Carpin it

[HunterDude]

I want to go carp fishing on sunday, any good spots to fish from shore around the local area?

I have heard ford lake dam is a good spot but not sure :confused:

[Frogfish101]

Dude, there's a LOT of good spots around your place. Any park on Belleville or Ford Lake will have some good swims. The swim by Ford Lake dam is really good, but I wouldn't go there alone. It's pretty hard to access the better swim, and if you get hurt, you're outta luck.

Saline has some nice carp in the mill pond too.

[HunterDude]

thanks for the info, Never fished for carp that much was just wanting to fish for some reel screamers close to home

[Frogfish101]

I'm planning on hitting Ford Lake for some carp in October. They'll be fattening up on protein baits then. I'll PM you when I'm headed there.

[mhawk21912]

I fished the ford lake dam downstream side saturday and sunday I have a small plastic boat I take up there . I caught a 26" catfish fish and lost two other big ones on saturday and sunday I caught another cat just as big and 6 carp that were 30 plus inches. I threw them all back but it's a hell of a lot of fun catching them

[HunterDude]

Frogfish
That would be cool if you pm me for some carp fishing in oct. I have not been down there for some time now, you sound like you know the place well.

what do you use for bait?

[TroutFishingBear]

I caught a 5 lb carp in the river below belleville dam on fri night/sat morning on a worm

[Frogfish101]

PM sent. The Lake has lots of fish in the mid teens. I get a 20 every couple trips too. My largest is 24, but the original CAG (Carp Anglers Group) record came from Ford (36 or so lbs).