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by gpc » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:57 pm
Carp fishing huh, I heard that was really big in the UK. Any baits or recipes would be very appreciated. There are a bunch of carp all over the state, in fact they are a little too abundant, they have carp shoot tournaments, and build special dams to keep carp out of certain lakes, its one of the the very few species in this state that you dont need a licence for and you are allowed to shoot with a bow and arrow. They have carp in a couple of western WA lakes but absolutely thrive in central and eastern WA. If you are willing to drive 6 hours, you can fish anywhere in the state and Oregon and Idaho, 7 hours and you can come really close to hitting Montana.
The central part of the state is the area that I am most familiar with, mostly grant county. And there is tons of carp over there, I mean tons. Mosses lake is where they have the carp shoot, my cousin use to come up from Lodi, CA every year to enter the tournament, talk about a lot of carp, I mean a couple of dump trucks full. There is also Potholes reservoir. Another good place is the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, it consists of a couple hundred lakes, ponds and creeks and actually sits in grant and Adams county and almost ever body of water has carp in them, except, the ones that have been killed off or have special dams to keep the carp out. The Quincy wildlife area also has a couple of lakes with carp in them as well. Not to mention the Columbia river and Crab creek. I know I am forgetting some lakes, its just hard to name them all.
All the lakes/rivers I just mentioned are all in the same area and are only about an hour apart at the most some of the places are 5 min. away. They are about 3 hours east of Seattle. They are in the desert, so if you wanted woods you might want to go somewhere else. Mosses lake is a city as well and a pretty big one at that, pretty much the biggest city in that area. Potholes reservoir has a nice resort, cafe, golf coarse, guided fishing, cabins, really nice family resort. The Columbia National Wildlife Refuge is strictly camping, but is right a cross the highway from Potholes reservoir,and about 15 miles from Mosses lake. Quincy is strictly camping, and there are places to camp and get a hotel along the Columbia river.
There are a whole bunch of fish species in all these areas. They include: Carp, Walleye, Large mouth bass, small mouth bass, crappie, bluegill, perch, white fish, channel catfish, brown bullhead, yellow bullhead, black bullhead, rainbow trout, brown trout, tiger trout, cutthroat trout, tiger muskie, squawfish, sturgeon, salmon. I know I forgot some but this should be enough to keep anybody interested. Also on certain parts of the Columbia river you get paid to catch squawfish, last year the person who got paid the most got like $40,000 for 6 months.
If you have any questions or want more details let me know. I have directions, phone numbers what ever. But once again any bait suggestions and recipes would be highly appreciated
