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Grass carp...with a crankbait?

Uploaded on September 02, 2009

I caught a grass carp this past weekend with a crankbait in roughly 4 feet of water. I have caught a couple of them in the past using a fly rod (casting green-colored flies into the grass they were eating), but never had them strike an actual lure.

I always thought they were strict vegetarians, but maybe not. This one had been up at the surface feeding with his buddy a few minutes before, but I hadn't seen him in quite some time. I made a blind cast toward the middle of the pond (trying to catch bass, not grass carp) when he struck. After fighting about 5 minutes, I drug him onto the bank with help from my dad. He weighed 9.9 lbs, and was very happy to get back in the water.

Anyone had a similar experience with these fish? And before anyone asks... yes, I'm sure it was a grass carp and not some other species. :)

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from stick500 wrote 2 years 37 weeks ago

I just saw a bunch of guys catching huge buffalo (similar eating habits to grass carp)all day below a dam with big yellow Mister Twister jigs!! They said that is all they could get them to bite on. There were so many in there they were snagging them too. I am going to go back and try and catch them with corn or dough balls- maybe....

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from Ethan3 wrote 2 years 37 weeks ago

Never have had an experience like that. That is interesting. I fish for gar sometimes, and if you land a bobber right above their head, they will bite it. It is pretty funny to see.

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from DanCS wrote 2 years 36 weeks ago

I caught a 24+in carp last spring on a 3/4 ounce inline spinner, anything is possable

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from boof wrote 2 years 36 weeks ago

The biggest carp Ive ever caught was 26 1/2 lbs. I shot him bowfishing in July. He measured 36 1/2 inches.

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from Ryan Dufner wrote 2 years 36 weeks ago

I accidentally snagged a grass carp that I estimate weighing between 35 and 45 pounds. It pulled my canoe around the pond for about 20 minutes.

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from Scottypee wrote 2 years 35 weeks ago

http://www.tcnewsnet.com/ftp/Skywrighter_PDF_Archive/sky_web_04_10_2009a...

the insert is on the 23rd page (8B)

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from crosshairy wrote 2 years 35 weeks ago

very cool story! Thanks for sharing. That's the largest big head carp I've seen.

I think the record for grass carp is somewhere in the neighborhood of 65 pounds. I don't know about big heads, though.

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from coho310 wrote 2 years 32 weeks ago

While fishing for trophy brown trout in the Owyhee river,I caught some 7-10 lb flannelmouth suckers on rapala husky jerks. They sure do fight hard in rivers,and I heard for a while that carp don't fight fight hard in lakes, then, this summer I caught some in Elephant Butte lake and realized that this was a load of crap, a few big ones broke 12 lb test!But,that's just my experience.

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from alphadog wrote 2 years 32 weeks ago

This past July, I was slow trolling a 1oz. Rattletrap behind a planer board on Lake George (off east shore of Sugar Island, MI) when I thought I'd finally tied in to a Northern Pike of a lifetime....planer board disappeared...felt like a tank and fought like crazy....I was very disappointed when I finally saw what I had....a 27 lb. carp. The lure was in it's ugly mouth, this was no accidental snag.

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from drewod52 wrote 2 years 32 weeks ago

Ive caught mudfish, channel catfish, alligator gar, and a plecotemus (which is a sucker fish) on a small spinner bait.

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from coho310 wrote 2 years 27 weeks ago

Catfish like crankbaits too,some guys use them while targeting cats.

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from stick500 wrote 2 years 37 weeks ago

I just saw a bunch of guys catching huge buffalo (similar eating habits to grass carp)all day below a dam with big yellow Mister Twister jigs!! They said that is all they could get them to bite on. There were so many in there they were snagging them too. I am going to go back and try and catch them with corn or dough balls- maybe....

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from Ethan3 wrote 2 years 37 weeks ago

Never have had an experience like that. That is interesting. I fish for gar sometimes, and if you land a bobber right above their head, they will bite it. It is pretty funny to see.

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from DanCS wrote 2 years 36 weeks ago

I caught a 24+in carp last spring on a 3/4 ounce inline spinner, anything is possable

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from boof wrote 2 years 36 weeks ago

The biggest carp Ive ever caught was 26 1/2 lbs. I shot him bowfishing in July. He measured 36 1/2 inches.

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from Ryan Dufner wrote 2 years 36 weeks ago

I accidentally snagged a grass carp that I estimate weighing between 35 and 45 pounds. It pulled my canoe around the pond for about 20 minutes.

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from Scottypee wrote 2 years 35 weeks ago

http://www.tcnewsnet.com/ftp/Skywrighter_PDF_Archive/sky_web_04_10_2009a...

the insert is on the 23rd page (8B)

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from crosshairy wrote 2 years 35 weeks ago

very cool story! Thanks for sharing. That's the largest big head carp I've seen.

I think the record for grass carp is somewhere in the neighborhood of 65 pounds. I don't know about big heads, though.

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from coho310 wrote 2 years 32 weeks ago

While fishing for trophy brown trout in the Owyhee river,I caught some 7-10 lb flannelmouth suckers on rapala husky jerks. They sure do fight hard in rivers,and I heard for a while that carp don't fight fight hard in lakes, then, this summer I caught some in Elephant Butte lake and realized that this was a load of crap, a few big ones broke 12 lb test!But,that's just my experience.

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from alphadog wrote 2 years 32 weeks ago

This past July, I was slow trolling a 1oz. Rattletrap behind a planer board on Lake George (off east shore of Sugar Island, MI) when I thought I'd finally tied in to a Northern Pike of a lifetime....planer board disappeared...felt like a tank and fought like crazy....I was very disappointed when I finally saw what I had....a 27 lb. carp. The lure was in it's ugly mouth, this was no accidental snag.

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from drewod52 wrote 2 years 32 weeks ago

Ive caught mudfish, channel catfish, alligator gar, and a plecotemus (which is a sucker fish) on a small spinner bait.

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from coho310 wrote 2 years 27 weeks ago

Catfish like crankbaits too,some guys use them while targeting cats.

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