09-09-2003, 07:23 PM
[cool]The first really BIG fish I caught was a carp...on the lower Colorado River over an "Easter Vacation" week. An old boy at the trailer park saw me fishing for bluegills and small crappies and asked if I would like to catch a big fish. DUH.
He went back to his trailer and came back with a mixture of yellow cornmeal and some raspberry Jello. Made some half inch balls and I spent the rest of the afternoon whooping and hollering.
Once had a buddy that brought his new wife along on a Colorado River catfishing trip. She slept while we fished at night, and then she wanted to fish during the day. She had never had much experience, and wasn't too particular about what she caught. So, I rigged up a light spin stick and opened a can of corn. The school of three to five pound carp in that eddy kept her busy long enough for the guys to get a good nap before the late afternoon fishing began. She also ended up catching the largest catfish of the trip...a "born again" vegetarian that beat a carp to the corn.
Let's hear it for the Jolly Green Giant. Talk about "power bait".
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He went back to his trailer and came back with a mixture of yellow cornmeal and some raspberry Jello. Made some half inch balls and I spent the rest of the afternoon whooping and hollering.
Once had a buddy that brought his new wife along on a Colorado River catfishing trip. She slept while we fished at night, and then she wanted to fish during the day. She had never had much experience, and wasn't too particular about what she caught. So, I rigged up a light spin stick and opened a can of corn. The school of three to five pound carp in that eddy kept her busy long enough for the guys to get a good nap before the late afternoon fishing began. She also ended up catching the largest catfish of the trip...a "born again" vegetarian that beat a carp to the corn.
Let's hear it for the Jolly Green Giant. Talk about "power bait".
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