07-10-2005, 03:16 AM
Hey TD,
You forgot to mention the dead carp I caught.
Oh, if I had only had a bow. I cruised with the flotilla for a while and started to feel like I was getting my tin tub in the way. And, all I had gotten up to that point was a good snag. So, I motored east a ways over to the inlet of the slough and anchored. Put out some carp on the bottom on one side and a chub just of the bottom on the other. Immedately, the chub line screamed - I grabbed the rod as it bent in half. Then it was gone. I reeled in and no chub. Looking over to the other line, a float with a piece of carp bounceing on the bottom, It was peeling off slowly. I got the first of my muds. I thought, this is going to be good. Then nothing for ten minutes.
That's when the carp showed up. They were everywhere. So, I dropped some vanilla nutmeg dough bait to the bottom. Nothing. They were all around me. Then, I took out my cast net and started to throw it at them - I missed about a hundred times and gave up. But, It had a great effect. I must have scared them all way and the other fish showed back up - that's when I caught the rest of my fish - except the one white bass that I caught in the ramp area as we were taking out. Thanks TD, that was your jig - and the bass took it on the surface within 3 feet of the boat - right in front of TubeBabe - I set the hook and the fish flew in the air and landed in the boat next to the live well.
Great day !
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You forgot to mention the dead carp I caught.
Oh, if I had only had a bow. I cruised with the flotilla for a while and started to feel like I was getting my tin tub in the way. And, all I had gotten up to that point was a good snag. So, I motored east a ways over to the inlet of the slough and anchored. Put out some carp on the bottom on one side and a chub just of the bottom on the other. Immedately, the chub line screamed - I grabbed the rod as it bent in half. Then it was gone. I reeled in and no chub. Looking over to the other line, a float with a piece of carp bounceing on the bottom, It was peeling off slowly. I got the first of my muds. I thought, this is going to be good. Then nothing for ten minutes.
That's when the carp showed up. They were everywhere. So, I dropped some vanilla nutmeg dough bait to the bottom. Nothing. They were all around me. Then, I took out my cast net and started to throw it at them - I missed about a hundred times and gave up. But, It had a great effect. I must have scared them all way and the other fish showed back up - that's when I caught the rest of my fish - except the one white bass that I caught in the ramp area as we were taking out. Thanks TD, that was your jig - and the bass took it on the surface within 3 feet of the boat - right in front of TubeBabe - I set the hook and the fish flew in the air and landed in the boat next to the live well.
Great day !
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