Some of the most consistent carp fishing in Michigan happens around concrete, steel, and boats. Harbors, marinas, docks, piers, and breakwalls create artificial ecosystems that carp quickly learn to exploit. These places concentrate food, hold warmth, offer protection from wind…
Weeds are both your best friend and your biggest headache in carp fishing. They hold massive amounts of natural food.They provide cover and oxygen.They concentrate carp. They also steal rigs, hide hookbaits, and bury fish if you’re not on top…
What’s under your rig matters more than almost anything else in carp fishing. Bottom composition determines: You can have the perfect bait and the sharpest hooks in the world — but if you’re fishing the wrong bottom, you’re wasting time.…
Most Michigan carp anglers focus on lakes. That’s a mistake. Rivers and tributaries are some of the most predictable carp fisheries in the state — especially in spring — because carp must use them for spawning, feeding, and seasonal movement.…
A carp is a carp… right? Not exactly. Yes, it’s the same species — but carp living in Lake Michigan behave very differently from carp in a 100-acre inland lake. Size of water, depth, temperature stability, food availability, and fishing…
Most anglers obsess over rigs and bait. Very few think about oxygen. But oxygen controls where carp can live — and how actively they feed. You can have perfect bait, falling pressure, and great location… yet catch nothing if oxygen…
Few topics in fishing create more arguments than moon phases. Some anglers plan entire seasons around lunar calendars.Others say it’s complete nonsense. The truth sits in the middle: 👉 Moon phase matters — but far less than temperature, pressure, and…
Most anglers curse the wind. It ruins casting.Blows over rods.Creates false bleeps.Soaks your gear. But experienced carp anglers learn something important: 👉 Wind is one of your strongest location tools. Wind creates: In short — wind tells you where carp…
After temperature and oxygen, barometric pressure is the most misunderstood factor in carp fishing. You’ve heard it a thousand times: “Carp feed before a storm.”“High pressure kills the bite.” Both are mostly true — but only if you understand why.…
Most anglers obsess over bait. Smart anglers obsess over comfort zones. Because carp don’t live where it looks nice — they live where oxygen and temperature overlap in a range their bodies like. Get this right and you’re fishing where…