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For all the trouble it would take... Maribeth wanted me out of the house this afternoon as she was hostessing a jewelry party... After I did all my to do chores (garbage to the dump...p/u prescription at drugstore...do banking...p/u gas for outboard) I grabbed my carpin gear and headed for P'boro stopping at the Kawartha Bakery for a meat pie and a couple of raisin squares for lunch... Got set-up by 02:00 PM In Ron's favourite swim seeing as he wasn't there and three blokes were fishing in mine...the current was so strong I retied with a 3 oz flat sliding sinker...still not enough weight to fish the current but it swung my offering to a forty-degree angle from where I casted which was not too bad...moved my chair into the shade and waited...not getting too optimistic as I am used to using a spring feeder with my secret ground bait but it would be useless in the strong current... 03:00 PM an eighteen pounder (approx) starts playing my favourite song on my alarm...beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep I quickly jump from my chair,turned off the "free spool" on my baitcaster and the battle was on...trying to net this carp was difficult...it wanted no part of the net...finally I was able to net it after many tries,,,Dummy fish jumped as I was trying to unhook it with my foreceps and broke my line and flipped into the drink...causing another retie... 4:00 PM I had a vicious pull on my line that damn near bounced my rod off the holders and pulled out about a couple of feet of line but no fish to be had...A half hour later I packed up and left... Like I've said before "if I only catch one carp...I'm a happy camper"... that makes my day ... Nice to be able to make a fishing report...