Anyone seen the carp moving yet?

Saw a ton of them at Jordan lake last week in the shallows, then the front came on the weekend and didn't see many at all. It was so strange that me and my fishing partner could only figure that the fronts affect the carp worse than the bass?

Is that true?

riverrat1 said:

Saw a ton of them at Jordan lake last week in the shallows, then the front came on the weekend and didn't see many at all. It was so strange that me and my fishing partner could only figure that the fronts affect the carp worse than the bass?

Is that true?

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What part of Jordan were you at? I can't say with any certainty, but I definitely think the weather has much more impact on carp. I was at NE creek a day or so after someone else told me he way them there wallowing in shallow water. The day I was there, the temp dropped over night and the wind was blowing pretty steady. I saw not a single sign of any carp.

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Around the same area. The bass still bit but it was unreal how the carp disappeared.

I havent seen any carp in the shallows but i did see two separate bowfishing boats today so there must be some shallow.

Out of curiosity..... Do the shallows of Jordan remain muddy/stained all the time?

Saw several along the shore of a piedmont river today, including one huge one. Saw a giant snapping turtle, too.

jimsnores said:

Saw several along the shore of a piedmont river today, including one huge one. Saw a giant snapping turtle, too.

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Apparently this is a secret piedmont river. Lol

lthrnck03 said:

Apparently this is a secret piedmont river. Lol

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That is correct. The only rivers I fish that aren't secret at the ones where I catch nothing, or nearly nothing. (Not that there are many rivers that would would qualify as secret using that criteria.)

I have no idea if this helps, but fishing at Randleman Reservoir (just South of High Point) up in the upper end of the lake, I saw at least half to a dozen carp today while bass fishing. Wish I'd seen half a dozen bass but I didn't get quite that far. I don't fish for carp, so I don't know how to decipher their behavior, but the ones I saw were solo or in pairs, sitting or slowly cruising just under the surface up in about 2 to 4 feet of water. Water was stained (stained for Randleman, what most people probably consider muddy - about 10 inches visibility probably) and about 60-62 degrees surface temp. These fish were seen in shallow 'slackwater pockets' (what I call the wind-protected pockets on the back side of a wind-blown point). I did see two roll or slap the surface or whatever it is they do that makes the distracting splashes that make me stop and try to decide if that was a bass hitting the surface or another carp.

Was just down at Lake Crabtree and caught a bunch. Nothing huge, but the action was good. You fly fish for them though right? Water was clearer than it has been, but still not that clear.

I was at black creek 2 weeks ago. The water wasn't clear, but I could see them mudding. The water was stained, but I could at least locate them.

I saw some cruising the banks at Lake Lure in the mountains yesterday.