Darius Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) As ordered by our Sergeant Major Craig, I went out on Saturday to catch fish and represent. We started really early, around 8 am. After dropping off our dayghter to Girlscouts camp, the Missus and I went to a nearby little park, tiny but gorgeous, with a beach, restrooms, covered shelters, benches, grills, a water hand pump, etc... A few guys were tossing lures, catching bass and snakehead. The water, weather conditions and tens of carp crushing everywhere looked promising, so I set up my pod and got rods in the water. Twenty minutes into the day I got my first run and fought a nice, dark colored 19 pounder. As there is a rocky embankment about 10 feet wide to the water, I asked my wife to man the net and I must proudly say that she handled the job flawlessly throughout the day. Thanks, honey! The bite was pretty steady all day long, so we managed to catch 10 more fish and lose one at the net, in hilarious way (but more about that later). Here they are, ranging from 5 to 21 pounds: A little rain threatened us from the South at around 3 pm, but ended up going around us. But around 7 pm, a real storm was brewing from the north, so we decided to call it a day and go pick up the kid from camp. Now, remember the carp we lost at the net? Should I have filmed it, it would have made a good video for the AFV $10,000 prize. As I was fighting a nice 15lb bruiser and my wife was holding the net, I kinda "wrestled" the fish a bit hard and pulled the hook and the lead jumped and hit the Missus right in the head, pretty hard! Barely holding my laughs in, I said at least a hundred times "I'm sorry, honey! Sooo sorry!" But she's a real good sport and we laughed our hearts out afterwards. I feel lucky though, because there was a real chance for the hook to catch her face and then I would have had to sell all my tackle, buy her diamond earrings and give up fishing forever. Overall, we had an awesome April day at a new (to us) location in NoVA, with fish to show and tales to tell. It was the most productive session in my young carping career. Edited April 22, 2012 by Darius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercarpio Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 A very enjoyable story complete with lots of good fish and some very nice pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dopefish905 Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Well done Darius, great session! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(RI) pickerd Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Nice write-up about a great day of fishing. Great pics also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Ecxellent write up and pics! Good that no one was hurt, but it did make me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Good job Darius, a lot of nice fish down south wife was definitely lucky with a lead/hook mishap I had two close calls in similar situation as a net man now I stay low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfishseeker0078 Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 I love that part of the country. Honestly size doesn't matter, its all about catching and enjoying the outdoors. Looks like you did both. Congrats sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Great catch and I enjoyed your write up. I glad for you that your wife has a sense of humour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Nice pics and good write up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willem (JD) Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 :party0012icon: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairwig Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Some great catches there.Thanks for the write up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Posted April 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOPPY4 Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Darius, you are so right about the hook and the lead itself being dangerous. I am Happy to see that the day was spent with lots of Joy and Plenty of fish. Congrats to you and the wife and a Wish for many more days like that! HOPPY4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiccat Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 nothin' like a little accidental domestic violence to spice-up the session Thanks for taking the time to share it with us!! Well done Darius!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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