Over nighter on the carp

[Guest JOEB]

Overnighter last night and a 25lb 12oz Mirror 100% English

A bit on the stumpy side, but very thick across the back, that will do for starters on this lake.

Theres a 35+ with my name on it, so we will see.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bullsmilk 2]

looks well short for it whieght must have been a fat fooker well done joe

[Guest EWOK]

Wow what a fish there Joe, I'm trying to remember if I've ever caught anything that big and don't think I have, some catfish maybe close but not that masive looking. How do they pull, the ones I caught in Okla. were 5-10 pounds and felt like you were pulling in a log, not much fight, but the ones we shot with the bow could really act up. Shooting them with the bow was when they were breeding I think because they would line up like box cars trying to get to another lake. When I was younger we would pull all nighters at the swamp and set our catfish poles up on forked sticks and use little bells on the end of the rods to tell if we had a bite, these were mud cats and were 1-3#, we could eat them about as fast as we caught them. Those were the good old days and we drank alot of beer and pasted out holding our rods. The only big freshwater fish that would come close to your carp would be our blue channel and flathead catfish in the larger rivers. My wive's uncle fished the Ark. river for big cats using 14 ft surf rod and ambasidor 7000 reels with 100# braid nylon line, he caught some big cats, 50-60#. Had a small,3ft x 2ft boat with remote control electric motor for taking his bait out since he could not cast it far enough. He pasted away before I could get out there and go with him. Looks like you have it down to a science. The only all night fishing I do now is flounder gigging and mostly with my wife. She really loves seeing all the fish that swim around in the lights. We just started doing this last year and am waiting for it to get a bit warmer at night before we start this year. thanks for the great pictures and maybe if I can figure out the camera and how to load them on the internet I'll show you some of our fishing adventures. Everette

[Guest sushie]

Brilliant bit of fishing joeb! Wish i could catch them that big!

[Guest JOEB]

Wow what a fish there Joe, I'm trying to remember if I've ever caught anything that big and don't think I have, some catfish maybe close but not that masive looking. How do they pull, the ones I caught in Okla. were 5-10 pounds and felt like you were pulling in a log, not much fight, but the ones we shot with the bow could really act up. Shooting them with the bow was when they were breeding I think because they would line up like box cars trying to get to another lake. When I was younger we would pull all nighters at the swamp and set our catfish poles up on forked sticks and use little bells on the end of the rods to tell if we had a bite, these were mud cats and were 1-3#, we could eat them about as fast as we caught them. Those were the good old days and we drank alot of beer and pasted out holding our rods. The only big freshwater fish that would come close to your carp would be our blue channel and flathead catfish in the larger rivers. My wive's uncle fished the Ark. river for big cats using 14 ft surf rod and ambasidor 7000 reels with 100# braid nylon line, he caught some big cats, 50-60#. Had a small,3ft x 2ft boat with remote control electric motor for taking his bait out since he could not cast it far enough. He pasted away before I could get out there and go with him. Looks like you have it down to a science. The only all night fishing I do now is flounder gigging and mostly with my wife. She really loves seeing all the fish that swim around in the lights. We just started doing this last year and am waiting for it to get a bit warmer at night before we start this year. thanks for the great pictures and maybe if I can figure out the camera and how to load them on the internet I'll show you some of our fishing adventures. Everette

 

Thanks E,

JOEB

[overnunder 0]

nice est up mate is it a syndicate or day ticket ???plus location???nice fish oo one more wat method and bait was it caught on??

[Guest chilli]

Were abouts you have that from ??? makes me laugh the crooked angles your necks end up in pics of fish !! ive some cracking pics at me mums house will have to get aload scanned up some point .

[Danny-Macca 0]

nice one mate thats a nice fish, it is short and stumpy as you say but still that is one nice carp nice set up looks like you like your swim to be nice and tidy mate

[Guest JOEB]

Were abouts you have that from ??? makes me laugh the crooked angles your necks end up in pics of fish !! ive some cracking pics at me mums house will have to get aload scanned up some point .

 

My neck was at that angle cause I fell asleep taking the picture Chilli

 

Pro-Active Pineapple, Cemex Angling water in Essex and yeah, I like everything so I know where it is so Im not doing an impression of a lighthouse when it gets dark.

Those lighthouse blokes drive me fecking mad :realmad: , that and mallets :realmad:

Tight lines everybody

JOEB

[franco56 0]

nice fish wat bait did you use