Quote Originally Posted by perchjerker108 View Post
MR, so from your post, yes, you can catch some bugle-mouthed bass(carp) trolling with crank baits. I agree with you that they are eating small fish/minnows. I have cleaned a few carp recentlyl,(bugle mouthed bass) and found what I think was small fish in it's gut. But, I guess the next time you hook into one of the Silvers, you will need to clean it and see what it has been eating to confirm. I know, most people don't clean a Carp, but if you remove the 'Mud' Vein, it's not too bad and you get a pile of meat. Spent most of younger years at a pay lake with my grandfather fishing for carp. This experience REALLY taught me patience for fishing. We would spend 8 hours fishing sometimes getting 1 or 2 runs/bites during the 8 hours of watching a couple rods on the bank. Sometimes we go lucky and caught 3-6 with our doughballs.
You're probably talking about Common Carp (orange-ish colored fish) .... they'll eat about anything. Mrdux is referring to Silver & Bighead Carp ... the Asian Carp that are (supposedly) only plankton feeders.