I love catching these guys. i hear alot of talk about jazzy bite indicators but screw them, you know it when a carp takes your bait and bolts 30yds in the other direction! all i use is a simple sliding egg sinker, swivel, and snelled hook. some cheap dough bait never fails, but ive used corn(shhh), wheaties, all sorts of things. any tips?
Well carpman I love em, but I won't try to get everyone too..if I can just get them to stop treating them like trash fish I'll be happy 
I fish exclusively for carp now and have the past few years, I live in Ma but I fish the Blackstone in both states as the National Park service gets me a RI license since I volunteer and do events on the bikepath such as our Ride and Fish event this past May.
Seeing as I fish and teach carp fishing I tend to have a lot of the bells and whistle like bite alarms and such. I will say the alarms aren't always to pick up a screaming run, but sometimes a subtle drop back or a small nudge that can easily be missed otherwise. The main reason I got them though is because I tend to be talking to all sorts of people when I am fishing and am not always paying attention to my lines. The alarms are excellent for me and what I do for these reasons.
Mostly I tell newer people to carp fishing, keep it simple. Follow the local rules and have fun. BTW carpman corn is legal, except in designated trout waters, the list is on the RI DEM site.
Anyway, Yak if your still looking to go sometime, I currently have an active Ma license and RI license so hit me up and maybe we can do something.
This is a nice one from this year, in Lincoln RI
I fish exclusively for carp now and have the past few years, I live in Ma but I fish the Blackstone in both states as the National Park service gets me a RI license since I volunteer and do events on the bikepath such as our Ride and Fish event this past May.
Seeing as I fish and teach carp fishing I tend to have a lot of the bells and whistle like bite alarms and such. I will say the alarms aren't always to pick up a screaming run, but sometimes a subtle drop back or a small nudge that can easily be missed otherwise. The main reason I got them though is because I tend to be talking to all sorts of people when I am fishing and am not always paying attention to my lines. The alarms are excellent for me and what I do for these reasons.
Mostly I tell newer people to carp fishing, keep it simple. Follow the local rules and have fun. BTW carpman corn is legal, except in designated trout waters, the list is on the RI DEM site.
Anyway, Yak if your still looking to go sometime, I currently have an active Ma license and RI license so hit me up and maybe we can do something.
This is a nice one from this year, in Lincoln RI
