Re: Cornacarpio's Carp Culling Caper
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:43 pm
OK, went to GC today (as per usual) with my housemate, who has been acting as my netsman for the past couple of outings. I thought it was about high time he experienced this Carp-catching caper for himself, so I generously outfitted him with one of my $9 Sportfisher rod/reel combo's I picked up on special at K-mart...
I promised him 'first-crack' at any Carp I saw with my polarised glasses. Didn't have to wait long before I saw 3 surfacing, so I invited him over to have a cast. He lands the float perfectly in between the 3 of them and scares them all away Bangg Meanwhile, I spotted one out of the corner of my eye, cast at it with great precision and finesse and BANG! It took off like a Train (Express). The reel screamed as it peeled off about 40-50m of line, and conveniently for it, around a bend and the line got a bit tangled up in some branches overhanging on the bend. Thinking it was a MONSTER (70cm+ for me) I decided it was worth *swimming* :puke: across the creek to de-snag it, which I did. It went for another almighty run - back to where I originally hooked it. Anyway, after another 5-10 minutes of fighting it, it finally came to...I can't really describe how I felt after I landed it. It went all of 50cm (I seriously thought it was going to be HUGE )
Anyway, having successfully scared all the Carp away at that particular section of the creek we went in search for another Carp-infested section. We didn't have to wait long before I spotted a few more, and after seeing my housemates first attempt at trying to sight cast for Carp I said 'Look here, this is how you do it' as I cast my corn kernel in front of a decent sized Carp: he (the Carp) wasn't interested. I kept harassing this Carp to take my bait, but he would do everything but: sniff it, watch it, swim around it...then I hear my housemate call out as his rod is bending in half I couldn't believe it :whoh: , he hooked onto one...A good fight ensued (keep the line tight! Reel in!!), as I was now the one with the net in my hand - as he landed a 54cm Mirror Carp - as his first fish! And here I was thinking you actually needed some skill to stalk Carp....Needless to say he was rapt and I think I've recruited another life-long 'fisho'...we have a trip planned for tomorrow (and the day after that and...)
CARP TOLL - 14
I promised him 'first-crack' at any Carp I saw with my polarised glasses. Didn't have to wait long before I saw 3 surfacing, so I invited him over to have a cast. He lands the float perfectly in between the 3 of them and scares them all away Bangg Meanwhile, I spotted one out of the corner of my eye, cast at it with great precision and finesse and BANG! It took off like a Train (Express). The reel screamed as it peeled off about 40-50m of line, and conveniently for it, around a bend and the line got a bit tangled up in some branches overhanging on the bend. Thinking it was a MONSTER (70cm+ for me) I decided it was worth *swimming* :puke: across the creek to de-snag it, which I did. It went for another almighty run - back to where I originally hooked it. Anyway, after another 5-10 minutes of fighting it, it finally came to...I can't really describe how I felt after I landed it. It went all of 50cm (I seriously thought it was going to be HUGE )
Anyway, having successfully scared all the Carp away at that particular section of the creek we went in search for another Carp-infested section. We didn't have to wait long before I spotted a few more, and after seeing my housemates first attempt at trying to sight cast for Carp I said 'Look here, this is how you do it' as I cast my corn kernel in front of a decent sized Carp: he (the Carp) wasn't interested. I kept harassing this Carp to take my bait, but he would do everything but: sniff it, watch it, swim around it...then I hear my housemate call out as his rod is bending in half I couldn't believe it :whoh: , he hooked onto one...A good fight ensued (keep the line tight! Reel in!!), as I was now the one with the net in my hand - as he landed a 54cm Mirror Carp - as his first fish! And here I was thinking you actually needed some skill to stalk Carp....Needless to say he was rapt and I think I've recruited another life-long 'fisho'...we have a trip planned for tomorrow (and the day after that and...)
CARP TOLL - 14