 Miguel, the Lady Carper..., ... and two witnesses... |
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 May 1 2004, 07:52 PM
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 (happily semi-retired) coach  Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138  |
We had the great honor today to have Miguel, the famous NJ angler, pay us a visit in MA and accompany us in his first attempt to catch a carp in MA!
We had planned for me to do the driving, for Vinny to do the pre-baiting, and for Miguel and Sarah (Vinny's dear friend) to have an exciting time... Well, this is exactly what happened! With an unexpected bonus! Here is the story... Once we reached the Merrimack (Lowell, Tsongas arena), it took approximately 10 minutes for Miguel to catch his first MA carp. And no more than half an hour to land two more, including this nice 15 pounder. I was quite impressed, notably seeing that Miguel used boilies and M'mack carp are not exactly used to boilies!
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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May 1 2004, 07:55 PM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
The second part of the plan was for Sarah to catch her very first carp. Well, a few minutes after Miguel landed his 15 pounder, I saw Sarah's rod tipping, and here she was at work. With a bit of supervision from Vinny, the carp was quickly subdued, directed to the net in a very professional way, and landed!
So great news, guys, we have our very first LADY CARP ANGLER in MA! Yeah! 
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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May 1 2004, 07:56 PM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
After this impressive demonstration of skills of the Miguel+Sarah team, the carp obviously got quite scared and left the area in a hurry!
After some period of inactivity, we had the pleasure to meet with a true carp fly-fisherman! Quite a surprise, I had no idea we had such a specimen in MA!  James was kind enough to show us how to proceed, he makes flies which look like a piece of bread, and he's definitely catching! Not today though, the carp had run away by then... Still, it was great to meet with James, and I will definitely have to try this technique one of these days. 
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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May 1 2004, 07:57 PM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
Since the carp were too scared to come back, we decided to go try another spot on the Merrimack, the so-called Black Brook. We made a large detour around the poison ivy which bit Scott so hard a few weeks ago, and got settled.
By now, you should have noticed that Vinny and myself, who are supposed to be seasoned MA anglers, didn't catch a thing. We were just acting as net-man for Miguel and Sarah... So we worked hard and finally succeeded to land a small one each. Pfew! Honor saved. <_< As to Miguel, he found a way to land two more (including one a few minutes before leaving, great timing), which allowed us to admire the great golden color carp have on this location. Overall, a great day, nicely planned and wonderfully executed! And great weather in addition!
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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May 1 2004, 08:13 PM
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Back to fishing... Group: Forum Guest Posts: 22434 Joined: 2-May 03 From: Lowell, MA, USA Member No.: 197 |
Good show guys. Im wondering the plan for tomorrow? Charles?
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May 1 2004, 08:21 PM
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Obsessed Carper  Group: Forum Guest Posts: 1215 Joined: 8-February 03 From: Chelmsford/ westford Massachusetts. Member No.: 9 |
nice job guys. i had thought about fishing there today but some much needed sleep from fridays turkey hunting was the call for the day. its 10:00 and i am just getting up.
scott are you still going to somerville tomorrow? i might go after breakfast. although some rocks village carp are calling.. |
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May 1 2004, 08:25 PM
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Back to fishing... Group: Forum Guest Posts: 22434 Joined: 2-May 03 From: Lowell, MA, USA Member No.: 197 |
Bob, its from 12-5. Im planning on going......
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May 1 2004, 08:28 PM
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Back to fishing... Group: Forum Guest Posts: 22434 Joined: 2-May 03 From: Lowell, MA, USA Member No.: 197 |
Actually not THE first MA carper lady. My ex caught a 26lber back in 1999, and my mom caught an 18.5lber same year....
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May 1 2004, 08:34 PM
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Obsessed Carper Group: Forum Guest Posts: 1215 Joined: 8-February 03 From: Chelmsford/ westford Massachusetts. Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (Big Carphuna @ May 2 2004, 02:25 AM) Bob, its from 12-5. Im planning on going...... i might be there.... |
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May 1 2004, 08:34 PM
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 No more shines Billy Group: CAG Member Posts: 5857 Joined: 5-March 03 From: Lake Shore , Maryland Member No.: 141 |
Man Miquel you are getting alot of weekend passes. Gonna be working overtime for that Wal-Mart cash for the missus. Congrats to the young lady as well. Took my wife out today and had a fish in minutes, loads preparing to spawn soon. She seemed like she actually enjoyed it -
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May 1 2004, 08:48 PM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
QUOTE (Big Carphuna @ May 1 2004, 09:28 PM) Actually not THE first MA carper lady. My ex caught a 26lber back in 1999, and my mom caught an 18.5lber same year.... Yes, I remember that, but your wife and mother aren't CAG members, are they? Well, Sarah became a CAG member tonight... This is what I meant. -------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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May 2 2004, 11:37 AM
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Obsessed Carper Group: Forum Guest Posts: 525 Joined: 27-July 03 Member No.: 328 |
nice job miguel and sarah. but she isnt a mass cag member as i believe she is in vt. with our good friend bob d who recently joined the cag. also hats off to jerome and vinny for making it a good experience for the 2 anglers.
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May 2 2004, 01:04 PM
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 Gone Carpin' Group: CAG Member Posts: 11091 Joined: 21-August 03 Member No.: 364 |
Thats awesome! Really enjoyed the pics! Good job Miguel
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 May 2 2004, 04:35 PM
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:) Group: Forum Guest Posts: 2429 Joined: 2-May 04 From: Winooski, Vermont Member No.: 676 |
Thank you so much guys....it's just a small carp, honestly! I'll try to get a bigger fish for the forum. One last thing...Jerome is awesome
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May 2 2004, 07:08 PM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
QUOTE (Joe Baker @ May 2 2004, 12:37 PM) nice job miguel and sarah. but she isnt a mass cag member as i believe she is in vt. with our good friend bob d who recently joined the cag. Darn! You're right, Joe! Sarah is indeed from VT and CAG-registered as such. But at least she's fishing in MA so far, so we have our first lady CAG member fishing in MA... And yes, Sarah, you'll catch bigger ones (in MA or in VT). Probably next week-end is my guess!  You have a good professor with Vinny.  It's good to start with a small one then improve your PB step by step... Much more enjoyable! -------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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