mikeh

i was gonna pick up the scopex flavor ones. whats scopex?

From what I understand the first non-commercial ones were based on burnt butter. The commercial ones are based on N-butyric acid? Which I think is what is used for the fake butter stuff that you put on microwave popcorn?

either that or it's unicorn poo, but I think that might be rainbow coloured ones.

Just received some Scopex flavoured pop up boilies, a few packs of PVA bags, size 8 wide gape hooks, 3lb nanofil (for hairs)... and a new finger guard.

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Might head out today and drown a few worms while walking the banks and checking out some spots for the weekend.

12lb mono should be fine, I use 12lb flouro no problem, just make sure that you set your drag for a carp run

ah thanks for that. I always thought that pop-ups kinda float a bit off the bottom, and boilies sink to the bottom

You are correct.

A pop up is a floating version of a boilie, or a fake corn kernel. You use them to lift your hook bait off the bottom, or to critically balance the hook. 

Take a look at carp-fishing-tactics.com  and select carp rigs from the menu on the left. Most of the usable rigs are well covered on that Carp info site.

You may not need boilies and fancy rigs over here, as we are not fishing for super-paranoid, stocked lake Carp. If you are fishing Hamilton Harbour, contact HammerCarp and inquire about joining in with the Carp Anglers Group members that fish there on a regular basis. They are very welcoming and will happily show you the ropes on rigs and baits that are effective in Hamilton waters.

There's no MNR office / location in Toronto at all, other than the minister's office on Wellesley St.