Carp everywhere in the lower Provo?

[fisherdave]

While trying for trout in the downtown area of the Provo, I noticed the carp had really moved in all the way up to the dam by DI...I assume they are spawning? Also, I hooked into two giant carp on night crawlers which was an absolute blast! They spat the hook both times though. Anybody have tips on the type of hook/setup and technique to land them successfully?
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[E-pointer]

Carp are a blast to catch! My kids get so excited just because of their size and power! We just use a 1/0 hook, usually with dough balls or worms. But my favorite by far is sticking them with an arrow.[sly]
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[fisherdave]

[quote E-pointer] But my favorite by far is sticking them with an arrow.[sly][/quote]

That's my preferred method as well [] Thanks for the tip! I watched an informational video about carp that suggested a 1/0 hook too and mentioned that if you horse them too hard, the hook will rip through their rubbery mouths. I'm pretty sure that's what I was doing..it was sure fun while they were on though! One of them jumped 2 feet out of the water like a salmon.
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[wall3y3]

I use boilies on a smallish treble hook. I have had them break my line but I don't recall them ever pulling a hook. In fact once they are in its kind of like trying to remove a hook from an old tire. My boilies consist of corn flakes run in the blender until they are like flour, egg, canned corn juice, and a bit of anise oil, make dough roll it into long roll then cut into 1/4 -3/8" pieces, boil then freeze what Im not going to use.
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[Bmarsh]

Circle hooks work well from the feed back ive gotten from guys in Idaho that target them on spinning gear.
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[big_griggs]

anyone recall when all the carp ran up the river. and died on the shores aww the smell
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[BHuij]

Dunno about that specifically, but I remember at a community pond near where I grew up that the bucket brigade would catch channel cats on shrimp and then leave them to rot on the shore. Went down on a hot July day with my buddy one time when I was like 12 years old and barely made it out without suffocating on the smell.
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[etrout72]

When i go after carp, I use a 6ft UL strung up with 4 lb test. I set it up like a Carolina rig, with a1/4 egg sinker and a size 1 circle hook. Make sure your drag is set right, because they will take your pole. Carp are a great fight on light gear!
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[LOAH]

I've been wrecking the carp on my lunch breaks, closer to the lake. I usually get a couple per day and at 6-8lbs each, they're no joke.

I've been using my Gulp minnows and leeches. They'll take both. I sure wish the walleye would.[sly] I get through about 20 carp before I see a walleye.

Still lots of fun though!
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[picespursuer]

I have better luck with a smaller hook--size 6 or 8. Carp have small mouths for such big fish and I think a smaller bait usually works better. In the river worms and grasshoppers are both great baits.
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