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 Jan 4 2010, 09:50 AM
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 Uber Member  Group: CAG Member Posts: 260 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Johnson City, TN Member No.: 2562  |
Hi all,
Just thought I would update you all on our FFF adventure. Our family (myself, Chris [age 16], Sarah [age 13] and my lovely and talented wife Michelle [who remains ageless from last year]) set off at 1PM on the 31st to our traditional FFF venue. The day started with a home plumbing disaster (drain line broke in the basement) and a carp-gear laden car that would not start - and continued in that vein for the rest of the trip! After checking into a hotel (my wife does not camp in 20 degree weather), I went to bait up out swim and returned to the room to tie some bread flies (I was hoping to tempt a few carp to the surface with bread and go for one on the fly rod). Chris and I returned to the swim at 11:30PM and got set up - hoping for first fish of the year. We sat up all night waiting for the first fish - with one good run at 4AM (which I missed). Finally, I pulled in a 1 lb blue cat at about 6:50AM. Chris wandered off to the car to warm up. Just as I started to unhook the cat, another alarm started screaming. I set the hook and cranked it in with little fight - I thought - another small cat. Much to my surprise, it turned out to be a 15 lb 2 oz linear mirror carp (take that Neil  )! We fished until 2PM - pulling in a total of 4 more carp. I never got to employ my bread flies as there were no clooping carp to be seen. Not as good as previous years but at least we did not get skunked! Our full results are below: Water temp = 47 degrees Rob: 15 lb 2 oz linear mirror @ 7AM (our first carp of 2010!) Chris: 11 lb 2 oz common @ 7:50AM + 8 lb 14 oz common @ noon = total weight of 20 lb 9 oz Sarah: 8 lb 10 oz common @ 8:20 AM + 17 lb 15 oz common @ 10:55AM = total weight of 26 lb 9 oz We can hardly wait for next year (ONLY 361 days left...).I will post pics when I have then gathered together – they are on 3 different cameras right now. Hope you all had a good FFF! Rob This post has been edited by ultralight carper: Jan 4 2010, 09:51 AM -------------------- Love those redfish!
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Jan 4 2010, 11:28 AM
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 End Zone Range  Group: CAG Member Posts: 2907 Joined: 17-July 04 From: North Carolina, USA Member No.: 797 |
Nice one Rob and Happy New Year to you & the family
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Jan 4 2010, 11:44 AM
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Obsessed Carper  Group: Director Posts: 912 Joined: 19-April 09 From: East Tennessee Member No.: 4663 |
Rob, sorry your day started off rough. Huge contrats on a stunning Mirror. Can't wait to see the pics !
-------------------- PB Common 34-8 PB Mirror 24-4 PB Buff 22-12 Still no Grassie
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Jan 4 2010, 12:02 PM
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 I can name my own title Group: State Chair Posts: 4491 Joined: 27-May 07 From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 2981 |
WTG!
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Jan 4 2010, 12:06 PM
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 looking into Canada Group: CAG Member Posts: 3559 Joined: 21-November 06 From: douglasville, GA Member No.: 2289 |
glad to hear from you!
congrats!!! -------------------- pb common 35-11 Appilaciacola River 4-28-2010
pb mirror 25-0 Someplace, GA 8/26/2009 pb BUFF 10-11 kingston, Tn 4/11/2008 pb goldfish 3lbs DC fish-in 05/11/2008 pb grasser--31-5 Appilacicola River 4-28-2010 www.k-1baits.com Far to pretty to give it away cheap thats why she makes 6 figures working 3 days aweek she even break a promise in the promise land she didnt make it this far by just shakin hands!  |
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Jan 4 2010, 03:33 PM
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 Uber Member Group: State Chair Posts: 441 Joined: 25-May 06 From: Vonore, Tennessee Member No.: 1716 |
Congrats on the mirror Rob. The cold front certainly slowed the carp down.
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Jan 4 2010, 03:44 PM
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Uber Member Group: CAG Member Posts: 260 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Johnson City, TN Member No.: 2562 |
QUOTE (Spoon @ Jan 4 2010, 04:33 PM)  Congrats on the mirror Rob. The cold front certainly slowed the carp down. If they were "slowed" down for you guys at Kingston - I would hate to see "unslowed down"! Seriously, you guys hauled!  rob -------------------- Love those redfish!
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Jan 4 2010, 04:06 PM
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Uber Member Group: State Chair Posts: 441 Joined: 25-May 06 From: Vonore, Tennessee Member No.: 1716 |
Well, they bit good for Zoomie on Thursday while it was still warm(8 carp in 4-5 hours). Then on Friday as the cold wind picked up, the bite dropped off and it took 15 hours for Zoomie to catch 8 carp.
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Jan 4 2010, 04:21 PM
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 Rod Mills Group: Director Posts: 3284 Joined: 24-December 03 From: Cincinnati,Ohio Member No.: 495 |
good work...
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Jan 4 2010, 05:18 PM
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 Obsessed Carper Group: State Chair Posts: 686 Joined: 12-May 09 From: Troy, Ohio Member No.: 4714 |
great story....
-------------------- 2009 Bounty fishing carp winner 41.98"
Common PB 37.6 lb Grass PB 36 pound 12 oz WWTBD Bill Stoltz  |
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Jan 5 2010, 11:13 PM
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Uber Member Group: CAG Member Posts: 260 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Johnson City, TN Member No.: 2562 |
Pictures as promised...
Cold and dark at 5AM!  My first (and only so far) carp of 2010  Sarah's new PB - 17 lb 15 oz!  Chris the Ninja carper! 
-------------------- Love those redfish!
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