gulp alive for carp?

[mainbutter]

Anyone every tried using any gulp alive products for carp? Any success stories?

I've been out twice throwing crawlers at carp in two spots where I can see them THICK, but they just aren't having any of it. It's kind of strange because I always have luck at those places. If it were much later in the year I'd claim that it was due to them spawning, but alas I'm just going to have to take the blame myself on this one.

I was going to try corn until I saw someone nearby doing the same thing and not having any luck. I'm just wondering if there's something I should do different that might turn them on.

[Acemac]

I cant get the carp on tonka to bite either so your in good company.

[Shawn Kellett]

Corn, corn, corn out there. Get your feeding trough going and once you start seeing the puffs of silt get your bait in there.

[Acemac]

will you guys chum the same area over and over on multiple days to get the carp to move into an area?

[ThaiNinh]

I think chumming is illegal in Mn. The only chumming you can do is losing your dough bait as you cast it. HAHHA

[Acemac]

I think chumming is illegal in Mn. The only chumming you can do is losing your dough bait as you cast it. HAHHA

stick to netting my walleyes!

JK any way there is a long post about weather it is or is not legal to throw some corn in the water for carp and the general consensus seems to be that you can do it. until I get a ticket i will....

[ThaiNinh]

[PoorWordUsage] you want carp that bad. I got a drainage stream that we can go to the you can basically catch them with you teeth. They are everywhere and the stream is so small you can jump over it if you wanted to. Let me know.

[Acemac]

to far away... I want carp but i only want to fish for them on tonka close to home. I might get a wood tick at some drainage ditch ewww.

[Shawn Kellett]

Is it chumming when you give a can of corn to a 3 year old who thinks it's cool to throw EVERYTHING over the side of the boat (including Dad's Costa Del Mar sunglasses)? Or would that be considered littering?

[Comit 2]

It is only chumming if you use fish parts!! By definition chumming is using fish parts, you can not throw fish parts back into the water in Minnesota.

Throwing Corn into the water (which has no fish parts) is not chumming. It is baiting.

It is possible to train carp to come to an area to feed.

[shiltsy]

I was fishing Walleye on the St. Croix with a 4" Gulp minnow on Friday. Almost on cue when it passed over a school of carp they would hit it REALLY hard and even follow it up to the boat, but I couldn't get the hook set in any of them. I mostly focus my attention on bass fishing. After seeing a huge school of 10-15 lb carp and then getting quite a few "hits" throughout the day, I couldn't help but think I'm really missing out on some fun!

Is the best bet basically corn under a slip bobber rig?

[CarpinMNRiver]

I have been using a #2 octopus circle hook and just enough weight to get it to the bottom with corn and have been hammering them. I have never tried a bobber. I think the extra tension on the line might make them spit the bait. Sometimes when they have food on their mind they aren't as finicky but I would fish the bottom.