How do all of you do It? I've had A few guys out here offer to go fishing with me but when I tell them I want To bank fish there out, most Have boats and don't see the point of not using it?

The problem with fishing from a boat is that it really isnt practical to fish out of a boat for days. This is the main reason, I think, why most carpers bank fish. They need a place to live for a while.

The way you do it from a boat is how the catfishers do it, which is called spider rigging. Rods are placed around the perimeter of the boat in rod holders. Rather than electronic bite alarms you would use bait clicking reels.

My pb carp was caught at Emerald, from my boat that was anchored in a bed of lillies, using a 7ft Lightning Rod with Abu round reel bait clickers.

That night it was so cold that I had to use my empty range cube bags as a type of sleeping bag. The water, however, was so warm that the lillies were in bloom, in late January.

The sound of a carp taking line off of a bait clicking reel is the most awesome of all sounds! lol

You slept inside a range cube bag?

I did yes. Other nights I slept on bags of range cubes.

So the way to do this is similar to what Jason said. However, I took my peg mount seats and welded my own pod so that I can fish rods off both the front and rear of the boat wtih alarms. When I get all unpacked and moved in, I will post some pictures.

I freeline bread off of my boat. I have some nice boat rod holders and I use them if the action isn't fast, but if the fish are on, I just hold the rod or lean it up against me or the side of the boat. When I do this freelining, I usually beach the boat and set the lines out on each side.

Chad

thats how a real carp fisher does it..

Great googley moogley! You slept in a range cube bag!

ha thats nothen for him look at this, talk about hard core

notice his pillow!!!!

Notice the tiger nuts all over the ground that Chris was throwing at me! lol

awesome!!!!!

Dude! When is Bubba going to post his beast?

he did already