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Its 6:40 in the morning and my new macbook will be here in a few short hours. I've been waiting to edit the footage I have from bville since may. I shot A TON of video of just fish at the red mill inn. Footage to follow by the end of the day
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nice job snipe, some great looking fish and a great song to boot. Brought back memories of the olden days
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just good hours added to the log, ever seen algae or slime flys?
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some GREAT looking fish, nice session
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congratulations and many wishes for things to get better. Its great that he got a chance to get home, enjoy the time while hes here!
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believe me I didn't want them to be 30's as I knew I'd never hear the end of it.
each fish we weighed twice just to make sure, tareing the scale for each weighing, pictures rarely do a fish justice.
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I have been friends with my buddy jack for a LONG time and fishing has always been a contest between us, whether walleye, pike, ice fishing, catfishing, it was always a challenge to see who could consistently do the best. When I converted to the carp side, jack often asked me why, and recently has found out for himself. I started him out opening day weekend in Ct this year and of course he landed a 23lbr for his first fish, needless to say he's joined me on a few trips since then. We have been fishing a new spot on the Ct river for the past couple weekends with different results each trip. Some bigger fish showed last weekend and plans were set to fish monday. He asked me if I minded him bringing his soon to be step son, and his friend (visiting from upstate NY) No problem, packed a couple extra rigs and we set out on our adventure.
Brian had joined jack and I a couple times carp fishing but had yet to catch a carp. An avid fisherman, he had just finished up a catfish tournament with jack that had run from saturday night until sunday morning. I had asked them what their total weight had been, and a grumpy response of less than 7lbs made me snicker. I promised Brian a big fish. His friend Andrew from upstate NY had never caught a carp or catfish, or anything really sizeable, and to him I promised a big fish as well.
We setup shop with oat/calf manna method and stripper special mix (monster maize, chick peas and maize) Its worked for us the past couple weeks and I figured why change it up? Brian was up first landing a mid teener and it was good to get him on the board. We made sure Andrew was next, and sure enough his first carp ever, and biggest fish ever caught. I elected to fish the dead water swim directly behind us, so that the three of them had PLENTY of room. Next up was Brian again, and as I netted the fish, I knew we had the one we had been waiting for. For Brians second carp ever she weighed in at 32lbs and some change.........PRETTY FREEKIN AWESOME!
2 minutes go by and Jacks alarm goes nuts, followed by the rod AND pod headed for the water. Being a newbie, he had forgotten to turn the baitrunner on ( I doubt he'll ever forget to do that again) I was out of my chair and on the rods just before they hit the water, set the hook and handed the rod off to jack for his new pb of 31lbs 3 ozs. We made sure to get some good pictures, and release the fish to the "deadwater" side of the swim.
The bite died on the incoming tide so we decided it was time for a swim. With the renewed energy from the 2 big fish, we built a diving platform on the wing dam. It was a great time all around and reminded me of when I was a kid. The dropoff over the wall is a good 25 ft and it made for some great swimming with an almost torquise look to the bottom.
and the pictures.......
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great story and nice mirror!
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when I read the title on the post, I thought you had a bad session and renamed the lake
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wish him an HB from Ct, sounds like a good time
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pretty cool, great pictures!
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HELL YEAH, when you told me about the 30+, I almost packed my gear up. Looks like a great day, man the heat was BRUTALLLLLLLLL today. Congrats, you earned it after the dry spell
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yep feed corn, should be less than 10 bucks for 50lbs, soak then boil, or just boil for an hour. A bit cheaper in the long run. Fished a backwater/dead pool today for most of the day, as phone said, it can be very inconsistent. 5 fish, last week it was quite a few more. Good luck
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You don't necessarily have to prebait, especially on rivers, fish will move in and out of the type of area you mentioned all day long. Now that being said, if its convenient to prebait, then DEF do it. I'd stick with field corn if you can boil up a batch, if not sweet corn will do the trick. When you do setup to fish, spread some around your baits AFTER you cast (that way you know its around your baits for sure) Depending on the size of the backwater/swim also remember to keep a low profile. With such shallow water fish tend to spook easier. Just my babbling 2 cents, hope it helps. Any more ?s, make sure you ask, thats what the forum is for.
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too many times that ringer went off at the bars in baldwinsville sending fisherman scrambling in confusion.
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great read, gotta love the picture of the youngin, all smiles holding a carp
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NICE JOB! that is a serious tail on that beast. Time WELL spent, keep going young man follow the yellow brick road
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great report and read, gotta love jbh doing the Egyptian walk.
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nice to see you recognized for your work!
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well done, I'm on a new water kick myself. Nothing like a first run from a fresh spot!
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nash carp cot, pretty much the same thing. Its been through the ringer to say the least, going for the chub version next. Thanks its been a hell of a half year, hoping the bigguns will grace my net through the summer.
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Lee and I are holding a seminar at Ct outfitters tommorow night so I put together a very quick slideshow to get some of the attendees a little more excited about carp fishing. I didn't realize that we have had such a busy season so far. again it was last minute, can't figure out why the picture quality hit the crapper. I finally got my editing software reinstalled so videos should be in the very near future. Enjoy
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I THOROUGHLY enjoyed that story, enough to the point that I am now headed to the garage to prep for another evening of fishing............thanks alot.
Congrats on an AWESOME road trip, those mountains are incredible and the fish weren't too shabby either.
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great vid, some classic pictures in there
cool carp on the fly vid
in Carp on the Fly
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great find! Thats my new boat, gonna be a bit bigger though