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#1 Mar-10-11 3:08PM

Ernie
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Wacked out carp on Cedar

Yesterday, I threw a few rocks into the pond right behind my house. i heard a big splash, turned around and saw a big carp submarining in and out of the water in circles. This went on for 12-15 seconds.

Just a few minutes ago, Debbie saw the same thing and called me to the window. I did not see it but she said he was submarining from right to left and almost came up on shore.

I know that the two ducks that took off in a hurry weigh less now!

Now, if I could only figure out how to catch him....


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#2 Mar-10-11 3:20PM

Bass Hunter
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

Pacemaker wrote:

Yesterday, I threw a few rocks into the pond right behind my house. i heard a big splash, turned around and saw a big carp submarining in and out of the water in circles. This went on for 12-15 seconds.

Just a few minutes ago, Debbie saw the same thing and called me to the window. I did not see it but she said he was submarining from right to left and almost came up on shore.

I know that the two ducks that took off in a hurry weigh less now!

Now, if I could only figure out how to catch him....

Let me know if you have any luck. I read a book a couple of months ago called "Carp on a fly" and they say hooking one with a fly rod is like fighting a large bonefish. Maybe presenting a fly that matches the hatch might work. I tried everything else and still can't figure them out...

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#3 Mar-10-11 4:03PM

Ernie
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

Khahn- I doubt I will ever try. I spend very little time fishing Cedar and when I do, it's in the same 2-3 spots.

So...what is the hatch? What do they go after? Certainly not mulberries, you have been there and done that.

This carp was going nuts!


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#4 Mar-10-11 5:38PM

fishin4food
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

Was this in the cove at cedar?  Capt. Mike taught me a few carp fishing tips at the NHBA fishing flea market.  Maybe i'll have to try them out!


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#5 Mar-10-11 7:06PM

Ernie
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

Yep...in the cove. I want to know about these secret tips.

Hmmmm, why didn't he tell me?


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#6 Mar-11-11 6:20AM

NOVAhunter
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

I decided years ago that catching carp is pretty much a random event. If I use carp bait (that pre-made stuff)I catch catfish. If I use mulberries I catch nothing, I use strawberries I catch catfish. If I use sweet corn, I catch nothing (this is after chumming).  I have caught carp on rapala minnow that was floating next to my kayak while I dug in my tackle box. I caught one on upper potomac using a rebel craw.  If anyone has a super secret recipe send it to me. I would love to watch my rod bend in half catching one of them or get towed around beaver dam.

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#7 Mar-11-11 6:53AM

jumping jasper
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

My secert to catching carp is a bow and arrow. Which won"t help you much in Ashburn.
They are an Invasive species, if there are any PETA people watching.


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#8 Mar-11-11 6:56AM

NOVAhunter
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

jumping jasper wrote:

My secert to catching carp is a bow and arrow.

I've done that a few times..

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#9 Mar-11-11 7:25AM

Ernie
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

NOVAhunter wrote:

If anyone has a super secret recipe send it to me. I would love to watch my rod bend in half catching one of them or get towed around beaver dam.

I have a couple of friends that are fly fishermen and they target them in the C & O Canal in DC. I've posted a few pics before. This is when the mulberries are dropping.

I'm with you, targeting them is an art. I remember watching Khahn sitting under the mulberry bush with 4-5 rods....and he sat and sat nad sat.


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#10 Mar-11-11 10:55AM

RapalaAndy
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

Sounds like early spawning behavior.

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#11 Mar-11-11 11:02AM

Ernie
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

RapalaAndy wrote:

Sounds like early spawning behavior.

Good point....maybe he was chasing his mate.


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#12 Mar-11-11 11:18AM

Curly
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

34 pounds 7 ounces!
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb119/cokeempire/FISH%20PICS%2010-08%20on/34-7carp.jpg


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#13 Mar-11-11 12:02PM

Ernie
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

Curly wrote:

34 pounds 7 ounces!

Did you go out and get him today?


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#14 Mar-11-11 12:39PM

Curly
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

Fished all the lakes today except Ashburn and Heron.  Time to go to practice.......


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#15 Mar-12-11 5:27AM

bigjeffie
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

last year i fished pavalion by boat for a while

i saw a carp behaving in a similar fashion for a day or two

saw him floating dead along the bank shortly thereafter

do carp really have a measurable impact in terms of grass and algae control?

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#16 Mar-12-11 6:52AM

Curly
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

bigjeffie wrote:

do carp really have a measurable impact in terms of grass and algae control?

Grass carp make a difference in keeping invasive grasses in check.  Algae are not eaten by any type of carp.


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#17 Mar-12-11 8:30AM

CozUF2001
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

We shall name him Nostra Damus....aka the Hunchback of Cedar! lol


If it were easy, they'd call it catching!

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#18 Mar-12-11 2:22PM

Curly
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

No hunchback....mid flop pic makes it look that way.


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#19 Mar-12-11 6:49PM

bigjeffie
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

that is good to know, because i was going to tell that carp to ask his chiropractor for his money back.
i hit pavilion by boat 2day and got skunked. the rain has all my favorite water screwed up

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#20 Mar-17-11 7:14PM

CrankbaitGuy
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

jumping jasper wrote:

They are an Invasive species, if there are any PETA people watching.

In general they are invasive, though we (or the real estate developer) put these grass carp in Ashburn village.

I had a friend who started fly fishing for carp last year.  He mostly used nymph/crayfish patterns and IF the carp were visibly camped out by a mulberry bush would throw berry pattern flies at them.

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#21 Mar-18-11 7:23AM

Ernie
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

CrankbaitGuy wrote:

IF the carp were visibly camped out by a mulberry bush would throw berry pattern flies at them.

That is what I want to do one day.....I have stalked them but never saw them camped out.


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#22 Mar-18-11 11:10AM

RapalaAndy
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

I walked Cedar last night for 15mins, saw a big group of Carp near the road side of the pond. The pond looked a little "off" how was the fishing at Cedar last year ?

Last edited by RapalaAndy (Mar-18-11 11:13AM)

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#23 Mar-18-11 11:13AM

Ernie
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Re: Wacked out carp on Cedar

After the great spring last year, Cedar dropped off drastically. Hopefully, we will get an assessment in April when we do some testing.....


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