10-08-2007, 10:14 PM
Welcome to the Board, Evan.
Most of the guys who post on this board are very experienced in fishing the Boulder Basin of Mead. If you prefer carp (because of the fight), I suggest Hideaway Cove which is west of Callville Bay.
Timing is pretty important, too. Most of the guys fish early. I, on the other hand, fish through the night. Afternoon fishing is very slow but you can luck out sometimes.
My friends and I have inadvertently caught 2 large carps on anchovies while fishing for stripers. You're right, they pack a huge fight and it can be downright challenging when you're using 6 to 8 lb test. There's this dough bait that you can make with this wheat/barley powder and bananas. Carps love this. You can only fish this dough bait from the bottom though. I've seen a lot of carp just swimming on the surface. Your best bet here is to get a piece of sweet Hawaiian bread (in most supermarkets), tear off a piece and just flyline it. As it floats away from you, a carp will just gobble it up. You don't need a big piece because their mouths are relatively small. May want to go with a treble hook to secure the bait.
Well, good luck. I do most of my fishing on the Arizona side of Mead near Temple Bar where there is less people. Plenty of big carps there, too. Come to think about it, carp is everywhere. No one hardly fishes for them, and when they do, they release them. So they're quite abundant at Mead.
Best regards,
Paul
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Most of the guys who post on this board are very experienced in fishing the Boulder Basin of Mead. If you prefer carp (because of the fight), I suggest Hideaway Cove which is west of Callville Bay.
Timing is pretty important, too. Most of the guys fish early. I, on the other hand, fish through the night. Afternoon fishing is very slow but you can luck out sometimes.
My friends and I have inadvertently caught 2 large carps on anchovies while fishing for stripers. You're right, they pack a huge fight and it can be downright challenging when you're using 6 to 8 lb test. There's this dough bait that you can make with this wheat/barley powder and bananas. Carps love this. You can only fish this dough bait from the bottom though. I've seen a lot of carp just swimming on the surface. Your best bet here is to get a piece of sweet Hawaiian bread (in most supermarkets), tear off a piece and just flyline it. As it floats away from you, a carp will just gobble it up. You don't need a big piece because their mouths are relatively small. May want to go with a treble hook to secure the bait.
Well, good luck. I do most of my fishing on the Arizona side of Mead near Temple Bar where there is less people. Plenty of big carps there, too. Come to think about it, carp is everywhere. No one hardly fishes for them, and when they do, they release them. So they're quite abundant at Mead.
Best regards,
Paul
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