The Carp Connection

I took my girls fishing to a local pond and we were fishing with nightcrawler pieces… hoping to get some sunfish or catfish. The fish were jumping everywhere… completely out of the water. I wasn’t sure what they were, but was guessing carp. We each had a line out and the first thing that I caught was a snapping turtle. That was a first for me. We all got a laugh out of that catch. I didn’t have to unhook him, he snapped the line when I got him to shore and slunk back into the murky depths from hence he came…. 

The next fish to be caught was me as well… I caught a small, largemouth bass. As I was bringing him in, my oldest was yelling that she had a fish on. She brought in a carp, about 11 or 12 inches long. This was her first carp ever and she was excited! As she was bringing her fish up on shore to have me take a picture, my youngest daughter starts yelling that she too has a fish on. And she lands her first ever carp, which was about 10 inches long. We took quite a few pictures and then let them all go. There was an electrical storm almost on top of us and we had to pack up and leave, but what a way to end the fishing day!

I have always heard that Carp can be caught on kernels of corn, but I just had a hard time with that, until the next day. The next day was beautiful, so I took some corn to the pond while the girls were in school, just to experiment. I was amazed that I was catching carp on corn. I had size 6 circle hooks, no sinker, a bobber, and would totally cover the hook in corn. Talk about peaceful. 

Man it feels great to be fishing again!