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Common Carp

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

  • 8lakes
  • 411logged catches
  • 69.5 kg heaviest logged

Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) is an extremely popular freshwater gamefish in many parts of Europe, and its popularity is rapidly growing in the USA as well. This species prefers large bodies of slow or standing water and soft, vegetative sediments. As carp are schooling fish, they usually stay in groups of five or more. Carp can grow to a maximum length of 120 centimetres (47 in), a maximum weight of over 40 kilograms (88 lb). But on average are about 40-80 cm (15-30 in) and 2-14 kg (4-30 lbs). Best bait for carp is semolina balls, dough balls, corn and peas, among others.

What actually catches it ranked by real logged catches

Baits

Corn 36 Peas 17 Sweet Corn 11 Salo 7 Duck Mussel Meat 7 Sweet Peas 6 Semolina Balls 6 Bread with Honey 5 Dough balls 5 Bloodworms 4 Marshmallows 3 Leeches 3

Lures

Barbless Nano Spoon 2 g, #2 1

Best setups by lake 8 lakes with data

San Joaquin Delta — 159 catches , best 21.54 kg

  • Carp Hook #6/0 Carp 14×
  • Corn Hook #6/0 Feeder bottom Shore 10×
  • Duck Mussel Meat Hook #4/0 Feeder bottom Boat 7×
  • Peas Hook #5/0 Feeder bottom 6×

Weeping Willow Fisheries — 78 catches , best 33.6 kg

  • Hook #6/0 Carp 14×
  • Hook #10/0 Carp 13×
  • Carp Hook #10/0 Carp 10×
  • Carp Hook #6/0 Carp Shore 4×

Dnipro River — 40 catches , best 69.5 kg

  • Salo Hook #6/0 Feeder bottom 3×
  • Salo Hook #10/0 Feeder bottom 2×
  • Sweet Peas Hook #6/0 Feeder bottom Shore 2×
  • Jauari Palm Fruit Hook #6/0 Feeder bottom Shore 2×

Tiber River — 39 catches , best 9.9 kg

  • Carp Hook #2/0 Carp Shore 9×
  • Carp Hook #2/0 Carp 6×
  • Leeches Hook #2/0 Feeder bottom 2×
  • Corn Hook #4/0 Feeder bottom 2×

Lesni Vila Fishery — 36 catches , best 2.12 kg

  • Bread with Honey Hook #1 Float Shore 250 m 3×
  • Dough balls Hook #2 Feeder bottom 2×
  • Bread with Honey Hook #4 Feeder bottom 2×
  • Semolina Balls Hook #2 Feeder bottom Shore 2×

Sander Baggersee Lake — 25 catches , best 13.84 kg

  • Sweet Corn Hook #4/0 Feeder bottom 3×
  • Corn Hook #4/0 Carp Shore 2×
  • Sweet Peas Hook #4/0 Feeder bottom Shore 2×
  • Carp Hook #10/0 Carp 2×

Neherrin River — 23 catches , best 1.87 kg

  • Corn Hook #2 Feeder bottom 5×
  • Corn Hook #1 Feeder bottom 2×
  • Marshmallows Hook #2 Feeder bottom 2×
  • Peas Hook #1 Feeder bottom 2×

Lesni Vila Fishery (reworked) — 11 catches , best 0.97 kg

  • Bloodworms Hook #6 Feeder bottom Shore 3×
  • Dough balls Hook #1 Feeder bottom Shore 2×
  • Semolina Balls Hook #6 Feeder bottom Shore 2×
  • Bloodworms Hook #1 Feeder bottom Shore 1×

How to catch

How to catch a unique Common Carp?

When it comes to float, feeder, or bottom fishing, the best way to catch Common Carp would be to use Corn on a size #6/0 hook.

Where to find it

Weeping Willow Fisheries United Kingdom Dnipro River Ukraine Sander Baggersee Lake Germany San Joaquin Delta California Tiber River Italy Neherrin River North Carolina Lesni Vila Fishery (reworked) Czech Republic Lesni Vila Fishery Czech Republic

Also listed as effective documented, but not seen in the catch log

Pea Dough #1489#1492 Night Crawlers

Data compiled from fp-collective and the Fishing Planet Wiki . Snapshot taken 2026-08-20. Game content and imagery © Fishing Planet LLC.