Carp, Silver fishingwithpole

Submitted by fishingwithpole on Fri, 05/31/2013 - 11:58

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Species:

Carp, Silver

Location:

Carlyle Dam, Illinois. Thanks, Jknuth!

Date Caught:

Friday, May 24, 2013

Notes:

My first ever silver carp caught on a chartreuse curly tail grub on a bottom bouncing rig in May 2013 at Carlyle Dam in Illinois.

Strains, Subspecies, and Hybrids:

Comments

gking86

Sun, 11/30/2014 - 22:06

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I'm seeing this twister rig a

I'm seeing this twister rig a bunch, how do you set it up?

fishingwithpole

Mon, 12/01/2014 - 10:28

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Using a 10 lb monofilament line, make a loop at the end first by figure 8 knot. Right below this loop, make another loop in the same way but as small as possible (but big enough to tie a hook). About 3 feet down this second loop, make a third loop as small as possible. Also 3 feet down this third loop, make a fourth loop (this does not have to be small).

Now you can tie your reel line to the first loop through a swivel. To the second and third loops, tie a screwtail grub with a 1/0 size hook by loop knot. Lastly, tie a bell sinker in size of 3 oz or higher depending the flow rate to the fourth loop through a snap swivel (or directly).

However, in my experience, if the fish are in the top or shallow layer, just retrieving a screwtail grub on a 1/8 oz jighead is more effective.

FWP

gking86

Sun, 11/30/2014 - 23:44

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Thanks

So, do you retrieve the rig or let the current provide the action?

Thanks for the info, I live 10 miles or so from the spillway. I've snagged a bunch of these by accident when going after catfish over the years, but I wanted to start going specifically for them since I've heard they are good to eat.