July 2012 - Fishing Trips Today

Carp Bait or Duck Food?

A friend of mine sent me over this pic he took while spending some time at Raystown Lake. Folks were feeding the carp with some pellets bought at the marina store. Seems like these pellets make pretty good carp bait because it started this little fish feeding frenzy and soon a few ducks decided they were going to get in on the action as well. I normally don’t associate carp as being aggressive feeders. I do remember catching them on the Conestoga river, along with catfish when we were kids. We would make up dough balls by wetting some bread and then kneading it for a few minutes until it could be formed into a pasty substance that could be balled around our hook. Or

Do Spawning Carp Drive Bass from Grass?

Fishing on the Upper Chesapeake Bay has been tremendous this spring. Many tournaments have produced multiple bags of fish over 20lbs and one tournament even produced (what is probably a record) a 10.42 lb largemouth bass! Once the summer bite gets underway, the water has experienced some warm periods that can drive water temperatures into the 80s. At this time you can look forward to fishing grass beds with chatterbaits, crankbaits, spinnerbaits or flipping baits. If these techniques are working you can get ready for the topwater frog bite to start because that is next! There is one other event that starts at this time, which is the groups of carp that begin to spawn in the grassy areas. These carp cause quite a commotion