Carp fishing in fall can be both challenging and very rewarding. In this weeks new episode of CarpQuest we fish an afternoon session at the fairgrounds. It had been many long weeks since I had last been out carp fishing. Some lingering illness kept me down for over a month. Finally I was able to …
Continue reading CarpQuest S5E9 – Autumn Carp Fishing at the Fairgrounds – pt1
In this session I travel up to northern Colorado and fished with two anglers new to carp fishing, Ryan and Bleu. It’s one of the things I love about CarpQuest, the opportunity it provides me to meet so many passionate anglers. It was a great day, good conversation, lots of commons in the net and …
Continue reading CarpQuest S5E8 – Carp Fishing in Colorado, 40 lb grass carp
A great day’s carp fishing on the banks of a favorite venue with friends James and Andrew. Though the fishing was slow for me, Andrew hauled a handful of carp in quick time, all off the same spot I had been fishing earlier that day. Andrew’s 6ft Nash Scope sawn off rods played the fish …
Continue reading CarpQuest S5E7 – Summer Carp Fishing at the Fairgrounds – pt2
Scorching temperatures, clear skies and calm winds were not the recipe for success. Yet we returned again to the Fairgrounds, got the lines out and baits in. Throughout the day we saw many fish showing. I finally got out the deeper sonar and spent some time casting around to find the fish. Finally we scanned …
Continue reading CarpQuest S5E6 – Summer Carp Fishing at the Fairgrounds – pt1
With recent success fishing overnight we returned to Chatfield for another session. Over confident from our previous trip we setup in the rain and wind, anticipating many catches. A few catfish graced the net, including a big fat channel cat. We did land some baby carp and finally a few nice low doubles. Tough night, …
Continue reading CarpQuest S5E5 – Carp Fishing Chatfield Reservoir at Night – pt2
In this week’s episode of CarpQuest we fish an overnight session at Chatfield Reservoir. With daytime temps pushing 100F, the bite slow, this could be our best chance to get some carp on the mat and drink the victory coffee! It was a tough nights fishing for sure; I lost the first fish of the …
Continue reading CarpQuest S5E4 – Carp Fishing Chatfield Reservoir at Night – pt1
In this week’s episode of CarpQuest we only had time for a very short afternoon session. Aided by a Deeper Smart Sonar Plus we quickly found the fish. The next four hours were incredible, with a dozen carp landed, by both James and I, including four twenties, five mirror carp and a new PB mirror …
Continue reading CarpQuest S5E3 – Deeper Smart Sonar Plus and new PB Mirror Carp
Our first full session of the season takes us back to Adams County Fairgrounds in Colorado to fish with Andrew. It was a slow start to the morning. With only a few fish showing I made the switch to Nashbaits The Key. Eventually I was rewarded with my first carp of the year a nice …
Continue reading CarpQuest S5E2 – Spring Carp Fishing at the Fairgrounds – Pt 1