. This boat came along. They were obviously fishing for bass as they covered the shore throwing spinnerbaits. As they motored over my line one idiot looked at me and said " Carp" in an all knowing kind of way. I replied "Yup" and then said " I would probably be fishing for bass but the season doesn't open for another six or seven weeks." A few seconds later the idiot replied " Ya right " . They then sped off to go poach some where else. Anybody know these two? Just hope they aren't on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 What a great day you had. Too bad about the walleye. I had the same experience where I was fishing carp. This boat came along. They were obviously fishing for bass as they covered the shore throwing spinnerbaits. As they motored over my line one idiot looked at me and said " Carp" in an all knowing kind of way. I replied "Yup" and then said " I would probably be fishing for bass but the season doesn't open for another six or seven weeks." A few seconds later the idiot replied " Ya right " . They then sped off to go poach some where else. Anybody know these two? So get this.. given that pike season opened on the great lakes this past wknd, we were fishing pike this wknd in hammy harbour and this idiot carp fishing on shore accuses us of bass fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 So get this.. given that pike season opened on the great lakes this past wknd, we were fishing pike this wknd in hammy harbour and this idiot carp fishing on shore accuses us of bass fishing. Ohhhhhh!,spinner baits ,awesome for pike,again people are far to quick to judge again..Think before you type !,everyone. Just sayin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Im trying to figure out where I can fish carp around here. I know theres some in the Barrie marina,but it,s a P3TA dealing with the robcops. May need to make plans to visit my ole friend Beans. Sounds like a GREAT family outing! Brian, robocops stopped me a few times down there looking for carp a couple years ago. I was not sure if the marina actually had them or not; I fished with corn and apparently rock bass have a natural aggressive tendancy towards bits of corn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) Im trying to figure out where I can fish carp around here. I know theres some in the Barrie marina,but it,s a P3TA dealing with the robcops. May need to make plans to visit my ole friend Beans. Brian...There are tons of carp in Simcoe but like the pickerel...Where are they ??? A couple of guys harvest them for some restaurants in New York city...they catch them by nets in Cookes Bay I'd love to have you out for carp...it is still a bit early but we are getting the odd one (or two, like yesterday)...I have two complete outfits...bait running reels, long carp rods bank stix and two alarms...Had Meely and his girl out last year with me and my missus...his girlfriend landed a twenty pounder like a pro but she had been practising on three shoal carp (musky) over the weekend before...Maribeth knew what happened to CPH's wife (bad bruise) so Meely gave me the rod to land the second one...We then had two hook pull-outs then left to do a bit of sight seeing...If the action is slow it can get quite boring but one big boy/girl makes up for it... Edited May 8, 2012 by Beans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 So get this.. given that pike season opened on the great lakes this past wknd, we were fishing pike this wknd in hammy harbour and this idiot carp fishing on shore accuses us of bass fishing. Fishing for pike in less that 3 ft of water with a rocky bottom . Huggiing the shore . Ya sure. Those guys were targeting OOS smallies. Plain as the nose on your face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Fishing for pike in less that 3 ft of water with a rocky bottom . Huggiing the shore . Ya sure. Those guys were targeting OOS smallies. Plain as the nose on your face. Actually a lot of fish are mixed together right now due to some common attractants.... Good food....warm water...spawning habitat... I have a spot right now where the next hit I get could be a smallie...largie...walleye...pike...with pretty equal odds...As well as a few other species ive caught there... Well that's here anyways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Fishing for pike in less that 3 ft of water with a rocky bottom . Huggiing the shore . Ya sure. Those guys were targeting OOS smallies. Plain as the nose on your face. Guess you don't pike fish much... Them rocks get warmed by the sun and well Pike like to suntan in the spring! If you can't fish for pike with a spinner bait.. what should we use to appease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Come on. I could imagine the conversation when these guys set out" I'll show you a spot where I've some monster smallies fishing for pike." When they left they headed across the bay to fish off of Eastport Dr. That is pike habitat. Big weed beds with drop offs into deep water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 I think that's the problem... you're imagining! Don't judge what folks are fishing for based on their boat design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 (edited) Guess you don't pike fish much... Them rocks get warmed by the sun and well Pike like to suntan in the spring! If you can't fish for pike with a spinner bait.. what should we use to appease? I have fished for pike before. I can tell you the area they were fishing is loaded with pre spawn small mouth. I know guys that that target pike in the harbour and they weren't fishing that kind of water on the weekend. Edited May 9, 2012 by hammercarp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 I think that's the problem... you're imagining! Don't judge what folks are fishing for based on their boat design. Sorry but I was not doing that I was judging based on what they were throwing and where they were throwing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Spinner baits? Maybe they were poaching Muskie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 If they were fishing pike why did they leave after I confronted them? I didn't say anything more. They could have just kept doing what they were doing or even corrected my mistake. They knew I had one picture of them and knew I would take more if they pulled in more bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 I apologize to wantobegone for taking this too far. I'll keep my fingers off the keyboard on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 They knew I had one picture of them and knew I would take more if they pulled in more bass. So which is it They were obviously fishing for bass as they covered the shore throwing spinnerbaits Obviously fishing for.. or actually catching them.. the story has now changed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 (edited) P.S. We left before the ensuing boilie salvo from this lunatic could begin. Edited May 9, 2012 by Raf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 And another fishing report gets ruined. So sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckymcd Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 (edited) oh my Sounds like a good outing! glad you had fun. Edited May 9, 2012 by Fins and Skins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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