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    Basic Tackle Needed for Carp Fishing?

    in Beginning Carping

    Posted

    I use 2 9' BFS rods and 2 Daiwa Regal plus 4500 BRI reels and don't have any problems.

    I have been using them for about 4 years or more and have no desire to go bigger on

    either one. What ever you choose, all you have to do is take care of them and you will be fine.

    As for rigs, pick out or make your own and always remember, keep it simple. If you can afford

    the pig time stuff, go for it, you don't need a few grands worth of stuff trying to keep up. It's

    called carp fishing and it is fun. Bud

    P.S. I am over 70 and retired and enjoy carp fishing for most of my life.

    Pa. Fishing

    in PA Meet, Greet & Questions

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    I was told by a friend that Pa. fish and game voted into affect as of

    1/1/2012 that we can use 3 rods. I emailed the Pa. fish and game

    to see if this is true. They did get back to me, it is true. So, when

    the bite isn't strong, toss out another rod. Bud

    Mission Accomplished

    in Pictures, Stories & Video

    Posted

    About two weeks ago I received a strange call that definitely fell in the "Too good to be true" category.

    I was asked about the possibility of driving to Austin, TX(8 hours) and walking a complete novice through the paces on "How to catch a trophy carp"

    I had less than 72 hours to take a non-fisherperson (Hooters Calendar Girl named Amber) from not only catching carp, to catching a 30lbs + carp.

    We'd start fishing Saturday morning only fish daylight hours for filming purposes. I was up for the challenge. I don't fish Lady Bird(It's always going to be Town Lake to me) as often as I once did, but with my expenses covered and a chance at a bonus if we get some 20's and mega bonus ($1,000) if we(played and landed by Amber) get a 30+ on the bank.

    I showed up a day early to look around although I was about 90% sure where we were going to fish. A place a bit off the beaten path so we could focus on fishing.

    Mike Winstone from Houston joined me on Friday for a bit of prefishing. We had several fish from the teens into the high 20's, but no 30's. We did manage a 40+ buff(Fought like a wet pillow case) and another mid-30 that fought as well as a carp. Strange fish those buffs. Mike needed to get back home so he bailed on me. It was good to see him as we once fished LBL together on a regular basis, but having families now has put a slow down on that happening as often.

    They arrive with breakfast in hand Saturday. I already had the rods out as I knew they were on the way. I cover a few basics with Amber and just as I sit down the first rod goes off. Show time! I started coaching Amber about getting the rod tip high and reeling down from 12'o'clock to 10 o'clock. "Pull up, Reel Down".. She is doing pretty good for a first timer. About then the second rods goes screaming off. So I grab it while I'm playing this one I'm still coaching. Amber's carp goes to the far right and gets into a few branches. I've been giving my carp some serious tick, looks to be in the high 20's/low 30's knowing it wouldn't count I'm wanting to get it in maybe get a few pics than get the bait back out. About this time the 3rd rod goes off(unheard of for LBL) so I tell Amber to drop her rod and grab it. I get my fish just to the net and pull the hook! DOH! that's what I get for rushing things. Amber's fish now on rod 3 gets into a snag so it's back to rod 1. We get it out of the limbs and she lands it. 23-4..not bad for a newbie.

    All 3 rods are now destroyed! So it was going to take me a bit to get them back in the water. I was fishing Dynamites new carp tec Pineapple boilies, PVA sticks/Stick mix contained ground Pineapple boilies, bread crumb, pineapple liquid, Dynamite Hemp seed, Dynamite Sweet corn and a few other goodies) Every few hours or after a run I'd add a 20-30 more boilies with a throwing stick to the area. I never really put a lot of bait in at one time. After we hit Town Lake regulary '01'-03/'04 where heavy baiting seemed to work well it seemed that just light baiting began to work better after the early days for the larger fish. Also this is where I cut my teeth on boilies which took me a while to get used to using. It proved in my mind to be the way to go if you wanted bigger than average fish on this lake over time. So I stayed with that game plan from 4/5 years ago.

    I never did get to eat my breakfast sandwich or drink my coffee they were so kind to bring me.

    After about an hour of re-tying everything and getting the rods back out we hit a few high teens, but after the intial chaos of the morning which we had never reappeared. So Sunday morning we'd try again.

    Sunday the wind had shifted out of the east(kiss of death many times IMO) but the fish were there early in the morning as I was setting up. By the time the cameraman(Ed) and Amber arrived again 8am 'ish with breakfast things had gone real quiet. We had 1 fish on Saturday which did up Amber's PB by a couple of pounds.. So not a total loss.

    I told them as they left Saturday evening. "Lets try and be here and get set up before the sun rises in the morning."

    I get a call at 6:30 am on Monday they are on the way, good deal. I'm almost set up as they arrive Monday morning. This is our last shot at a 30+ but we'd had a good time and got some good footage playing fish. Also some carp angling info that should make for a decent show. So no pressure really, it was good just to spend some time back in Austin. I really love that place and it's very special to me. Austin has treated me very well over the last decade that included 2 state records back-to-back from the early days. I have no idea how many 30's, but probably about half of the 90+ 30's I've caught, if I had to guess, have come from this lake.

    Monday morning and its fairly quiet. We are just having breakfast and talking about footage Ed would like to get when the left rod goes off. Amber runs to grab her fighting belt and gets ready to go. It was amazing how far she'd come since Saturday morning. I was really proud of her as she was a true pro at playing a trophy fish now. As we were getting the fish to the net I thought about going over to loosen the drag just a bit, but everything seemed to be going OK filming wise so I decided to not interrrupt. 10 yds out and the hook pulls just as the fish rolls and it looks to be a good one.. total bummer. My fault for not going with my gut feeling and loosening the drag.

    We settle back down after I re-bait and re-cast and the right rod goes off she had this fish in sight which was a high teen when the middle rod went off. I instructed her to hand me rod and grab the new run. As I was finishing landing this fish she was really putting a bend in this rod and I continued to coach. "lean back, reel down..steady" I think it helped she was proabably a bit tired after all the previous action because she seemed very patient now. As the fish pulled off drag she'd just keep the rod tip high and let it go(vs. continuing to reel like early on) After about 10 minutes she had the fish in sight. It looked to be a good one and could possibly be over 30? After 1 last run as it appraoched the net she turned it and took a couple steps back and I was able to net it. Moment of truth now. I was guessing it to probably be around 29-12. That would be just my luck. :D Oh well it had been a fun trip and and great excuse to visit Austin and get a curry at the Clay Pit. I put it in the previously zeroed weigh sling and the fish on the Reuben.. 31lbs 8oz! Swwweeeeeeet. :)

    Gave Amber a high 5 and told her "Thank you very much!" :) . But I have to say I may have been happier/more proud about the road we'd just traveled in a short amount of time. I'm still fairly competitive(even at my old age) so when I can meet the challenge in front of me I still get a rush from that.

    We waited for another run, but the morning bite had seemed to evaporate once again. It was time to pack up all of us head back to Oklahoma.

    The filming of this was for a pilot show project. We'd accomplished the objective of our show. If the series makes the cut and is aired in the future I'll let everyone know.

    For more pics go here:

    CTS Gallery

    WCD Strikes Again! :P

    Now that is a true beauty ---- and the carp. (*_*) Good job well done. Bud

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