Carp!

[Gnote]

This big girl pulled my rod right off the dock, i had to drag a treble hook on bottom with another rod to hook the line and get it back. I was sittin in my chair arms reach from the rod and never had a chance!

[JerMac]

I had a friend lose his rod salmon fishing never got it back tho! Nice carp tho indeed!

[mistaredone]

Nice! I've gotta give carp a try one day

[alphaalpha]

Nice hog! And super lucky getting the gear back,well done!

[Gnote]

Funny thing is i went out of my way to tie special hair rigs and buy/make fancy carp baits, and yet i always end up back to a single hook with corn and a weight

[Fisherpete]

Nice one!

 

My bait of choice has always been corn on a single hook, but this weekend the corn was getting swiped within minutes by all the sunfish in the shallows. 5 minutes on Youtube and I learned how to tie a hair rig... Happened to have a pack of boilies with me as well. 19 of the 20 carp caught on Saturday were on the boilies, as well as the one I caught on Sunday.

 

Pete

[CRUD150]

Nice!

The sheer weight of it caused your dock to cave in as well.

[Mike Pike]

Great story! Nice job getting 'er in. You'll remember this day for a long time, I'll bet.

[Gnote]

Nice!

The sheer weight of it caused your dock to cave in as well.

Hahaha, the dock is on the list

[fishnsled]

That's a brute! I may have to find a spot to kill a couple of hours close to home during the week nights.

[Gnote]

I used to fish them all over the holland river but dont really anymore for obvious reasons

[hammercarp]

Great fish and a great story. You are a lucky man to get the rod back. Well done.