Carp

[sarce]

Got my first last night in the C&O canal along the Potomac, after two near misses earlier this week! Took a green drake nymph, and I probably shouldn't have been using a 4 wt rod but it worked out in the end! It was not dark yet when I hooked the fish...lol. I did a quick length estimate around 25". Not sure what the weight would be. 7-8 lbs?

The spot I have been fishing ALWAYS has about 15-20 carp actively mudding so I hope to get a few more this summer. I only fished about 15 minutes last night before hooking this one. Perfect after-work mid summer fun!

 

[BrookieChaser]

Congrats, sarce!

I'm a bit jealous of y'all that have carp. After too many trips of not finding carp, I sold my carp "flats boat" and went saltwater fishing. It's just as frustrating but the locations are nice.

 

[Fredrick]

sarce wrote:
Got my first last night in the C&O canal along the Potomac, after two near misses earlier this week! Took a green drake nymph, and I probably shouldn't have been using a 4 wt rod but it worked out in the end! It was not dark yet when I hooked the fish...lol. I did a quick length estimate around 25". Not sure what the weight would be. 7-8 lbs?

The spot I have been fishing ALWAYS has about 15-20 carp actively mudding so I hope to get a few more this summer. I only fished about 15 minutes last night before hooking this one. Perfect after-work mid summer fun!

Congrats int: int: int: int: int:

 

[dc410]

Way to go, sarce! Nice fish.

 

[sarce]

Thanks guys! Surprised it has taken me so long to get interested in chasing them, there's not much else to fish for right now in my immediate 15-20 minute drive area.

 

[Mwheaps32]

Located a new spot today on north branch of Susquehanna that had several feeding in the pouring rain. I used a size 8 black clouser minnow that did the trick.

https://flic.kr/p/29hEkbC

 

[Fredrick]

Mwheaps32 wrote:
Located a new spot today on north branch of Susquehanna that had several feeding in the pouring rain. I used a size 8 black clouser minnow that did the trick.

https://flic.kr/p/29hEkbC

Nice one I bet that was a good fight .

 

[Mwheaps32]

Fredrick wrote:

Mwheaps32 wrote:
Located a new spot today on north branch of Susquehanna that had several feeding in the pouring rain. I used a size 8 black clouser minnow that did the trick.

https://flic.kr/p/29hEkbC

Nice one I bet that was a good fight .

Yes they are definitely alot of fun!! There are not to many fish around here in central PA that will dump the whole fly line in a matter of seconds from hook up. They are a very addictive fish to pursue and provide alot of challenges that make them fun.

 

[Kill3ducks1deer]

Got my buddy his first carp on the fly yesterday, caught 3 each , lost one more and missed a good handful of them. If you ever come across a spillway on a creek or lake thats covered with algae give it a shot. Used Green and black streamers and would just drop them about a foot off the spillway and let them sink.