Danubian Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 (edited) Hello Everyone! This morning I went with my carping buddy North of Toronto, not very far away... Got a couple of little ones - 1-2 lbs - but first was a large one, 10 lbs+, which almost pulled my rod in the river - tight drag reasons . Without my buddy's help, I wouldn't have managed to land the "monster" so it'll be him posing for the kudos. Later on the heat set in, and very little action whatsoever, so before 10:30 am we were back. This time I'll try to eat my catch. Have good weekend, everyone! Danubian Edited June 5, 2007 by Danubian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanangler1990 Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 (edited) nice one, tell us how it tastes lol Edited June 2, 2007 by urbanangler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmaster4 Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 nice fish, i dont think carp are very good eating fish lots of bones i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glirw Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 Report back on how they taste ! The little one will probably taste much better . What out for the nasty bones ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickGG Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 Do you guys eat the eyes on them also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.T.Stone Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 Wow, big fish, I bet it put up a great fight! What kind of line did you use? I took my daughter trout fishing with me the other day and she thought she had as snag but it ended up being a carp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danubian Posted June 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 I just filet it, and there weren't that many bones. It tasted not that great. Indeed the smaller ones taste better (1lb..6lb); I ate them before. Anyway, the fight was much higher enjoyed than the taste. Line: I think it was a 10lb or 12lb line -the gear wasn't mine, my buddy's- and the fish put up a lot of fight, with splashes and all. Once hooked, they usually head in for cover - like dive in, or get in grassy areas - but for this one it wasn't any close by grassy patch, the water was shallow, so basically it was: give'm line, reel it back in, give'm line, reel it back, again and again until I managed to bring it close to shore where my buddy netted him. My only concern was to not get spooled, particularly that I didn't know exactly how much line I started with. On a brute force confrontation, even with a stronger line, such a "beast" may win up breaking your rod or snapping the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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