05-06-2018, 04:50 AM
Dave and I tried Lincoln again Friday afternoon. We fished from a little after 4 until a little before 10 P.M. We got 9 cats from 15 to 26.5 inches. We found them next to the brush in the afternoon and in deeper water after dark. The largest came on carp meat in about 8 FOW right at dusk. They took cut WB, carp meat, dough balls and shrimp, in that order. In the channel the water was 74 degrees and in the main lake 67 to 69. The wind ranged from very little to none at all. It was a gorgeous afternoon! We didn’t really have any hot action anywhere, although at one point I had 2 cats on at once because they both had the line wrapped around the brush.
Notice I said we caught the largest on carp meat. I have been trying to catch a carp for bait for the last 4 trips and couldn’t do it. Dave put a shrimp and tossed it next to the brush and in ten minutes he gets a 10-pound male. I had barely gotten some fresh chunks cut off of that one and he gets a 12-pound female. At that point he told me to stop wishing I had a carp for bait! He said his wrists were getting sore from battling them. I kept both for bait and then he hooks another one. I told him I had plenty for bait for the whole year and he and breaks it off!
I think the carp removal program is dramatically increasing the average size of those beasts! By the time I got done “processing,” I had 10 bags of carp cutlets and 4 bags of spawn. I doubt I’ll use all of that in a year. Dave told me I should be careful what I wish for.
Except for some electrical problems it was a very good spring outing.
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Notice I said we caught the largest on carp meat. I have been trying to catch a carp for bait for the last 4 trips and couldn’t do it. Dave put a shrimp and tossed it next to the brush and in ten minutes he gets a 10-pound male. I had barely gotten some fresh chunks cut off of that one and he gets a 12-pound female. At that point he told me to stop wishing I had a carp for bait! He said his wrists were getting sore from battling them. I kept both for bait and then he hooks another one. I told him I had plenty for bait for the whole year and he and breaks it off!
I think the carp removal program is dramatically increasing the average size of those beasts! By the time I got done “processing,” I had 10 bags of carp cutlets and 4 bags of spawn. I doubt I’ll use all of that in a year. Dave told me I should be careful what I wish for.
Except for some electrical problems it was a very good spring outing.
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