Disapointing first session... Then ANOTHER NEW PB!!!!

went fishing twice today. the first session ended with many disapointments. first my rods got all tangled up on the bike ride to the lake. then i hooked up to a big carp but it broke off when my line got angled aroung the tip of the pole. so i tie on another fly and walk down the shoreline some more. seen another good carp got a solid hookset. he tore into my backing and then my line went limp. another line break!!! i decided to go home and go back tommorow. then 1 hour after i get home my friend calls and asks me to go fishing. and i said yes i can never turn down a fishing trip. so i bike down to the lake. and waited for him to show up. i started fishing 1/2 an hour passed and he didnt show up. so i said i guess he's not coming. i stayed and fished though and i was rewarded with 2 fish. i walked along the shore line and noticed 2 logs that looked like a good spot. when i got to it i noticed 3 tails. i dropped my fly where they were headed and got a solid hookset. after 7 minutes fight around the 2 logs. i finally was able to bring her close to shore and grab her. a nice thick female. pic.

after about another 1/2 hour i started hearing pops. pop pop pop . i walked along the shoreline to find out what it was. i had never heard anything like it before. and before i knew it it sounded like i was right on top of it. i looked in the water and seen a huge carp eating against the shore. (it drops right down to 2 feet. so its just like a wall) i dropped my fly right in front of it. it turned and ignored it and began feeding again. i put it in front of it again... and it took it!!! after 1/2 hour fight over cattails going up and down the shoreline i grabbed her. she was a long thick female. i just sat there holding her and admiring her huge bronze scales for the longest time. then a girl who worked for the local park department who was cutting the grass along the shoreline and seen the fight came down and volunteered to take the picture. this carp is a new pb by a long shot. the last one i got was not even close to this heavy. i think this one is again around 2 pounds heavier than my previous pb!!! pic of her

Another Nice MN Bass

went fishing today on a small stream leading out of a lake. i tied on a new inline spinner. first cast WAM!!! i set the hook. after staying on the bottom for a while it started coming uf anfd jumped threw the hook but luckely it hooked the top jaw. after a little more fighting i was able to grab her. pic of her

pic of the realease

after i released her. i barely caught anything. i got a crappie, a sunny, and a bullhead.

NEW PB ON THE FLY!!!!

went back out today. i seen very few feeding fish. right when i got down there i seen a small pod of gulpers. but they were big. sadly one of them saw me and darted off and the rest followed. i was blind casting for 2 hours because there were no signs of feeding fish. i casted towards a log. i got a hit. i brought the fish in and relized it was a bass!!! pic

another hour of blind casting brought out no results. then i seen a big tail come out of the water about 5 feet away from me. i dabbed my fly down were i thought the mouth would be. i felt it and set the hook. but missed the fish. luckely it just swam about 10 feet further down the shore line the started feeding again. i set the fly down again it took it. i set the hook and had him. the fight raged on for a whole half hour until i was able to grab the fish. by then i had a crowd of about 7 people around me watching. it is by far the biggest carp i ever caught on the fly. she had to be at least 2 lbs over my previous pb!!! pic of her

June 20th Carp on The Fly Report

Boy am i getting into this!!!
went out on the lake again today. i immedialty noticed alot of tailers but theye were behind some trees. so i couldnt get to them. i walked down the shoreline and seen alot of gulpers. i set down my fly and immediatly had a fish on. after 5 minutes she got under a log and wrapped around one of the branches. i slowly eased the fish back out. after 5 more minutes of fighting she was in my net.

after i released her there was no signs of carp activity. so i walked along the shoreline aimlessly for over an hour. until i seen a big swirl of a tailing carp. i walked down to it and dropped my fly. it took the fly. and i set the hook. but unfortunatly i set it too late. another 10 minutes passed and i seen 2 more gulpers passing by. i dropped my fly. WAM!!! a hard hit. and after a short 5 minute battle he was in my net. unfortunatly my net broke when i netted him. he was really fat. i thought he was a female but he had no eggs. pic of him.

another 10 minutes later i decided to blind cast around a calvert. first cast a baby bluegill. the second cast i got a huge hit. i thought i had a big ol' bass. because that is what i usually get out of that caulvert. then it took off and it didnt stop until it was about 100 feet (out of my 200 feet) into my backing. i kept on letting him run and finaly i got him near shore close enough for me to grab. i noticed he had a wierd scale pattern on the top right side. pic of him.

close up of his scales.

i left after i realeased this fish, because my wrist started hurting. i dont know i think it might be sprained. has this happed to anyone???

June 19th Carp On The Fly Report

I went out to my new hotspot again today. The side i usually fish had 20 mph wind blowing in my face. with no signs of fish. i decided to got to the other side. which was calm. the only water movent pretty much was from the tails of carp. They were every where!!! i started out casting a size 8 dragonfly nymph. but with no success. i switched to a size 6 bunny leech. still no success. i kept trying all different flies. then i tied on a size 12 woven bitch creek nymph i tied last night. first cast a big hit. i knew that this was a hot fly. i fought the fish for about 15 minutes before he gave in and came into my net. i didnt have a scale with so i dont know the exact weight. he was a lean mean male though. pic of him. (sorry the pic is blurry i didnt notice until i released the fish.)

i walked along the shore line and passed up many small tailers until i seen a nice big tail.
i casted out to it. but with only about 2 inch water clarity it was hard to tell when the had it. i just kept the line somewhat tight. soon after the fly touched the water. the line started moving to the left. i knew it had the fly. i set the hook. and after a gruelling 10 minute battle the fish was in my net. pic of her. (my net is 22 inches from let to right, and 24 inches from top to bottom)

after that i had to blind cast for a while. catching 4 small carp which would be less than a pound. then i seen a group of tails (right next to shore) down the shoreline. i slowly walked to them and noticed they were the tails of 3 nice carp. i slowly dropped my fly right on their face or atleast where the would be (i couldn't see them). and almost immediatly i felt a big hit. and the fight was on. about 10 minutes later. another lean mean male was in my net.
pic of him. i used my hand for scale.

Different catch

i havent been on my blog much lately so heres the low down from the past few days. i have been fishing off a local pier. i usually catch alot of bass but last friday was a day that i would remember. i was fishing for bullhead and catching alot of perch. i was using a cut shiner. and i just lifted up my bait and felt a little resistance. i immediatly set the hook. i thought i snagged a carp. this fish was taking line!!! then it came to the surface and did a backflip. it was a big bass!!! i started freaking out. i grabbed my net and eased the bass toward it. once it touched the rim of the net it darted and wrapped me around the pole on the pier. i slowly eased it back out and finaly got it in the net. i jumped on my bike and brought it to the local bait shop to be weighed and put in the fishing contest. it weight 4 lbs 6 oz a good size bass for minnesota.
pic of her

June 11th Carp On The Fly Report

went back to my new hotspot today again. my friend brandon came with. we arrived down there at about 1 o'clock. right when we got down there we seen around 4 carp feeding very near the surface. we played rock, parper, scissors to see who could have the first fish, i won.
so i dropped the fly right in front of its nose. she hesitated a little bit. then turned to the left. i twiched the fly a little bit and she took it. i made a solid hook set and the fight was on 5 minutes later she was in my net. she was about 3 lbs 8 oz.

a little bit later we seen a few more carp feeding on the surface. it was brandons turn. he dropped his hook and corn in front of the biggest ones face. then right awy a small one came up and took it and darted away hooking itself. so after a short battle she was on shore. she weighed about 3 lbs 4 oz. he didnt want a pic of it.
the next fish was mine. but i had to wait a half an hour before we seen some. i dropped the fly and immediatly the carp took the fly. it was a big one i fought her for about 10 minutes then she broke off in the rocks.
brandon's turn again. he seen a small group of carp further down the shoreline. he dropped his hook in and immediatly had another carp. very small one less than a pound. he didnt want a pic of her either.
then i seen another group feeding on the surface. with about 10-12 carp!!! i dropped the fly in front a the closest nice one. she took it immediatly. i set the hook and began the battle. she was in the net after 10 minutes. she weighed about 10 lbs 3 oz.
(ps it was very windy today as you can see by my hair)