05-20-2005, 10:06 PM
Heya guys,
Been quite a while since I posted... not really had anything to say. With two kids and two jobs, I just haven't been fishing much.
I've been targeting Carp at the ponds in Floyd Lamb state park this year. The park is 15 minutes from my house, so I can zip over there when I get a little time.
At first I wasn't doing very well, but I can consistently catch them on my fly rod now. I still have the occasional trip that I get skunked on, but I generally catch at least one, usually two or more. At first I only started fishing for them 'cause it's basically all I had time for, but I've really come to appreciate these fish. Sightfishing them with a fly rod is challenging and very akin to hunting in some respects. I also have caught quite a few fish in the double digits in weight, which is always fun.
I'm usually alone or with the children when I go after them, but I'm gonna post a picture of me and my boy with a nice carp. It's the one time I convinced the wife to go with me so it's the only picture I have.
I'm about ready to quit one of my jobs so hopefully I can get back to fishing again. I've been dying to get out to Mead and fish for some of it's carp from my pontoon boat. I don't think I'll be hitting the mountain lakes quite as often as I used to however. I just can't be away from the family that long. I did get to Comins again this year. I caught it with the upper half still frozen and the lower half ice free. I only had one day, but the fishing was great. Not quite as good as my spring trip the year before, but I got into some non stop action for several hours in the afternoon. All the fish ranged from 2 - 5lbs.
I've taken a couple of day trips to Sunnyside this year and those lakes are really producing nice fish now. The weeds aren't quite as bad in years past either. I don't know if NDOW is doing something to retard the growth, or if it's just still early in the season.
Hopefully I'll be posting again, but I go days without turning on my computer because of my time constraints.
Later,
Mark
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Been quite a while since I posted... not really had anything to say. With two kids and two jobs, I just haven't been fishing much.
I've been targeting Carp at the ponds in Floyd Lamb state park this year. The park is 15 minutes from my house, so I can zip over there when I get a little time.
At first I wasn't doing very well, but I can consistently catch them on my fly rod now. I still have the occasional trip that I get skunked on, but I generally catch at least one, usually two or more. At first I only started fishing for them 'cause it's basically all I had time for, but I've really come to appreciate these fish. Sightfishing them with a fly rod is challenging and very akin to hunting in some respects. I also have caught quite a few fish in the double digits in weight, which is always fun.
I'm usually alone or with the children when I go after them, but I'm gonna post a picture of me and my boy with a nice carp. It's the one time I convinced the wife to go with me so it's the only picture I have.
I'm about ready to quit one of my jobs so hopefully I can get back to fishing again. I've been dying to get out to Mead and fish for some of it's carp from my pontoon boat. I don't think I'll be hitting the mountain lakes quite as often as I used to however. I just can't be away from the family that long. I did get to Comins again this year. I caught it with the upper half still frozen and the lower half ice free. I only had one day, but the fishing was great. Not quite as good as my spring trip the year before, but I got into some non stop action for several hours in the afternoon. All the fish ranged from 2 - 5lbs.
I've taken a couple of day trips to Sunnyside this year and those lakes are really producing nice fish now. The weeds aren't quite as bad in years past either. I don't know if NDOW is doing something to retard the growth, or if it's just still early in the season.
Hopefully I'll be posting again, but I go days without turning on my computer because of my time constraints.
Later,
Mark
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. Oh well, it's all part of the fun. Just seeing tailing carp gets my blood pumping.