Poised to slide the husky carp back into the Des Plaines River, Andy Klocek cradled the fish in his arms, bent forward and delivered a big smack with his lips. Call it kiss and release. The 10-pound-2 ...

Pole fishing is a great way of targeting carp on commercial fisheries and the rig you choose will impact how successful you are at catching them. While you can buy ready-made rigs, when you learn to ...

In the past few years carp fishing has become a rather popular pastime. Even carp fishing rigs have evolved, changing with the times and improving with the help of technology. Because of this, carp ...

Okay, I know that most folks out there have very sound opinions of certain fish species. Their minds are made up and we are not likely to convince them otherwise. But to me, some aspects of fishing ...

We're out on the shoreline running an easy rig for catching carp - a finesse carp rig, or a sliding sinker rig. Bait your hook up (I used corn) and cast it out. The key is that sliding sinker. If you ...