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Got out today for a little hiking with my wife around Savage Mill and brought my fishing rod. I saw a report of big carp in the area on PierandSurf and was prepared with some garlic corn.
After hiking along the stream and making a few casts and catching a few sunfish and creek chubs, I finally found what I was looking for. In a nice pool right below a beautiful waterfall I found 4-5 big Carp. I threw out a few handfuls of corn to bait the Carp into an area away from all of the pesky sunfish. Soon a large carp came in and started eating the corn that i had thrown in. First Carp went over my corn-baited hook and I though he ate it, but he didn't and swam off. This got my heart pumping, so I threw a little more corn in and soon another carp was feeding. I threw my corn-baited hook out in front of him and a few seconds later, he slurped it up and it was game on!
I was using 6 lb line and my new ultra light rod that I had won in the raffle at the CBKA tournament, so I had to really play the fish and let him run until he tired. The Carp started off running toward the falls up stream and later ran downstream a little way before I turned him. I had him close to beaching at least 4-5 times and he made another run. On the 5th time I was getting a little anxious and I guess I put a little too much pressure on the rod because I snapped it in half. The next few minutes were spent carefully handlining the fish to the beach and finally I had landed the beast.
Here are a few pics from the day:
After hiking along the stream and making a few casts and catching a few sunfish and creek chubs, I finally found what I was looking for. In a nice pool right below a beautiful waterfall I found 4-5 big Carp. I threw out a few handfuls of corn to bait the Carp into an area away from all of the pesky sunfish. Soon a large carp came in and started eating the corn that i had thrown in. First Carp went over my corn-baited hook and I though he ate it, but he didn't and swam off. This got my heart pumping, so I threw a little more corn in and soon another carp was feeding. I threw my corn-baited hook out in front of him and a few seconds later, he slurped it up and it was game on!
I was using 6 lb line and my new ultra light rod that I had won in the raffle at the CBKA tournament, so I had to really play the fish and let him run until he tired. The Carp started off running toward the falls up stream and later ran downstream a little way before I turned him. I had him close to beaching at least 4-5 times and he made another run. On the 5th time I was getting a little anxious and I guess I put a little too much pressure on the rod because I snapped it in half. The next few minutes were spent carefully handlining the fish to the beach and finally I had landed the beast.
Here are a few pics from the day:
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