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An older fishermen in this stretch of river told me years ago to watch for carp. It was his belief that the bottom feeding carp dislodge crayfish and other insect larva from the bottom of the river as they feed...even and especially in winter. He said you will almost always find smallmouth downstream when you find carp gathered in a section of river.
...I can't say that I've ever been dragging a bait on the river bottom and thought, "I think is just pulled that bait over the back of a carp". Rocks, wood, stumps, ledges, sandy vs rocky bottom, mush bite on a cold water smallie; yes. You sir are light yrs ahead of me. Is there anyway to explain what that feels like?
It is a regular occurrence during winter (cold water) wading along the shoreline. The carp gather in the same eddies and current breaks where the smallmouth hang out. As you well know, generally when a smallmouth picks up the jig there is tap that can be felt (sometimes ever so light but a noticeable "take") or there will be a slight twitch or momentary hesitation in the line when the smallmouth gently sucks in the jig. But when the line becomes draped over the body of the carp as you are slowly bringing it in (and I mean slowly)...the carp begins to move very slowly and the line just begins to move away...no tap, no take, no hesitation...and you know that the line is draped over the back or tail of the carp and the fish is swimming away. Eventually the line just quits moving when it falls off the back of the carp but sometimes the jig hook is in just the right position to impale itself in a fin or a tail...that's when the freight train takes off. In my fishing experience it is a real common occurrence. Bill
I did find this online:
Joe Raymond is young and very aggressiveI don’t have the “testicles” (or the right equipment) to back my boat downSnowy ramp and be out in a boat in that weather
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