I'd use the same set up for carp that I'd use for big cat, but only with a different bait. 

I also have a question. How would you catch a grass carp 6 feet long that rips 80 feet of 50lb braid off of a locked down reel and then gets off because it runs through a patch of coontails to get your treble hook out of it's back?

 

noodle it!

Grass carp are not carp, they are White Amur and are the largest member of the minnow family I believe.  In Florida people use ficus berries to catch them, I've caught only 2 on artificial lures in 10 years and thousands of casts.

Grass carp are not carp, they are White Amur and are the largest member of the minnow family I believe.  In Florida people use ficus berries to catch them, I've caught only 2 on artificial lures in 10 years and thousands of casts.

Common Carp are also in the minnow family. Grass carp behave very differently though. I caught one sightcasting to one that was feeding on shoreline vegetation with an olive woolly bugger, only one I've ever caught on an artificial. 

I have had the most success with lighter tipper fly gear and Adams flies myself. They will feed on top and when they are they are the easiest to catch.

I used to have a last catching them on my 4wt with 5lb tippet. I have had fish take me into my backing multiple times.

I have had the most success with lighter tipper fly gear and Adams flies myself. They will feed on top and when they are they are the easiest to catch.

I used to have a last catching them on my 4wt with 5lb tippet. I have had fish take me into my backing multiple times.

The carp in this pond are easily 40 pounds... definetly would get into backing haha.. cant wait