Then you can proceed to a perpendicular angle choosing either side of the water. Once on the bank carefully look for a large silhouette or shadows. Carp can be solitary or school together. When together they can be either spawning or can school as most chubs do for protection. There is always safety in numbers.
Smaller carp are favorite prey of pike, muskellunge, smallmouth and large trout.
From the air, they can be picked off by eagles, osprey, herons and gulls. Once they are too large for the traditional predators, the land predators such as otters, mink and man pursue the animal. Nymph fisherman should pick the last fish in the pack or an isolated fish that is sulking or feeding at the bottom. The traditional dry fly technique will not work because there is no flow to the water. That would be a wonderful project for our fisheries biologist and hatcheries to create a carp that rises to a dry fly.