Get Serious About Carp Fishing With This Carp Fishing Gear
by: Cory Feddlestein
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 Time: 9:20 AM
Carp fishing is quickly becoming one of the most popular forms of freshwater fishing throughout America and across the pond in Europe. While there might not be a whole lot of difference in the description of carp fishing over any other kind, the real difference is in the gear. If you are serious about carp fishing, you ought to be serious in learning and obtaining good carp fishing gear.
Carp fishing gear can be as simple as any regular tackle and bait for your normal outings, but if you want to really delve into the specifics, you can find some carp specific gear such as rods, baits and line.
Getting a rod to specifically go carp fishing is a possibility for the serious carp angler. The difference in these rod and reels over the competition of other fishing types is generally the length of the rod. Carp rods get to be about 12' long and with very good reason. If you are pulling in a 45 lb. Monster carp, you don't want to lose your rod to the tension and pull of the fish. A longer rod simply gives you more leverage. They start around $25 for a low-end rod, but the best rods will run you around $150. The difference is the makeup of materials, which greatly affects the rods endurance and overall durability in clutch situations.
Perhaps the most important part of fishing for carp exclusively is getting bait that carp exclusively enjoy. Granted, this is not to say that some other fish isn't going to be enticed by what you have dangling in the water, but you will land more carp by getting the right baits. Some of the companies that make some great bait to land big carp are K-1 and Kryston. They both claim to have some great concoctions of proteins and enticing elements that carp simply cannot ignore.
Getting appropriate line is pretty crucial to your cause as well. If you have insufficient line, then you might not have the carp either. Some carp can get over 50 pounds, and so you have to have a line that can withstand the thrashing and evasiveness of a 50 pound fish. Most often carp range in the 10-20 pound range, yet you don't want to plan for this being your maximum. Planning ahead can be the difference between the big carp and the big story about the big carp.
You will never be able to compensate skill for advanced gear. While having these additions to your tackle box certainly won't hurt when you are trying to land carp, nothing is more effective towards consistency like just getting out there and becoming the best angler around.
If you fancy yourself a pretty decent angler, you should look into some of this gear to give you an edge on those pesky carp in the water.
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Take a look at this carp fishing gear guide for more information, or read an article on carp fishing tackle in general.
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