dc410
Well-known member
I stopped by one of my favorite local WW beats to check out the smallie activity this afternoon. I was comtemplating taking the 5 wt because most of the smallies I catch in this stretch aren't very big and they would be a lot more fun on the 5, but the occasional carp are big. So I took the 8 wt. just in case. I would say that the WW bite is definitely starting to happen. I only fished for a little over an hour and caught 9 smallies (nothing big, all between 6"- 10") and one Redbreast Sunfish. All fish were caught on the same #4 Chartruese/White Clouser.
While I was fishing a semi-deep run in the shade of a big box elder tree a big old carp came cruising right past me and then dissapeared. I didn't move at all and continued to fish the same spot keeping my eye out for the carp. A few minutes later I spotted it cruising to the side of me up near the surface. On the first cast I laid the clouser about 4" in front of the carp and he sucked it in! Game On! It took me about 10-15 minutes to land the fish. I had no net so that always makes it interesting. He measured a bit over 27" and was very heavy. Really glad I decided to take the 8 wt. Here are a few pictures.
While I was fishing a semi-deep run in the shade of a big box elder tree a big old carp came cruising right past me and then dissapeared. I didn't move at all and continued to fish the same spot keeping my eye out for the carp. A few minutes later I spotted it cruising to the side of me up near the surface. On the first cast I laid the clouser about 4" in front of the carp and he sucked it in! Game On! It took me about 10-15 minutes to land the fish. I had no net so that always makes it interesting. He measured a bit over 27" and was very heavy. Really glad I decided to take the 8 wt. Here are a few pictures.
