04-17-2006, 11:03 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Yeah, it really is disgustin', ain't it. Kinda like a bunch of folks whacked out on drugs at a rave.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The good news for us carp killers is that it is just getting started. There will be some days better than others, but the fish will be doing their thing for several weeks, off and on. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Last year was a lot like this year is shaping up...storms and temperature drops after the spawn got started. It really spread things out last year. I was still seeing carp orgies in mid summer, and both snagged and arrowed carp clear into July that still had bellies full of eggs.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When the carp swarmed into Lindon last year, I was coming in to shore in my tube one time and carp almost towed it off. I had left the landing net dangling over the side, as I was getting out to take off my fins. Suddenly, the tube lurched and started moving. A couple of horny carp had blundered into the net and were moving on down the shoreline. I looked funny splashing after them with one fin on and one fin off. One got away but the other one became bait.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]For those who care, the big carp spawn in Willard is usually a little later, because the water warms more slowly in the deeper lake. But, when carp get frisky, they form huge schools both in the shallows along the northeast side and in many places around the dikes. I have seen them massed ten feet deep and many feet out from the rocks while trying to fish for walleyes. Of course, the other fish all boogie when the carp go crazy. So, it's time to "force feed" a few of them with a big ol' sharp jig hook.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The good news for us carp killers is that it is just getting started. There will be some days better than others, but the fish will be doing their thing for several weeks, off and on. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Last year was a lot like this year is shaping up...storms and temperature drops after the spawn got started. It really spread things out last year. I was still seeing carp orgies in mid summer, and both snagged and arrowed carp clear into July that still had bellies full of eggs.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When the carp swarmed into Lindon last year, I was coming in to shore in my tube one time and carp almost towed it off. I had left the landing net dangling over the side, as I was getting out to take off my fins. Suddenly, the tube lurched and started moving. A couple of horny carp had blundered into the net and were moving on down the shoreline. I looked funny splashing after them with one fin on and one fin off. One got away but the other one became bait.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]For those who care, the big carp spawn in Willard is usually a little later, because the water warms more slowly in the deeper lake. But, when carp get frisky, they form huge schools both in the shallows along the northeast side and in many places around the dikes. I have seen them massed ten feet deep and many feet out from the rocks while trying to fish for walleyes. Of course, the other fish all boogie when the carp go crazy. So, it's time to "force feed" a few of them with a big ol' sharp jig hook.[/#0000ff]
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