Carp on the fly

This used to be on here, with the new format, it must have been lost. Has anyone else been doing this? Carp are great fun on the flyrod and with the fact that they are so widespread, there almost has to be a good population close to home. When you hook one, it's like hooking a truck, you'll see you backing just about everytime

Hi. I got my first carp on my fly rod last year and want to try some more. I've read about flats near Sturgeon Bay and in Green Bay that are good for wading and fishing carp. Are there any similar places closer to Milwaukee/Port Washington/Sheboygan on Lake Michigan that would be wadeable areas for carp? Thank you.

TTT

I love carp and fly fishing, I love fly fishing for carp.

Caught two carp tonight on a krystal buggar that i got from the orvis store in milwaukee.

They're all young.

Lv'm & Lv'm,, Its not nice to talk about your old girlfriends.

Became familiar with the smell because I had to live in FDL for a year.

Roughin it aint as easy as it sounds.

I tried last night and it seems the carp have moved to the main lake. I think i'll try a different lake and spot fish .The water in the channel is obscenely warm and they would come out of the water like a fish boil.

Lv'm & Lv'm Only you would know what an old tuna smells like

Add scent, it works! I use crayfish scent and it's strong order is makes a difference. Kind off like the smell of a big old tuna.

san juan worms usually work for me. I've been doing well sight fishing them. Drop the worm above the fish and slowly work it in. Too much surface action scares the fish.

I also have some flies from Jean Paul's Roughfisher website that Ive caught carp on, I'm not sure the name of the flies but they are so ugly they have a face that only a mother or carp love. The key is NOT TO DISTURB the fish. Very tenacious this time of year. One misplaced cast and your carp are on the run.

Anyone been having any luck lately and care to tell how the heck?

Would a boca grip (or similar knock-off) work with their mouth?

Boga grip works just fine....

I can't recall ever taking more than five minutes to land a carp, some topping 20#s, but then I don't coddle the fish or my equipment. Land them? I use a forceps to release them in the water, if I have to I'll drag them onto the bank by gripping the fly with the forceps.