General P
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Anyone seen them up creek channels or in the shallows yet, on lake lanier ?
Are you bow fishing or just fishing?
If it's the latter, you can catch them regardless of whether or not they're spawning. They're probably much easier to catch when they're not spawning.
No, carp and crappie spawn in different types of areas. Carp usually like grass, weeds, or shallow sandbars. And unlike crappie, they don't usually bite much while they're spawning.
... they don't usually bite much while they're spawning.
I'm just fishing, the reason I like spawn fishing them is two fold. One, I have a nice big creek bottom that feeds into lake lanier behind the house. And two I know exactly where they are . I don't know much about carp patterns during the year, but I wouldn't think they will be in the shallows like that any other time during the year, right ?
When the carp are in spawning mode, there are usually some that are actively spawning, but others in the area that aren't quite ready yet. The active spawners don't bite, but you might have some success with the others - the ones that haven't begun spawning yet. I'd fish the spawn just because there are a lot of active fish in the area. SOME of them will probably bite, even if many of them won't.