06-01-2010, 11:53 PM
We spent Sunday night and Monday morning near Callville. I took two big carp just before sunset. Now that I know how to target them, Carp don't bother me as much. Standing out there at the lake over the years, watching them jump on the surface while not catching anything has gone on for too long! So I pulled the sardine off the hook and baited up some corn.
A friend hooked up the the smaller one on corn/sardine. (bottom in photo)
After sunset we caught two dink stripers and a nice 3-4lb cat on sardines (no pics). Then the action died off completely until just before sunrise.
At that point I took two largemouth bass on a shad pattern rapala crankbait. The first was about 16" and the second was nearly 20". The camera died so I had to take a grainy cellphone pic of the biggun bucketmouth.
The carp and LMB were a new and exciting experience for me. I'm going to start using my heavier rigs for the carp since they tend to be bigger
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A friend hooked up the the smaller one on corn/sardine. (bottom in photo)
After sunset we caught two dink stripers and a nice 3-4lb cat on sardines (no pics). Then the action died off completely until just before sunrise.
At that point I took two largemouth bass on a shad pattern rapala crankbait. The first was about 16" and the second was nearly 20". The camera died so I had to take a grainy cellphone pic of the biggun bucketmouth.
The carp and LMB were a new and exciting experience for me. I'm going to start using my heavier rigs for the carp since they tend to be bigger
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