I started this blog to share my carp fishing experiences. I will discuss stories, tackle and tactics used to get many of my fish. I am a consultant for CC Moore, TOKS Big 4 and hopefully some other companies in the future. I have been carp fishing for a while and enjoy helping and teaching others.
This summer has taken us to many places both far and wide. I decided to join up with Brian Verbitskey and travel to Shawnee State Park to try for some carp. This lake used to be notorious for catching 20-30 fish in a day but as you can see we did not have that result today. It was not until the end of the day that my friend got into a fish.
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I wanted to show off what I do for my summer into fall mix. Being the summer offers a ton of natural food I found the best route to go is doing something similar as the fish will be hunting out fishy type baits. I am using a lot of CC Moore products in this video and you can read the full article in the Carp Anglers Group North American Carp Magazine " NACA " found here. http://carpanglersgroup.com/naca/2014Q2NACA/ The full article starts on page 27.
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Just finished up a SONIK Sports Tournos 8000 Reel review with my initial thoughts. I always like to talk about a product before using it then go back later after using them for a while and do a more in depth review on them. Thanks for watching! These are available at Big Carp Tackle found here http://www.bigcarptackle.com/sonik-tournos-8000
Part 2 of this section I wanted to mainly focus on particles in glycerine with no extra liquids. I found I got a much better explosion when the pva melted which you can see in the video below.
The above is the CC Moore Particles in Talin and I added in glycerine to produce the pva friendly mix. I used a pva mesh stick for this part as I wanted to focus primarily on the explosion comparision from a mix with more liquid compared to just a pva friendly particle mix.
After dropping the mesh stick into the tank the break down was quicker due to the mesh and left a nice presentation on the bottom that any carp would find irresistible . I used the same rig before which had a Hi-Viz Tutti Frutti Tiger on it just to grab a photo of how the bait was presented after the break down.
After recording this and rewatching it a few times I came to the conclusion that this was an insanely easy mix to use every time out on the bank with little to no prep time and creates a deadly tactic worth trying. As winter drags on expect a lot more videos to come.. Brian Wingard
In this session video I show a 27 pound common carp caught and released in the United States on CC Moore Equinox. The first fish was Equinox and the other big fish was Live System just to clarify as I got a little mixed up in the video. I am using CC Moore Baits which you can buy at Big Carp Tackle and I have caught a lot of great fish on them this year. I had a very nice Delkim run as well which showed the full run from start to finish and the release. The second fish was 36lb 8oz and was caught on Live System using pva bags of pellets. I have lots more footage to come so stay tuned!
In this session video I show a 28 1/2 pound common carp caught and released in the United States. I am using CC Moore Baits and I have caught a lot of great fish on them this year. I have lots more footage to come so stay tuned!
I went out for a quick session and was using both CC Moore Equinox on 2 rods and Live System on my other rod. I had back to back brace of fish one on each bait and ended the night with 2 great fish. I have lots more footage to come so stay tuned!
Shortly after my first session I decided to go somewhere else to see if I could get into more and more fish on the Equinox from CC Moore! I sure did. All I did was a catapult of 18mm boilies and fished a pva bag with pellet over top. Waited an hour and fired 3 more boilies over just to create a sound. It seems the fish are always listening and move in on the sound. 32lb 4oz Common just came out! Very excited with the results and then the windy really picked up with white caps on the water. Hopefully more to come on my quick session videos.
Well spring has finally sprung and after fishing for around 3 weeks I had my first real short session. As as was sitting there I didn't see any signs of fish. The water was ice cold and I was just trickling in a little bit of 18mm Equinox boilies and also 18mm Live System. About 2 hours into it I had a few beeps and then had a slow steady run which resulted in this very nice common carp of 26lb 8oz on the newly released CC Moore Equinox 18mm boilies with matching pellets in pva bags. Also another note I just received my Sonik Rods and they cast and play fish like a dream. You can not beat the price of the rod as well so that is always a nice feature as well! I love near the reel the rod is a little stiffer which makes for easier netting by yourself. I landed a few more fish from 24lbs and up and then finally landed this beast of a fish at 31lbs 12oz to finish out the night. Lots more session videos to come so stayed tuned. All CC Moore products in the US can be found here. http://www.bigcarptackle.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=cc+moore Also as a special promo you can use this special coupon code. REWARD-7886-64IO2-RSOX
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Winter time leaves the carp angler dreaming of spring and with so many winter days to go through until it begins to warm up the internet can be a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips. I was reading the CC Moore bait blog and read an article on CC Moore Glycerine and some of its uses. Right away I knew this would apply to most all of the anglers out there reading this. We have all heard about adding salt to any particles to make them pva friendly but certain baits we really don’t want to add salt content or even make them salty in any way shape or form. Glycerine allows the baits or particles to keep the same color,smell and taste all while making them pva friendly and with a few steps you can also create a high leakage mix using pva bags.
Part 1 video found below!
The first step in this article I tool some CC Moore Hi-Viz Tigers the Tutti Frutti Tigers to be exact which can be found here. I took a small sized Korda Krusha to break them down into various sizes from small to large to give the best presentation on the bottom of the lake as the pva broke down. It is best when using particles to create as natural of a presentation as you can so having various shapes and sizes can fool even the weariest of fish.
The next step is quite simple as all you have to do is add in the CC Moore Glycerine which is found here. You do not need a whole lot but make sure that it is mixed very well on both the particles and the liquid. I also spoon in some extra liquid to use in pva bags. I feel adding liquids to bags give the bait a lot of extra appeal as it can draw fish from a farther range than just the bait alone. After you mix in the glycerine you will want to let it rest for around 5 minutes to make sure it absorbs a little and is fully mixed.
After letting the mix rest and making a pva bag up I did a tank test to see how the break time was and also how much area the liquid covered on the bottom. Before I finished the bag I added in a few spoonfuls of extra liquid to make sure my bag had maximum attraction and of course draw the fish in faster.
In the final picture above you can see just how much the flavor leaked over a few minute period and of course this is in a fish tank so keep in mind a lake that has constant moving water will draw fish in from a far distance very quick.
Now that we covered pva bags lets talk about pva mesh. The only drawback I can see is you can not add extra liquid obviously to the mesh as it would just leak out before you even cast. You will see in the video above how a very tight pva mesh bag will pop as it breaks down in the water. Also another tip if you want your breakdown time to be even slower yet just dunk the made up pva bag or mesh bag into the glycerine/tiger mix and it will prolong the breakdown even more.
The above picture you can see the pva bag on the left broken down and the flavors leaking everywhere. The mesh bag on the right was just dropped into the water. The picture below shows the broken down mesh bag and how it is extremely difficult to pick out the hook bait.
