Fishing in 49* water with a suspending crank bait. In about 4' water and the bait just stopped and pole started bouncing. Pulled back and felt like I was snagged on a stick. Though I had a real big bass on. But then just dead weight. Pulled in the heavy snag and saw I snagged an about 15# grass carp. NO fight at all. I honestly thought it was dead. Layed on its side along side the boat and was barely moving. Got my bait free and it slowly righted itself and swam away.

 

Could the cold affect a grass carp that much? I mean even the largmouth fight a little in this temp water.

 

Maybe I startled it and it had a heart attack LOL

I have never caught a carp in cold weather but i know in warm weather they fight like a beast and especially if they are snagged.  I don't think 49 is that cold really so maybe he was just bored  

he's fought more intense anglers before apparently... lol!

LOL. Yeah a caught a bunch this year up to 22# on topwater when they were hitting the Cicadas. The fights were amazing. Get I need to wait 17 years for that bite again.

LOL. Yeah a caught a bunch this year up to 22# on topwater when they were hitting the Cicadas. The fights were amazing. Get I need to wait 17 years for that bite again.

 

I was waiting for that in my area, but the cicadas never made it to DC. I was disappointed.

he probably didn't even realize he was snagged. that happens a lot with carp. they won't fight until they realize it. i've had some nearly spooled encounters fishing for walleye and a carp nabs my jig in 34 degree water.  epic battles.

Wasn't a carp. It was a "possum" fish. Playing dead. 

I snagged (by accident) a manatee yesterday, story posted in the general forum.  Stopping it was like trying to stop a VW rolling downhill with 1 hand attached to the bumper, just keeps on going.

Hum You no aren't they from japan. Maybe they don't do well in cold?

Il let you no shortly I think we are going to get really cold this year.

I fish a small lake here. And they stocked 180 big ones. That first year I hit one in the tail with a rattling rapala. I had felt it hitting them and was actually hoping to stick one. Nope not any more to heck with that!!! A 40+ pound fish hurts!

I don't ever want to do that again with a baitcaster. I had just switched to braid and when I hit him. I thought boy I got your butt. And as he ran I thought hum man this sucker is Big. And he kept going and going and then it started sinking in who had who. They are twice as powerful as a normal carp trust me. There run is nothing short of amazing. But like a carp one run is it. He ripped off around 80 yards of line maybe more. I don't no how much 8 lb test fills a Diawa procaster reel. (Better reel back then)

Anyway I had been tightening the drag as he went. As he neared the end of the spool and hadn't slowed by more then 3mph. I new he was going to pop the knot and get a $5 crank and $15 spool of line. So I decided to stop the spool with my thumb on the last couple of raps. Man it looked like an ugly stick commercial.

I've never heard a rod creek like that in my life.( and it was a broom stick)

I swayed the rod from side to side and finally turned him. Keep in mine I'm getting that big bop of that wide sweeping tail on the line every sweep. And then he stopped. Done for. Nothing but dead weight all the way back.

Got him up to the bank and his color was faded. Looked like he was dead even though he was able to swim away.

Stupid park ranger was watching. He walked by and said you should have kept him he wouldn't make it anyway. I agreed and told he I was glad. As bad as my arms where burning. Was actually sore the next day.

Note they have not eat any noticeable weeds! Nothing you can see..... Lake still missed over no reduction in coon tail or hydrilla. Which I already knew and could have told them. But il bet you couldn't find a craw fish or any other bottom dwelling critter. Seen one eating a dead tree leaf last week. Well chew and spit out five times before I walked off assuming it taste good and he was going to swallow. They will eat yard grass. But not enough weeds to make it worth the chance of messing up the balance in the best big bass lake I've seen in these parts.

They ruined my winter time bass spot. It is spring fed aka 55* water running into it all winter. So that end usually on a mild winter stays that warm. And the bass eattttt. They act like and do presapwn way early there. I actually stop there when they go on bed and start back presapwn elsewhere.

Went there a couple times last month to see if the carp where still there. It looked like logs floating covering the hole warm water end. And guess what. They have spawnedddd. Or they restocked more mixed sizes. Which I wouldn't think. Oh wait maybe they mixed sized and found some that can spawn and stocked them. I forgot who I was talking about there for a min. The old man that runs the place has went from nice 20 years ago to an arshhh lately. I could make a list starting with them removing trash cans and the carp and go on.

Either way Mother Nature will find a way and this sucker runs over into the river for Pete's sake. Idiots! Thats. the only word I can use on here to describe the hole situation. My state says I can snag with no limit there butts. I'm so temped to be an arshh. Reel them in with big rod and. Cut um and Roll them back in for turtle food.

I'm gonna put my son and granddaughter on the biggest one I can see with a big rod first warm day I get the chance. My sons gonna be thinking wonder why dad wants to bring a chair. HeHeHe I'm just gonna sit back watch and video.

They love crickets and grasshoppers. If anyone wants to fish for them.

Used to have some grass carp out west in one lake. The strike was amazing...the fight was nothing.