Carping in yarra

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Carping in yarra

Post by ThomoT » Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:08 am

The kids gave me a new net for father's day. So I have been out most weekends since trying to catch something, anything, but with no luck. :down:

Finally last Sunday I had some luck. The first spot I tried there was no action despite seeing a couple big carp jump and something smaller too, break the surface.

Despondent, I thought I might as well try another spot, then caught these two, and another smaller one. The big ones were both over 60cm.

I wouldn't have got them out of the water without the net, I was using quite light line. :P
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Re: Carping in yarra

Post by Lightningx » Sat Oct 14, 2017 9:46 am

Nice report. Well done :)

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Re: Carping in yarra

Post by blakesirus » Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:54 am

what bait were you using? great catch!

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Re: Carping in yarra

Post by ChrisD » Sat Oct 14, 2017 3:24 pm

nice catches - a couple of solid fish

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Re: Carping in yarra

Post by ThomoT » Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:33 am

I mostly use worms, since you can catch a few species on them. I also used corn kernels.

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Re: Carping in yarra

Post by Fish-cador » Sun Oct 15, 2017 5:01 pm

Good catch.

Have you replaced your "now extremely stinky and slimy net"?

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Re: Carping in yarra

Post by ThomoT » Mon Oct 16, 2017 6:58 am

Fish-cador, it seems to be fine. The Yarra was running with fresh, crystal clear water that day, cleaned the slime off. :-D

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