Home Forums Fishing Freshwater Caned corn, and marshmellows for Carp?

Don't know about carp but they sure work on trout. Might work on carp too. Corn really brings them in. A long time ago I fished with a guy who used to usually get a limit in the area lakes with corn. He would open a can of corn; empty it, punch a hole through the bottom of the can, run some mono through the hole, secure it with a big split shot inside the can, put the corn back in and cover the open end with a paper napkin or piece of newspaper and rubber band.. When we got to what he considered a good spot he'd lower the can over the side till it hit bottom, let it sit a few minutes minutes til the paper got soaked through, takes longer with newspaper, give the can a jerk and the corn all comes out. We'd bait up with a kernel or two and there was usually a lot of fast action. Check your local fishing regulations as to legality or not.

A small marshmellow up on the shank of the hook with a piece of nightcrawler threaded on below it works in lakes that have freshwater snails. We used to catch a lot of trout with this method in Diamond Lake Oregon.