Has anyone here fished the gorge for cats? i have heard of some massive kittys caught near the inlets of the upper end res. anyone ever caught some of these brutes? also what is the carp situation at the gorge? i have been there trout fishn and seen some subs swimmin but never chased a carp in there. have any of you guys fished the lake for carp?
JOe
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Utcatman:
I was fishing the Gorge a few years ago but we were into the Kokanees and a guy there hooked to a 25lb carp he thought would be a state record. He was just about the throw it back then thought better and headed for the scales to check if he had hooked a state record for carp. It was a moster but a little light of the record.
We would catch our quota of salmon the head into a bay and clean the fish, take the roe wrap it on a treble hook for soft baits and toss it out for the carp to suck up. It didn't take long and we were fighting the carp. There were not many but enough for fun. After we caught them we'd sling them up on the back for the coyotes to nab, and that was fun to watch too. Seeing a 40lb coyote drag off a 15lb carp, still flipping and fighting to get back to the water.
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I recall reading a report, last year, on another site from a man who regularly fished FG for huge carp.
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