06-18-2018, 01:58 PM
So after a month of farming, I got things caught up over the weekend and went to the river to try my luck... Had planned on catching catfish for the contest and all.. Well I casted out a nice big chunk of carp and settled back to wait... Well right away I got a hit, tried to hook it and whiffed away and nothing but air... Recalculated and rebaited and tried again... Few minutes later another bite, this time flipped the bait feeder and let it take it until I couldn't stand it any longer and then tried to set the hook, whiff and miss... Well, these bites were solid hard thumps, I was holding my rod and could not believe I couldn't hook them... by the way this pattern held all night, I went through a big bag of carp chunks and never hooked a fish.. If I let them keep taking it, they stripped all my bait and left, if I tried to hook them, they were never there... I don't know what to do, they took me onto snags twice and I lost two rigs to snags, the first ones I've done that on since last year... and one was a braid line, so it was tough to break that one off... Anyway, it was a rough night for me... skunked and lost all my bait... That's like the royal raspberries I think... Guess I need to sign up for fishing 101 again...
Took the fly rod on the pond the next time and was able to catch 12 crappie and sunfish just to make the sting go away a little... Man I love that 3 WT, it makes me feel much better and less beaten... Well next time, I'll do better... Later J
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Took the fly rod on the pond the next time and was able to catch 12 crappie and sunfish just to make the sting go away a little... Man I love that 3 WT, it makes me feel much better and less beaten... Well next time, I'll do better... Later J
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