Common carp fishing at Elephant Butte lake New Mexico

It took me 2 weeks of research and trial and error to figure out how to catch these guys. The secret was Golden Puffs cereal and a small hook. I hooked a total of 4 and lost 2 that snapped the 6 lb mono. I changed to 10 lb braid and the rest was history!

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[BlueNova1995]

fukin retard u dont cut the line u get the hook out u pussy also if they swallow the hook they dissolve it with stomach acids

[carag001]

@BlueNova1995 The hook was taken out off camera douche bag. How else would you let it go without cutting the line if it swallows a hook smart one?

[13098519]

I bet the carp get huge in that lake! Btw, I thought they didn't allow fishing on the docks?

[carag001]

@13098519 Yeah you pay $5 during day time and $10 at night to fish off the docks.

[13098519]

@carag001 - Do you know anything about the camping in that particular area? I was thinking about setting up right next to the dam. Havent been there in so long, I dont remember which places charge and which spots dont..

[carag001]

@13098519 I found out the hard way that the charge you for EVERYTHING in these NM parks. I went fishing at night and the charged me $8.00 which was for night parking and camping if I recall correctly. Camping by the dam site should be nice with a good view of the lake.

[13098519]

@lWhatSeriouslyl - Small and Large Mouth Bass, Stripers, Catfish, Crappie, Spotted Bass, White Bass, Walleye and even Trout from what Ive herd. I am assuming the water level is quite low these days so not sure how this effects fishing for these species.

[lWhatSeriouslyl]

@13098519 what type of fishes are they there besides carp

[renteria1814]

i hate them caprs



[Alexv921]

Hahaha nice! I miss u guys