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I have a 11ft carp fishing rod and am told that if I change the eyes on the rod to a bigger size , i could cast further , I’m using 15lb fire line ,can any body confirm this for me ,

Heck no, whoever teld you that changing the guides is the thing to do is crazy. The rod was made with specific standards and can with stand those parameters under it’s guide line for best performance. To make it short, you can see those guide lines near the top part of the butt section of the rod. It’s wriiten, stamped, or stickered onto just about every rod ever made! The ability to cast farther comes from practice, the ability of your reel, Your abilty to use the reel correctly, weight used and correct line used. Correct casting ( there are several styles for distance…watch Youtube) for distance will also help you get that extra yardage. There’s no need to change out the guides, you might as well have bought a rod with the guides you wanted in the first place and I bet you still would have asked this question here.
Practice, build up those casting muscles, learn some casting techniques, go by the rod’s set guidlines and I can guarantee you will see an improvement in casting within a month. ~good luck catchin’.

I’m gonna try fishing for carps, my question is how do I remove and store the line I have on the reel, and how do I replace it with the 25lb line that I want to use? On that note what’s the best bait to use for carps? Any tips you like to share?

PS: I just got my fishing license 2 days ago, so pardon my dumb questions.

all you need to do is thread the line through the eyes of the rod, flip the "bale" (the wire wire thing on the reel) and tie a uni knot on the spool,

http://www.in-fisherman.com/magazine/gui…

than get a spool of 14, to10 pound test Sufix Siege (when your reeling the line in, make sure the label of the spool is face up) it’s great line for beginners, it’s coronation and abrasion resistant and has very little amount of memory. after you tie the knot on spool, than you take a sock, or old rag and very very tightly pinch the line between you fingers with one hand and with the other reel in the line making sure you get the line on tight when it looks like the right amount reel about 5 more cranks, than you snip the line with some clippers and squeeze the line if it’s squishy than you need to take the line off to the knot and start over.

Worms work well, but it also GREATLY depends on the kind of carp we’re talking about, but for commons, corn works well along with dough. A good, less expensive dough is a dog food dough, replace the flour with finely ground up dog food, add water, make sure it’s a consistency that will stay on the hook. A simple way to find out is to get a hook and put the dough on the hook, place the hook with the dough in a five gallon bucket, wight for about half an hour, when you look at the hook the dough should still be on, if it is not, than you need make it thicker. but the problem is is to getting the dough into a powdery consistency. Maggots, also play an important roll in carp fishing, all you needs a simple bobber, split shot, and a bobber, fish around reeds and Lilly pads foe best results. Corn flakes in soaked milk made into a round ball and put on a hook the a bobber and split shot also works very well, you can see if it stays on the hook following the the same proses and with the dog food dough.

“`good fishing“`

real answers only please…pls keep it clean.

for carp, if you are in Europe ot the UK, I would find a bait store and purchase boilies. There are many flavors and consistancies for seasonal variations and the like.

www.carpanglersgroup.com will have tackle dealers as well as a very active and lively bait forum, for commercial recipies and home made.
Carping in the UK is a different deal, as the waters are heavily fish for carp and they become wary and habituated to certain baits.
In the US and Canada, although carping is becoming much more popular, due to the sheer volume of water the carp tend to recieve less pressure.
Corn (canned sweet corn) is a deadly bait almost anywhere, as are oatmeal balls and doughbaits. All these are inexpensive and ubiquitous.
As for tips, be open to experimentation!!!!!!
carp are big hungry fish. However, they can be quite fickle.
To start, I would fish a small lake or river known to hold carp. Take a few cans of sweet corn and throw the corn out into the water, bait the area.
I would use a simple sliding rig with a sz 2 -4hook. bait a few kernals of corn onto your hook and toss it out in the area of your chum. It can take up to an hour for the carp to be called in to the meal, or it could take ten minutes. Be sure to attend your rod at all times, as a carp can easily swim off with your rod. If you don’t have a bait feeder type reel, just turn the drag all the way to loosen it up. Tighten the drag as you fight the fish.

There are small poulations of tench in the US. Not many, but some on the east coast.
I hear maggots and grubs are great baits for them, but have never fished for them
good luck.

My dad loves the sport of fishing as much as i do, but his money is very low. He owns only 2 rods and reels, which he uses for carp, suckers and catfish. Both reel/rods are very old, one being the Zebco 33 combo, and the other a Johnson Century combo. I have talked with him about getting him a good rod/reel because, he has always been there for me … I don’t know why i didn’t get him another one years ago …

ok, here’s what he likes .

1.) Spincasters. He likes spinning reels, and dreadfully hates baitcasters, as a joke he said he would buy out every baitcasting company and burn all their reels! LMAO … He said he would want a spincaster, also I’m about 90% in on getting a spincasting outfit, and the other 10 on a spinning combo.

2.) He doesn’t like a long rod. 6′ is big enough, as he puts it. Easy to carry, and transport. If 6’6 is available it will be alright also.

3.) He fishes for carp, catfish and suckers as said.

4.) The combo should cost less than 45 bucks, and can be bought from Wal-Mart.

5.) And his favorite brands are Zebco, Johnson and Abu Garcia.

He swears by the old 33′s, and says that the new ones are not nearly as good … You think the Platinum series 33 would be any better than the Authentic one?

Thanks to all.

the platinum would be a great one. match it up with a nice ugly stick.
but l know you’re going to do that, anyway.

I have a 12 ft carp fishing rod with a test curve of 2.75lb, what line and weight should i use if i take it to go peir fishing in dover?
Its a G-tek cool carp 3600 rod

hey there, first look at your reel and rod, both will state on them the kind of casting weight range and how much of what line.
e.g. my grauvell rod has a casting weight between 4 & 8 oz my reel depending on the line will take 180ft of 15 mono, if you are going for braid as aqua beast said spiderwire is good, however the one that is getting recommended more now as it does less damage to your eyelets is called firewire. It is braid but coated so is superior to use, quite expensive but saves a lot of time and money on getting new eyelets replaced.
first things first take the details of you rod and reel and take it from there.

i got interested in carp fishing bout a month ago and i would like to mix my own bait but i dont want the recipe to be hard.

Just use pillsbury plain old biscuit poppin fresh dough….. is that easy enough? it’s the right consistency, it floats, it holds its shape , it stays on the hook, it works and carp love it what else is there? Oh yeh, I forgot to mention it doesn’t have $30,000 to loan you, it doesn’t talk back and no it won’t whine about having to drive.

ok i have 3
1)shakespehere ledger
2)shakespher float
3))shakesphere carp

what about you only freshwater
i have been fishing for 23 years and have never owned more than 3 for freshwater and ist always one each for carp,ledger,float

I have at least twenty-five combos,(I know) fresh water and that many at least for salt,My obsession for them is real.I love to fish,and all my extra $ goes to it.So after more than forty years of birthdays,christmas& fathers day, they add up.And if someone wants to join me but lacks a good pole I can loan them one with no problem.I could list them all but I would be here all night.People who know me are always giving me some old obscure thing they foung at a garage sale,and asking me if I want it.Sometimes you just have to be polite and take it.

I want to know how big of a rod i will need, and how big of a line i will need to catch catfishfish,musky,carp,and smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna river. I’d like to keep it cheap, and i’d like to stick with Shakespeare Rods..

You can purchase a 7′ 2 piece Ugly Stick that will handle
8 to 20 pound test for about $30 and a Pflueger Trion
reel or a Pinnacle Extant reel (both are decent and cost
about $30). Spool up with 10 pound mono and you’re good to go. This is pretty much the "stock" outfit of the Susquehanna.

For Smallmouth Bass: Mepps Black Furys, Rebel Crayfish,
red and white flatfish, and Mr. Twisters in yellow, motoroil and black work great.

For Walleye: Marabou jigs in black, brown, yellow are big producers as are shiners or nightcrawlers fished on a floating jighead off the bottom near drop-off points and deep rocky bottom areas (you’ll also catch your share of Smallmouth
as well)

For Muskie: 8 to 10" yellow tube style baits work best attached to a yellow marabou jig in the late fall through the winter. Look for eddys and fish them hard. Also: big broken back Rapalas in black/silver take fish (make sure you get them deep) Big Mepps Muskie spinners in yellow work also.

Channel cats can be had by bottom fishing with nightcrawlers and chicken livers.

Canned corn on a hook or chunks of hot dog . We have even caught them on jig heads

my boyfriend is a keen fisherman and is looking to purchase a fishing pole. He has approx £150 to spend. He usually uses a rod and reel and fishes commercial fisheries where you find decent carp to 20lbs but also roach bream and barbel. He has used a friends pole once and is hooked!! pardon the pun! can anyone make any suggestions on which would be a best buy?

I like the Uglystick. It is a quality rod and very strong for carp fishing. For reels, I like Daiwa, but there are many others that will do to. It all depends on where you are fishing. Go online and search and you should find some good reviews.