Where to catch carp!

[Bullbuster]

Bullbuster,

that's exactly the kind of fishing I'm talking about...

Do you let the bread float or do you weight it down a little bit?

Most people around here won't allow fishing on their property any more. I use to fish all the creeks around here 40 years ago but, after moving away for a few years and then moving back, everything has changed....

We take a small treble hook and tie it right on the main line and add a bobber above that. If chumming is allowed in your area buy the cheapist puppy dog food you can find we use dog food the size of rabbit scat. If the water is static just toss it out. If you got a current toss it out up current of were you wanna fish. It brings them in and holds them every time. Even got some 10 pound cats in the mix.

 

[dennishoddy]

Oklahoma state record fish

Species Weight Length Location Angler Date Photo
Alligator Gar 184 lbs 3 oz Red River Sean Chatham 2/28/2006
American Eel 5 lbs 7 oz 39.5" Illinois River Dolores Munsell 6/3/1995
Bigmouth Buffalo 59 lbs 15 oz 43.75" Greenleaf Lake Leroy Broaddrick 11/12/1988
Black Buffalo 7 lbs 7 oz 24.5" Illinois River Paul Southerland 3/28/1992
Black Bullhead 6 lbs 13 oz 18.675" private pond Gary Cole 5/24/1984
Black Crappie 4 lbs 10 oz 20" private pond Rollie Williams 5/16/1974
Blue Catfish 98 lbs 0 oz 54.6" Lake Texoma BJ Nabors 11/11/2004
Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 6 oz 12.75" private pond Tom Shorter 5/8/1987
Brown Trout 17 lbs 4 oz 32.75" Mountain Fork River Jason Archie 4/10/2005
Chain Pickerel 2 lbs 10 oz 22.5" Mountain Fork Eric Lowe 4/22/1982
Channel Catfish 35 lbs 15 oz 39.25" Taft Lake Gary Doak Jr. 9/11/2005
Common Carp 35 lbs 0 oz 37.5" Spavinaw Lake Kenneth Patton 4/19/1997
Flathead Catfish 76 lbs 0 oz 51.5" Poteau River Tommy Couch 6/13/2009
Freshwater Drum 38 lbs 0 oz 41.75" Tenkiller Lake Harold Phillips 5/23/1976
Goldeye 2 lbs 8 oz 18.675" Arkansas River James R. Smith 4/27/1996
Grass Carp 64 lbs 46 oz 46" Arbuckle Lake Dan West 2/5/1998
Grass Pickerel 0 lbs 7 oz 13" Beaver Creek Barry Bryant 3/17/1995
Green Sunfish 2 lbs 7 oz 13" private pond Eddie Shulanberger 10/16/1972
Hybrid Striped Bass 23 lbs 4 oz 33.5" Altus-Lugert Lake Paul Hollister 4/1/1997
Hybrid Sunfish 1 lbs 14 oz 12.375" private pond Hal Smith 3/24/1997
Hybrid Yellow Bass 2 lbs 5 oz 15.75" Kiamichi River George R. Edwards 3/26/1991
Largemouth Bass 14 lbs 11.5 oz 28" Broken Bow Lake William Cross 3/14/1999
Longnose Gar 41 lbs 0 oz 62" Red River Dean Pittman 1/30/1988
Northern Pike 36 lbs 8 oz 44" Lake Carl Etling Raymond Fernandez 6/13/1976
Paddlefish 121 lbs 0 oz 53.5" Kaw Tailwaters Shane McCleary 4/1/2003
Rainbow Trout 10 lbs 4 oz 27" Illinois River Billy Payne 7/3/1966
Redear Sunfish 2 lbs 1 oz 12.75" private pond Ruby Lee Farmer 11/15/1973
River Carpsucker 7 lbs 11 oz 24" private pond Bill Kenyon 4/18/1990
River Redhorse 8 lbs 5 oz 28.5" Illinois River Williw Pippin 2/11/1977
Sauger 5 lbs 5 oz 23" Kerr Reservoir Chet Munds 1/18/1981
Saugeye 10 lbs 0 oz 28.5" Fort Cobb Lake Curt Wilkerson 2/24/2006
Shortnose Gar 5 lbs 6 oz 32" Brown Lake Robert Byrd 8/13/2003
Shovelnose Sturgeon 2 lbs 15 oz 29" Arkansas River Paul R. Foreman 10/12/1997
Skipjack Herring 3 lbs 6 oz 19" Lake Eufaula Tailwaters Bobby Moore 4/3/1992
Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 3 oz 23.5" Lake Eufaula Steve McLarty 3/4/2007
Smallmouth Buffalo 44 lbs 2 oz 35" Konawa Marvin Williams 8/15/2007
Spotted Bass 8 lbs 2 oz 23.5" private pond O. J. Stone 6/27/1958
Striped Bass 47 lbs 8 oz 48" Illinois River Louis Parker 6/10/1996
Walleye 12 lbs 13 oz 30.33" Robert S Kerr Kerry Carter 5/8/2004
White Bass 5 lbs 4 oz 21" Lake Eufaula Paul Grace 10/26/1984
White Crappie 4 lbs 15 oz 19" private pond Frank Robinson 5/4/1991




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[Bullbuster]

Dennis

So what your saying is Craig has broken that record several times with his carp catches provided the ones he got are the common carp and not another kind of carp. Will have to tell him to look into the record thing and the kind of carp he catches.

 

[dennishoddy]

Dennis

So what your saying is Craig has broken that record several times with his carp catches provided the ones he got are the common carp and not another kind of carp. Will have to tell him to look into the record thing and the kind of carp he catches.

thats what it looks like. It has to be a certified scale with an employee of the ODW as a witness.
The pic I saw is a common carp.

I was browsing the records after finding a regular poster on here that currently owns a state record, and saw the carp listing.

 

[lightningkylej]

The carp in the pic is a grass carp. Look at the forward facing mouth. The common carp has a mouth that is more of a sucker facing down.
When I was 14, I caught a 47" 63lb common carp at Texoma on a rod and reel. Never thought to have it documented. I kept it in a fish basket for a couple hours to show the family then let it go.

 

[JCW355]

The Lower Illinois is full of them. I think they are smallmouth buffalo carp. I just call them carp because I'm not sure which exact species. Caught one on the fly rod fishing for trout.

 

[Master Carper]

Well, since first posting here concerning carp fishing, my wife and I have been 7 times so far and we are seeing lot's of carp but, not able to catch a single one!!!

We have used several different dough baits, bread, corn, etc. but, they won't bite for anything. Any suggestions or ideas that we could try next???

 

[TEXAN_OKIE]

we would use bran flakes mixed with big red soda. worked pretty good for us

 

[Pharmerholt]

Well, since first posting here concerning carp fishing, my wife and I have been 7 times so far and we are seeing lot's of carp but, not able to catch a single one!!!

We have used several different dough baits, bread, corn, etc. but, they won't bite for anything. Any suggestions or ideas that we could try next???

Arrows are my personal favorite.

 

[Master Carper]

we would use bran flakes mixed with big red soda. worked pretty good for us

We used that recipe on a regular basis but, they showed no interest at all in it....