Detroit River Carp Fishing

We in the Detroit area are lucky to have such great access to a water with tremendous potential for big carp: Detroit River.

I like to fish the river a few times a year at least. Truth be told...I'd fish it even more if I ever find a spot where I can catch fish consistently.

My friend Bill and I fished the river last weekend. We both caught fish, which is never a bad thing.

Here are a couple of pictures:

My spot on the Detroit River



A quality carp I caught from the Detroit River





2nd Common Carp in 2017 - Lake Erie

It's been a strange spring this year. We had upper 60 degrees in February and 6 degrees in March. It's rained a bunch in April too, which has made fishing challenging.

I got my first fish in February, but didn't get the second until today. It was worth the wait I guess because it was a quality common weighing 22 lbs. 11 oz.

My 2nd carp for 2017

The fish was caught with panko pack bait with cream corn, chicken feed, peanut suet, a few chopped up homemade boilies with habernero and jalapeno and a couple of Hungarian paprika boilies, with anise hook bait, tipped with a pink piece of Enterprise fake corn.

Catch and release carp fishing