Carp Willamette

Steelhead21 · 05-06-2007, 12:23 PM

Hey I wanted to get out soon and get my son into a carp on a Light Trout Rod, Doe anyone know where to catch some carp and what to get I am guessing Corn but it has been many of years

ExBassGuide · 05-06-2007, 12:40 PM

You could try some of the pond near 84N and the Columbia River. I always see bunches of carp in them. please

C&R all carp, help protect out fisherery

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EBG

Mr. Sturgeon14 · 05-06-2007, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Steelhead21

Hey I wanted to get out soon and get my son into a carp on a Light Trout Rod, Doe anyone know where to catch some carp and what to get I am guessing Corn but it has been many of years

it is fun on a trout rod. just use worms if you dont see any fish feeding or if you do, use pringle bals or weaties balls. i caught a 3# carp of the dock at oaks bottom park fishing towards sellwood bridge with a worm what a fight on an ultra light. if you want some big carp good action try rock island above the falls durring the summer you can see them.

insanefishinguy88 · 05-06-2007, 10:51 PM

Dont know of your area but the tualitin has good carp fishing also.I caught this at cook park recently.

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/showpho...2/limit/recent

Hook-Line-N-Sinker · 05-06-2007, 11:48 PM

It's been years for me too, but I grew up fishing for carp out of Commonwealth Lake in Beaverton. There used to be huge carp in there that would bite on corn, worms, bread balls, marshmallows, and cheese. What a picnic!

fish0n · 05-07-2007, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Steelhead21

Hey I wanted to get out soon and get my son into a carp on a Light Trout Rod, Doe anyone know where to catch some carp and what to get I am guessing Corn but it has been many of years

I believe it is illegal to use corn as bait.

ExBassGuide · 05-07-2007, 03:30 AM

No its ok to use corn!

john montana · 05-07-2007, 06:04 PM

i've heard cook park has good carping for bait, but i haven't tried it. i pretty much sight fish for them and the one time i checked out cook park, couldn't spot any fish. i know they are in there!

fish0n · 05-07-2007, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ExBassGuide

No its ok to use corn!

Well it doesn't mention it in the regulations but "supposedly" there is a law in Oregon that outlaws the use of "caned corn" as bait. Though since it isn't in the regs. it must not be enforced.

boblag · 05-08-2007, 07:18 AM

I saw a bunch of them in the Lake Oswego outlet yesterday. Also, in the Columbia Slough where it goes under NE 122nd.

BrushApe · 05-08-2007, 09:19 AM

It becomes illegal when you chum with it

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ExBassGuide · 05-08-2007, 10:22 AM

Chumming works good for carp! do not do it

Roger

snowball · 05-08-2007, 03:44 PM

The "lagoon" just left of the cedar oaks boat ramp is chocked full of these things... worms, corn, marshmello, etc should work just fine.

tnj8222 · 05-09-2007, 08:30 AM

accidently knocking a can of corn in the water isnt chumming lol.
i was watching a fishing show a few years ago and they were taking a wrist rocket and shooting a bunch of corn out in the lake. then they threaded a big nightcrawler on the hook and put it in the middle of the corn they chummed. seemed to work pretty good. not sure why they didnt use the corn though

magic79 · 05-10-2007, 03:25 PM

Don't know if it is in the regs or not, but I was kinda stunned at noontime today when I was in Fisherman's Marine and on one shelf there were a half dozen cans of Green Giant corn for sale!

I caught a good-size one on a Brush Hog, believe it or not, a couple of weeks ago. I caught hundreds of carp with my dad when I was young, but NEVER on a plastic bait before! Nightcrawlers and "doughballs" were always big producers.

There are several doughball recipes here: http://www.carpanglersgroup.com/doughballrecipes.html

Akuracy503 · 05-10-2007, 05:07 PM

I saw hundreds milling around close to shore in the Sauvie Island area this past weekend, I dont know the name of this spot but it is one of he sloughs or small "ponds", seems they are in spawning..

Don't fish e nuff · 05-11-2007, 06:46 AM

I was fishing for bass a few years back on the Lucky and we were seeing about 24inchers or better all over. I know that they won't hit a spinner bait.

1bigfish · 05-11-2007, 06:56 AM

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I know that they won't hit a spinner bait.

Tell that to my dad(God rest his soul). My dad was a carp magnet. He caught them while bass fishing on everything from soft plastics to crankbaits, and even one on a spinner. What made it even funnier is the fact that he hated carp.

UnameIT · 05-11-2007, 09:28 AM

Every slough that i have ever been to on the willamette has carp. You just have to keep your eyes open to see them. Personally i would rather bow fish them than catch them on a rod. Its a blast, and you help keep those suckers from eating other fish eggs. THe hard part is to go out and do that when you can be catching bass in the same spots, so I usually dont go do that unless fishing for bass is slow.