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Originally Posted by NJ219bands
When I first started fishing Carnegie Lake, I only did ultralight jigging. After a few years, I saw carp and no carp fishermen so I tried carping there and was very successful. Over the years, when other people saw me catch carp, they would come over to my spot and ask me about carp fishing. I told everybody everything that I learned about carp fishing, then every year intruders arrived at my spot and caught and released big carp. Until that time, I never had an issue with carp swimming into snags. I think that people who catch and release carp in heavily fished public fishing areas loaded with snags use line that is more than 12 lb test. When I hook a big carp with 12 lb test line, I can't stop it. When you apply maximum pressure with 30 lb braid, you can stop most carp. I give them a sporting chance but each year lately, a few immediately swim into a snag a few second after I hook it. This only happens in my one spot where other fishermen took over and ruined my carping.
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All fish swim to cover. It's called instinct. You should team up with the guys who want to kill the cormorants. You could go around and shoot everything that steals your fish or your hooks all while setting a wonderful example for the future generations of fishermen and outdoorsmen.
